Gaithersburg High School
Class Of 1964
Music & Video Memory
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The Beatles
Although a bit after our graduation, this video is an informal look at the Fab Four that had such an impact on us. Read the description than go to the link to download & watch the video - it is fantastic...feels like we got bellbottoms and tie-dyed stuff on again.
Subject: Beatles in studio - 1969 Definitely turn up the volume and
enjoy!!!! But read the article below first so you can see what to look for
Here's a clip you likely have never seen. The recording of 'Get
Back' for the 'Let It Be' album.
In their early days, The Beatles played in clubs for hours most nights,
but by 1967, they stopped touring. This single was advertised as
"The Beatles as nature intended."
McCartney: "We were sitting in the studio and we made it up out of
thin air... we started to write words there and then... when we finished it, we
recorded it at Apple Studios and made it into a song to roller coast by."
The character "JoJo" was based on Joseph Melville See Jr., Linda McCartney's first husband. He was from Tucson, Arizona, and killed himself there in 2000.
The missing verse from Get Back: "Meanwhile back at home there's
nineteen Pakistanis, Living in a council flat/Candidate for Labour tells them
what the plan is/Then he tells them where its at". ("Council
flat" is the British equivalent for "housing project"). Early
versions include the line "I dig no Pakistanis." The song began as a
commentary about immigration, telling people to "Get Back" to their
own countries. It was meant to mock Britain's anti-immigrant
proponents.
Paul McCartney thought better of it and made the lyrics more obscure.
Paul looked at Yoko in the studio when he sang the line "get back to
where you once belong." John thought he was disrespecting her. There was
a rare quote by Paul that said "I don't take any notice of her.
She's John's wife so I have to respect her for that, but I don't
think she's the brightest of buttons. She's said some particularly daft
things in her time. Her life is dedicated to putting me down but I attempt very
strongly not to put her down." They eventually became friends even if it
did have to be after John was murdered. Ringo was the only one who would accept
Yoko in the beginning when she first came in picture, during and after The
Beatles.
Billy Preston played piano and became the only guest artist to get a credit on a Beatles single - "The Beatles with Billy Preston."
George Harrison had left the recording session one day and saw Preston in concert with
Ray Charles. The Beatles had met Preston back in 1962 when they were both
playing in Germany, but they hadn't seen each other since. Harrison asked
Preston to come by the studio the next day. Having him in the studio eased the
tension and made it easier for The Beatles to put personal conflicts aside and
record the album.
On the clip you can briefly see a young Mick Jagger & Charlie Watts
from the Rolling Stones in the booth. Phil Spector was the guy with the glasses.
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