Tag: let it be
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95: Get Back
Get Back is a track from the Let It Be album and was also released as the A-side of a single (with Don’t Let Me Down as its B-side). It was written by Paul McCartney during studio sessions that were filmed as part of the Let It Be/Get Back project. As a result the process…
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140: The Long And Winding Road
The Long And Winding Road is a track on the Let It Be album, and was released as a single in the US, where it became the Beatles last number one. It’s appearance at number 141 in this ranking looks like another anomaly in my system. It is a poignant song, expressing both regret and…
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151: I Me Mine
I Me Mine is a track on the Let It Be album that was originally rehearsed as part of the Let It Be/Get Back sessions, and later completed after Abbey Road as the last Beatles recording (in the absence of John Lennon, who had already effectively left the band). The song was written by George…
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177: Dig A Pony
Dig A Pony, though not one of my favourites, is interesting musically. It’s an example of the unique raw sound the Beatles developed on the Let It Be album – where all four Beatles, plus Billy Preston, are playing simultaneously with little or no studio “trickery”. For all the weaknesses of the project they did…
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178: For You Blue
For You Blue is a Harrison composition appearing on Let It Be. It seems a bit lightweight lyrically, and musically it is a 12 bar blues, so it might seem like more of a impromptu jam than a fully developed song. But watching some out-takes from the Get Back sessions its clear that the Beatles…
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183: Two Of Us
This McCartney written song is a duet with Lennon, and is generally described (with quite a bit of evidence) as inspired by McCartney’s country travels with Linda. As you can see in the Beatles Bible article, There’s even a picture of McCartney writing it in the car. It doesn’t feel like the whole story, but…
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190: One After 909
When the Beatles got back together in January 1969 to begin their new project after the White Album, I don’t think it was very clear exactly what the objective would be, but there was a sense that the band should try to “get back” to what they felt they did best – playing together as…
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203: Dig It
Dig it is a fragment of a longer jam that the Beatles worked on during the Let It Be sessions (later featured in the Get Back documentary). They run through it a few times, and the various jams were extended to up to 15 minutes, so it seems as if maybe it was considered as…
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209: Maggie Mae
Part of the Get Back/Let It Be project and included on the original Let It Be album, Maggie Mae is best thought of as a short studio out take and not a finished Beatles song IMO… Because of the Get Back documentary (and its predecessor Let It Be) we now know quite a bit about…