The Beatles Get Back

[Nostalgiabuff]

interestingly, Amazon does have the DVD up for pre-order, but not bluray

[apes3978]

cool, thanks for posting that. i had considered the Amazon/Disney feud but is this really a Disney movie? they only had rights to air it, from my understanding.

I don't know all the in's and out's of it, but I never thought of it as being a Disney movie either.

[Nostalgiabuff]

cool, thanks for posting that. i had considered the Amazon/Disney feud but is this really a Disney movie? they only had rights to air it, from my understanding.

[apes3978]

There's this thread on a different (non-Mego) forum with discussion on where people are finding it online... There's talk about it on this page:

https://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/the-beatles-get-back-film-directed-by-peter-jackson-on-disney.804733/page-621#post-28624485

...as well as talk about it on pages before the posted page. (I just linked this page because it was the page I was reading before I posted about it on here). As you'll see, the whole thread is devoted to the 'Get Back' project, but this is approximately where talk of it being available in February and places to find it starts...

[Nostalgiabuff]

Amazon is generally pretty cheap, though i did not find it for pre-order yet

[apes3978]

Bluray release set for Feb 8th

I'll be looking for it, thanks for the tip...

Also, I hope Walmart, Target, or Best Buy carry it, since I'm thinking it'll be a little cheaper at one of them... I'm guessing Barnes and Noble will carry it too, but the issue with them is they always seem to charge full on 'suggested retail price' for new releases...

[Nostalgiabuff]

Bluray release set for Feb 8th

[Nostalgiabuff]

that's really cool. Shame that he is no longer with us, she could have been an in for you to meet him.

[Megotastrophe]

Fun Fact. Billy Preston's little sister Lettie is my supervisor here at the Houston Emergency Center.

[Nostalgiabuff]

yeah, on the 89-90 tour he had Joe Walsh, Clarence Clemons, Billy Preston, Nils Lofgrin, Levon Helm and Rick Danko, Dr John and Jim Keltner and his son Zak. i'm grateful that i got to see that lineup as many of them are no longer with us.

In 2010 he had Steve Lukather, Gregg Rolie, Greg Bisonette, Todd Rungren, Richard page and Warren Ham

[Mikey]

I seen Ringo's All-Star Band twice

First time was in the very early 90's
Featured...
Ringo
Joe Walsh
Todd Rungren
Timothy Schmit
Burton Cummins

Second time was like the late 90's/early 2000's

Featured...
Ringo
Simon Kirke
Eric Carmen
Jack Bruce

[Nostalgiabuff]

I saw Ringo and his All Starr Band a couple of years ago. He puts on a good show. Lots of fun. Oh, and lots of "Peace & Love," too

yeah, i saw Ringo in '89 on the first All Star tour and again in 2010. Took my wife and kids for that one and we all had a blast

[MIB41]

In the first part of the documentary in Twickenham, Paul is doing most of the heavy lifting. He's clearly the band leader at this point. He's busy composing "Get Back" and "Let it Be" while George sulks and John acts disinterested and distracted. Ringo is definitely ready when needed, but he wasn't a big part of the song writing process. But of course, George is sulking because Paul in particular isn't showing him a whole lot of respect. "All Things Must Pass" is a very good song, very worthy of being on a Beatles album, and Paul barely listened to what George was offering.

But I think knocking Paul is like knocking William Shatner. Without them, the whole things comes apart or never really gets off the ground. Both are self-absorbed, neither is the "cool" half of the partnership, but both do the heavy lifting, even if they could have shared the load a bit more.

While I think the creative process was by far the most interesting part, I've always looked at this documentary, in its original form, as the introduction to "reality tv". As previously stated, I don't really feel like any of us saw the band in their most candid moments. For the 60's, this approach was very unorthodox compared to the highly scripted profiles one would expect for its day. But we were still seeing their game faces through most of it. I think Paul enjoyed the cameras, so he mugged it up the most. Lennon was never fully comfortable with what to show of himself, so depending on his mood, he either played with the cameras or was more despondent. George never appeared to want any part of it, which catered to his impatience when they were trying to have creative discussions. To me, his argument with McCartney is born from his frustration of Paul trying to sell his command of the material to the cameras. Paul's heavy explanation of what he wanted felt more for the audience than to George. And I think that appearance of direction understandably rubbed him the wrong way. Instead of telling Paul to cut the BS, I think he decided to mock Paul by telling him he would play whatever he wanted.

Ringo has always struck me as such an amiable personality with no desire to be confrontational, so he stayed clear of the ruckus and chose to "act naturally." On the creative side I still have questions, because some of that stuff seem to come out of no where, which makes me think some of this might have been partially worked out before they started. There is a shocking amount of Abbey Road fully outlined here, including Ringo's intricate drumming pieces. Gotta believe there's another six hours of footage some of us diehards would love to digest on that (given there's 60 hours of total footage). I love the whole creation footage of Get Back, but again its a director's perspective told through editing, so we do not know if the contributions of others were left out. Its all completely fascinating. I really hope more of this footage sees the light of day.

[rykerw1701]

Ringo's peace and love bit has just become shtick at this point. but who cares? everyone loves Ringo. the guys 81 and still out there recording and touring, COVID aside. he may not have any recent hits, but i buy every album. i figure as a fan, if he is willing to still record it, i will buy it. same goes for McCartney

I saw Ringo and his All Starr Band a couple of years ago. He puts on a good show. Lots of fun. Oh, and lots of "Peace & Love," too

[Nostalgiabuff]

Ringo's peace and love bit has just become shtick at this point. but who cares? everyone loves Ringo. the guys 81 and still out there recording and touring, COVID aside. he may not have any recent hits, but i buy every album. i figure as a fan, if he is willing to still record it, i will buy it. same goes for McCartney