The Beatles - Let It Be (Video, Rehearsal and Playback Session)

[@scotttaylor7767]

What surprised me watching this at the end is the way George takes control and tells John when to come in on the verses ! This is clearly a Paul song and you read in all the books how the other Beatles didn’t like “Let it Be” yet here is George playing a part in working with Paul to give the song structure and form ! And this despite the fact that George’s songs were not given enough attention by the others. Makes me wonder if “All things must pass” was written in response to Paul’s “Let it Be”.

[@benglassman]

Paul helped play and arrange George's songs PLENTY. Paul brought baby George into the damn band in the first place. Get serious, Man

[@buchro111]

Benglassman, it's well known that Paul and the other Beatles did not allow George to have enough of his songs on their albums. George said he felt constipated, which is why he released a triple album as his first venture outside the Beatles because he had so many songs that the others wouldn't allow on the Beatles albums. Also he brought Eric Clapton into the something session because the other Beatles were not cooperating sufficiently, as they frequently did on his songs. George said that for once they behave perfectly when Clapton was there

[@snappyego908]

@@buchro111 George is not reliable narrator. You should research a bit. Paul helped George on many songs when john was too busy with Yoko.

[@7Korat]

You must watch channel "60s go pop", dude analyze stenograms from Beatles sessions. Some people sell out false narration what was between our boys.

[@leonardoborrelli9826]

It was just impossible to George try to not like this song....imho... He was the most generous of the group...

[@erinlewin5986]

let it be is my most favorite song !

[@erinlewin5986]

let it be is my wedding song this Dec 10 26 years! and I listen to that song all the time and love it.!

[@ChrisJohnsonChannel]

This video was like being a fly in the wall and just watching everything at that moment

[@stechriswillgil3686]

It’s a brief glimpse based on a grainy black and white film. It won’t serve you to build an entire narrative from these clips. The group are aware they are being filmed for a start. What would be interesting would be high definition sound and audio footage of them caught unawares ! Among other things, you would see that Lennon had bright red hair and the personality that goes with it ! Yes, he was a pale and skinny red headed kid ! Yoko was tiny and of course George was blossoming into a mature man by 1969 ( he was much, much younger than Lennon ). I don’t know what the point of these documentaries are other than to cast Paul in a more favourable light ?

[@mortensenegbert6619]

Paul was pretty vulnerable here, trying to keep the band together when the others were halfway out the door already. Supposedly John said at one point during the sessions for "Let It Be" (the song), "Is this the part where we're supposed to snicker?"

[@patrickthomas8890]

John could be a bit of a dickhead. He was jealous of Paul at times. I think for Let it Be, he was jealous of Paul’s productivity at the time when he was going through writers block. He also felt the movie showcased Paul way too much…which I don’t see

[@mortensenegbert6619]

@@patrickthomas8890 Agreed. John spoke in interviews about Paul phoning saying he had his 7 songs and it was time to record an album. John would say "Okay, let me come up with something." I put "Yesterday," and especially "Revolver" as the point where Paul kind of took the lead over John. Having said that, John came up with a ton of great stuff all through. Just not as much as Paul. Or as commercial.

[@timothycornell3032]

He said do we giggle in the solo?

[@mortensenegbert6619]

@@timothycornell3032 Thank you! I knew it was either snicker or giggle. Is there audio of him saying that on youtube?

[@timothycornell3032]

@@mortensenegbert6619 It was between Let it be and the long and winding road!

[@Bass1955Man]

John Lennon once said that playing bass was 'like being kept behind after school'.

[@johnsmith100]

Think about all the other important bands in which one of the "main" members is the bass player: Rush, Pink Floyd, Cream, The Beach Boys, The Police, Kiss …

[@michaelquinn8618]

Because he couldn’t play a guitar that well

[@ST-xg3gy]

Yeah.

[@Bass1955Man]

@@michaelquinn8618 On his guitar playing, Lennon said ' You only have to be good enough to back yourself ' which he did well and became one of the top rock artists in history, within a relatively short time. His strengths lay in his singing and songwriting although his rhythm playing could equal the best. There are countless 'expert' rock guitarists who never have nor ever will produce anything to compete with him. Still, it did make me laugh a bit when Lennon said ' Clapton says I'm good !' , particularly as Lennon was employing him at the time.He could be daft, but he seemed to know that and his remark about playing bass was pretty much an admission that he lacked the discipline to do it properly ( hear the final note of Let it Be mischievously slide up the neck ).

[@billysequins]

If he'd bothered to write a few more songs for the Let It Be project he wouldn't have got lumbered

[@josephmartino9958]

These playbacks have the spirit of a gentle soul sound guiding its way thru the studio

[@stevescontriano860]

Look at Yoko. Obsessed with John. I heard when he went to take a shit she would sit outside the door

[@carolfreitag6847]

They still managed to have a little bit of fun even though they were all tired of being a band . This is truly like being a fly on the wall . I’m grateful for these videos/ films showing how they were all feeling at the time. . But in the final take they got the take that was needed for the album . I’ll always love the Beatles from their very beginnings to the end . They were a very unique and tight knit band , and they didn’t settle for anything less than perfection even if they were dealing with all their personal differences and all the legalities ❤️❤️

[@billysequins]

Love how John plucks away so earnestly on one of the easiest to play bass lines ever 😁

[@rays2794]

Paul went back into the studio to replace John’s bass track for obvious reasons. In the end, John only contributed backing vocals on that song.

[@patrickthomas8890]

I wouldn’t say earnestly…more like apathetically.

[@jobsgarage]

I love how committed is John at the beginning of the video. Such stamina, such focus! :-D

[@marguskiis7711]

Yoko is in love with the song too!

[@ChrisJohnsonChannel]

Did you see Yoko rolling her eyes as Paul rehersed ?

[@marguskiis7711]

Yoko rolling her eyes.

[@andrewmair7371]

Yeah… really… like it’s any of her beeswax - 🤷🏻🤨

[@dorkle9085]

God I hate her.

[@scottbusby9321]

You didn’t think all those great songs just happened in the blink of an eye did you?

[@brunositbon939]

Beatles forever George John Ringo paul

[@johnsmith100]

Let it Be, showing Paul for 2-3 seconds :)

[@guitar.forbeginners.withdave]

he's there check 1:05 and you'll catch him

[@shuddupeyaface]

Bunch of genius types. Special stuff.

[@gaizkasalazar6948]

Incredible!!!!!!!

[@user-nq9gz4xf7f]

From body language it is like John is a bit peeved or acting out about Pauls big song. Worse it looks like Yoko is doing her best to distract him with flirts. Still John does tune in. You can see how the group might have been bummed about Pauls dominance

[@jk4675]

Spot on william

[@Inglese001]

@Xarhtna is it true John and George had a fistfight ? I heard they had an argument which led to George leaving the group.

[@johnt7630]

@Xarhtna to be honest Lennon didn't contribute much to Abbey Road either. He'd lost interest in the group. When he went solo, his album "Imagine" proved that he still had the old magic.

[@johnmc3862]

@@johnt7630 Lennon could still work in the studio when he needed to. To say he didn't contribute much to it is disingenuous. He contributed less than other albums for sure.

[@johnmc3862]

@Xarhtna Source? Or just opinion.

[@observatoriogeral9456]

Os Beatles desmotivados, uma tristeza

[@BruceCoble]

John playing the Fender VI Baritone Bass 👍

[@regmunday8354]

I see these videos and all I want to do is go back in time and warn John not to live in New York.

[@michaelquinn8618]

John should have had body guards

[@davidbaise5137]

Wow nice six string bass right there. Interesting instrument. Maybe what we hear on Glen Campbell’s “Galveston” also.

[@nickvictor7398]

That's not a bass it is a fender stratocaster.

[@davidbaise5137]

@@nickvictor7398 nope sorry - a Fender six string bass. There are various pics of Harrison playing it also.

[@nickvictor7398]

@@davidbaise5137 yes I know...it was the Fender Bass VI. I was just messing with you to see what you would say.

[@ercolepaulcolella58]

Wow John, nice serving the song. Watch George and learn

[@365cesar]

Yoko Hono "the glue"

[@gostrum1]

Yoko looking contemplative as Paul sings his anthem, perhaps planting the Seed for Imagine.

[@jhaduvala]

Read Grapefruit

[@Driecnk]

Yoko oh no

[@popguynj]

I get it Joan rivers lol

[@ST-xg3gy]

Where is this from?

[@scottmatznick3140]

England

[@TheCrazystupidpeople]

Known in the bootleg world as the 'nagra tapes' basically all the raw footage from the let it be movie. Might see this clip in the upcoming get back movie remastered and in colour if we're lucky!

[@marguskiis7711]

@@TheCrazystupidpeople its a videocopy made for director to inspect raw material.

[@Fuzcapp]

Let it be, let it be, Not Yoko's cuppa tea ...

[@Perdonatuiletrado1980]

Yoko in the middle 😒

[@christophergerety1263]

Good job Peter Jackson!!!!

[@marguskiis7711]

Its not PJ. Its an old videocopy for a director to examine material.

[@calliopivogiatzis2235]

Yoko was probably useless when it came to contributing to the Beatles song ideas

[@fougee1]

John Lennon WHY would anybody ever hurt him? Never mind killing him he lived for peace. I dream of getting my hands around Chapman's throat!

[@stechriswillgil3686]

You’ve answered your own question .

[@Fuzcapp]

Musta been f***ing annoying for George as he's talking to John, to have Paul friggin' around on the ;piano in the background. Shut up Paul - we're trying to work out YOUR song here!

[@jadeskywalker06]

In the making of this documentary they'd often play instruments over their conversations in the hopes the people recording couldn't understand it. They didn't enjoy their conversations being recorded, especially George. So George definitely didn't mind.

[@phoebeflanders]

They were all in their twenties at the time, and they all had histories with each other, so perhaps not fair to judge. Still, there's not much more of a disrespectful way to say "FU" to someone than to pretend to read a magazine, and whatever else they are doing, while that someone is doing creative work. Nothing to be proud of.

[@musicchannelvevo817]

You need to remove this video before we close your channel

[@patrickscherf5782]

Go ahead, make my day 😂

[@iaap123]

It was JUSTICE that he was the first Beatle to be flayed !!!!

[@johnsain]

Johnny needed his mommy there.....

[@tdunph4250]

If I was Peter Jackson I would have skipped over this footage. It was really kind of boring and repetitive.

[@michaelquinn8618]

Yoko broke up the Beatles by convincing Lennon that he didn’t need Paul or the Beatles. John was just off heroin and very vulnerable

[@Rockstaralan]

Wow....Still buying into that stupid myth that Yoko and ONLY Yoko alone was responsible for breaking up The Beatles! Here's the thing: It bears STRONGLY REITERATING that there were SEVERAL factors at play in the Beatles' breakup. In fact, they were already starting to come apart as a band WELL before she even entered the picture. There were power struggles from within the band, Paul assuming unofficial leadership and control, while John was zonked out on heroin and otherwise occupied, George finally getting sick of always being treated like a kid and third-class citizen by John and Paul, and only allowed 2 of his own songs per album. It certainly didn't help that John just HAD to violate their long-standing rule of no wives of GF's allowed at the studio, by bringing Yoko around and basically flaunting her in the others' faces to prove a point. Nor was she exactly endearing herself to anyone by constantly offering her unwanted opinions and creative input. That is ALL true. But let's not forget that there were also the messy business affairs and court battles that finally brought the dream to an end. So while Yoko's presence certainly was enough to pour salt into an already festering wound, she was NOT the sole cause of their demise! Please let that sink in!

[@SurreyMan0409]

@@Rockstaralan You are so right! It’s not that The Beatles were the happy Fab Four until Yoko appeared. For instance, Paul wanted his father in law to be their manager, whereas the others backed Allan Klein (despite George’s lyric ‘Beware of Abco’). Life is rarely black and white!

[@stechriswillgil3686]

Have you seen what Heroin really does to people ? Lennon NEVER did Heroin, that all BS ! He may have smoked a ‘ light joint ‘ ( you can smoke Heroin ) but he was no long term needle user and neither was Yoko. It’s dangerous BS that they should have dealt with at the time.

[@SurreyMan0409]

@@stechriswillgil3686 Yes I have seen what it does, and you are right - John and Yoko were not junkies, though they did have an addiction, which is why John wrote Cold Turkey after he came off it.

[@ntl5983]

Let it be.

[@PistonBroke0001]

Money destroyed the Beatles.

[@buckfaststradler4629]

And fame

[@BabbleBebble]

Odd thing to say

Mostly because of Allen Klein's deal and everything that came with it. Paul was right in the end.

[@PistonBroke0001]

@ it was always about the money but everybody blamed poor Yoko who was just really annoying.

@@PistonBroke0001 I don't blame her particularly but the way John handled the relationship with her. He mixed things and ultimately -together with A.K - damaged the band. Paul, George and Ringo kept their marriages away from the band.

[@Jcp108]

I wonder if yoko Would have taken any notice of John if John had not been a beatle and had a normal day to day job instead , I think not

[@michaelquinn8618]

She knew exactly who he was and planned to get him for herself