
The film show’s that Lennon’s disengagement - heroin didn’t help - put intense pressure on McCartney, who felt that he was forced to be the group’s de facto leader.īut even under pressure, the band is brilliant. Jackson’s film should destroy the antiquated notion that Yoko Ono broke up The Beatles. Jackson’s film has several levels of meaning: It gets us back to the plans for Get Back, to the creation of the song “Get Back,” and to the stress of creation, long before rock ‘n’ roll myth-making flattened out the realities of The Beatles’ final days. Great things come from just trying, trying, trying.Īlso Read: What House of Gucci Gets Exactly Right - and Just Made Up The moment McCartney composes “Get Back” has gone viral because of the incredible, spontaneous creativity involved: How often do we see a rock n’ roll classic composed in a matter of minutes, before our eyes? McCartney doesn’t create the whole song on the spot, as George and Ringo look on – John is nowhere to be found - but he does come up with the basic riff and the melody.


Ringo Starr and George Harrison are doing their best, but Paul McCartney is feeling the pressure to produce a hit – so he sits down and hammers out “Get Back,” one of the most beloved songs in the Beatles catalogue, and the one that gives its name to the new Peter Jackson documentary about the frustrating, sometimes sad, and creatively thrilling Let It Be sessions.

John Lennon is nowhere near as creative as usual.
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They’re scheduled to perform for a live audience in what will soon be a TV special and their next album.
