Ongoing Review of Beatles Docuseries by Joe Viglione 1:00 pm exactly on Thanksgiving day.

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Ongoing Review of Beatles Docuseries by Joe Viglione 1:00 pm exactly on Thanksgiving day.

Into 1:13:27 of this "historical document," as the creatures in the film Galaxy Quest would put it, and my first impressions are that the 30 years young filmmaker Michael Lindsay-Hogg tapes are essential for any college course on pop/rock songwriting and band interaction after the death of a pioneering manager, Brian Epstein.

That Peter Jackson is unquestionably the Thomas Edison of contemporary filmmaking was obvious before he took on this gargantuan project. Jackson's 2018 war film was equally essential for the after-movie look at how the director put it together. See Wikipedia for a quick synopsis: "They Shall Not Grow Old is a 2018 documentary film directed and produced by Peter Jackson. The film was created using original footage of the First World War from the Imperial War Museum's archives, most previously unseen, all over 100 years old by the time of releaseThey Shall Not Grow Old is a 2018 documentary film directed and produced by Peter Jackson. The film was created using original footage of the First World War from the Imperial War Museum's archives, most previously unseen, all over 100 years old by the time of release." (from Wikipedia.)

The scary thing for Beatles fans is that these Linday-Hogg audio and video recordings are now 51 years old, half a century (1:20 pm)

 

 This is historically brilliant, though fans of Kanye West probably won't be watching. The Boston Herald runs an Associated Press review notes "Produced by a Beatlemaniac for fellow Beatlemaniacs, it can be an exhausting experience for those not in the club. But the club is pretty big." Well, that's good copy for the public, though the reality is that Peter Jackson is more of a Beatles professor. Anyone creating film would love to have been in control here, but it is Jackson who is currently "in the groove" and able to perfect the art of the documentary. For those awaiting the new Spiderman and Matrix films out this 2021 Christmas, you won't find the machines creating mayhem, or Dr. Strange for that matter; the machines here serve Master Jackson - and inevitably our viewing experience - quite well. 1:38 pm

That the film forces this journalist to lay bare my writing process is due to the enormous length of the motion picture. I'm at 1:13:27 since early morning (what? after 3 AM I believe) and have 1:23:17 to go, which puts this opening Day 1 segment at 2 hours, 36 minutes and 44 seconds. To be continued.

 

 

 

 

 

 

1)In Spite of All the Danger  McCartney/Harrison

2)Love Me Do

3)Some Other Guy (Barrett/Leiber/Stoller)

4)Please Please Me

5)Twist and Shout (Bert Berns/Phil Medley)

6)I Want to Hold Your Hand

7)She Loves You

8)Do You Want to Know a Secret

9)All My Loving

10)A Hard day’s Night

11)Eight Days a Week

12)Can’t Buy Me Love

13)I Should Have Known Better

14)Act Naturally (Russell/Morrisson)

15)Help

16)Yesterday

17)Drive My Car

18)Taxman

19)Yellow Submarine

20)Tomorrow Never Knows

21)Strawberry Fields Forever

22)Sgt Pepper

23)Penny Lane

24)With a Little Help from my Friends

25)Lucy

26)A Day in the Life

27)All You Need is Love

28)Magical Mystery Tour

29)I Am the Walrus

30)While My Guitar Gently Weekps

31)Back in the USSR

32)Blackbird

33)Hey Jude

34)On the Road To Marrakesh/Child of Nature (Jealous Guy) (John Lennon)

35)Everybody’s Got Soul (Lennon/McCartney)

36)Don’t Let Me Down

37)I’ve Got a Feeling

38)Johnny B Goode (Chuck Berry)

39)I Shall Be Released (Bob Dylan)

40)Quinn the Eskimo (the Mighty Quinn)Dylan

41)Two of Us

42)Taking a Trip to California (Richard Starkey)

43)Tea for Two (Youmans/Caesar)
44)Just for Fun (lennon/McCartney)

45)Thinking of Linking (Paul McCartney)

46)Won’t You Please Say Goodbye (Lennon/McCartney)

47)One After 909

48)Because I Know You Love Me So (Len/Mac)

49)Obla Di Obla Da

50)What Do You Want to Make Those Eyes at Me For

     (Monaco/Johnson/McCarthy)

51)Midnight Special (traditional)

52)The Harry Lime theme from Third Man (Karas)

53)Gimme Some Truth (John Lennon)

54)Every Little Thing (Lennon/McCartney)

55)All Things Must Pass (George Harrison)

56)I’m So Tired

57)You Wear Your Women Out  (J,P,G,R)

58)She Came in Through the Bathroom Window

59)My Imagination (J,P,G,R)

60)Get Back
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61)When I’m 64

62)Across the Universe

63)Maxwell’s Silver Hammer

64)Rock and Roll Music (Berry)

65)I Me Mine (Harrison)

66)Stand By Me (King/Leiber/Stoller)

67)Mr Bass Man (Johnny Cymbal)

68)Ba Ba Black Sheep (Traditional)

69)To Kingdom Come (Robbie Robertson)

70)Please Please Me

71)The Long and Winding Road

72)You Win Again (Hank Williams)

73)Carry That Weight

74)Another Day (Paul Mc/LindaMc)

75)Golden Slumbers

76)The Castle of the King of the Birds (J,P,G,R)

77)For You Blue (Harrison)

78)Enoch Powell (Lennon/McCartney)

79)Commonwealth (Lennon/McCartney)

80)Norwegian Wood

81)Honey Hush (Turner)

82)House of the Rising Sun (traditional)
83)Move It (Samwell)

84)Suzy Parker (J,P,G,R)

85)Let it Be

86)Shakin’ In The Sixties (J,P,G,R)

87)Mama, You’ve Been on My Mind (Dylan)

88)Christmas Alphabet (Loman/Kaye)

89)I’m Talking About You (Chuck Berry)

90)Carolina Moon (Burke/Davis)

91)Hi Heel Sneakers – Higgenbotham

92)She’s a Woman (Lennon/McCartney)

93)Martha My Dear

94)Jam (P,G,J,R,Ono)

95)It’s Only Make Believe (Nance/Jenkins)

96)John (Yoko Ono)

97)Isn’t It a Pity (Harrison)

 

https://people.com/music/let-it-be-director-michael-lindsay-hogg-talks-misunderstood-beatles-documentary/

 

 

The scene is part of 56 hours Lindsay-Hogg shot for what became his 1970 documentary, Let It Be. After half a century in the vault, the unused footage has been recut by fellow filmmaker Peter Jackson into the three-part, eight-hour epic Get Back, which debuts Nov. 25 on Disney+. No stranger to trilogies (see: Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit) or vivid historical restorations (They Shall Not Grow Old), Jackson has described his latest work as a documentary about the making of a documentary. While the Beatles are naturally the focal point, the plot hinges on Lindsay-Hogg, the increasingly harried director at the center of the action. "Peter said early on to me, 'I think you're going to have to be in this movie,'" Lindsay-Hogg tells PEOPLE. "He couldn't cut the conversations out because they were part of what was going on at the moment. They showed the Beatles dynamic, which is what we were interested in illustrating." 

 

 

 

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https://www.bostonherald.com/2021/11/24/get-back-series-dispels-and-confirms-some-beatle-myths/

 

The nearly 8-hour, Peter Jackson-produced documentary culled from film and recording outtakes of those sessions instead reveal a self-aware band with a rare connection and work ethic that still knew how to have fun — yet was also in the process of breaking up.

The “Get Back” series unspools over three days starting Thanksgiving on Disney+.

Produced by a Beatlemaniac for fellow Beatlemaniacs, it can be an exhausting experience for those not in the club. But the club is pretty big. Beyond the treats it offers fans, “Get Back” is a fly-on-the-wall look at the creative process of a band still popular a half-century after it ceased existence.

Jackson, the Academy Award-winning maker of the “Lord of the Rings” series, was discussing another project with the Beatles when he inquired about what happened to all the outtakes of director Michael Lindsay-Hogg’s 1970 “Let it Be” film.

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  https://decider.com/2021/11/24/the-beatles-get-back-release-time-disney-plus/

 

 

While others are “enjoying a meal” and “reconnecting with family” this weekend, Beatles fans will be glued to their devices. Why? Because The Beatles: Get Back release date is finally here, people!

After a years-long wait, Peter Jackson‘s highly-anticipated documentary series, The Beatles: Get Back, will begin streaming on Disney+ tomorrow. The nearly eight-hour series features astonishing restored footage from the band’s infamous Let It Be recording sessions, which were captured by filmmaker Michael Lindsay-Hogg for a 1970 documentary of the same name.

While that documentary—which was pulled from shelves and never released on DVD or digital platforms—become known as the movie that captured the Beatles’ break-up, Jackson, uses considerably more hours of footage, promises to tell a more complete story.

For Beatles fans, the series is nothing less than a holiday miracle. Here’s everything you need to know about how to watch The Beatles: Get Back, including The Beatles: Get Back release date and The Beatles: Get Back release time.

 

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What's the difference between Andy Warhold's EMPIRE and The Beatles: Get Back?  Get Back has an actual soundtrack.