I was born AFTER the Beatles disbanded. But I have all their original Albums (not the BBC,etc) and they get regular play in my system. I like they music making and that makes me a fan. I have never watched their documentary nor any other film. Maybe that is the difference between fan and die-hard fan 🙂
What does it take to be a die hard Beatles fan?
I am the first to admit that I am a Beatles fan. And might even say that I am die hard. A recent film and recent album has me questioning the latter.
Peter Jackson's film "Get Back" and the 2022 "de-mixed" release of "Revolver" were both somewhat over the top for even a long time Beatles fan.
I had difficulty getting through both the film and the album.
Yes, it was pretty cool to get an inside look at the prep for the famous rooftop concert. But it became tedious to listen to all the "bla bla" in the studio and the endless fiddling of non Beatles songs.
Not to mention all that time "practicing" in the studio to come up with 3 or 4 songs.
And it was cool to hear the de-mixed versions of Revolver material, but 63 tracks with much relatively meaningless stuff took me 2 days to get through.
I certainly can appreciate the attraction to the behind the scenes things.
But neither the film or the album gave me much insight into who these guys are were/are.
The film was especially disappointing.
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Me and my sister watched the Beatles' Ed Sullivan appearances, and Sis (and later me) bought each LP the day they came out. My sister had a great seat to see the Beatles at the Hollywood Bowl, as one of her girlfriends' fathers was a record industry bigwig. The Beatles were the first rock-and-roll band I liked, and my mania to hear them had me constantly listening to L.A.'s rock-and-roll station KFWB...which in turn got me liking all rock music. In other words, blame the Beatles for putting me on the path from a classical guy to an I-like-everything guy. |
@jasonbourne71 - I was watching the Beatles on Ed Sullivan that night with my parents and some other family friends. Of course, my father said something like 'Maybe Ed will pay 'em enough to get haircuts...' . |
I'm a huge Beatles' fan too and I totally agree with you. Maybe I just like to eat the bread and not take a complete tour of how bread is made, from wheat field to reaping to grinding to...etc. I mean, the songs are the point for me, not the hagiography.
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Speaking of the non-Beatles songs they play in the studio rehearsals for the rooftop performance: In his YouTube review of the movie, Rick Beato (whom I really like) marvels at how many songs The Beatles know (referring to the "oldies" they attempt to play). Well, they sort of remember those non-Beatle songs, but they certainly don’t perform them very well in those studio recordings. I know they were just "fooling around", but still. Their performances of those songs imo provide ample evidence that my assertion The Beatles were not a very good band---strictly in terms of being "a band"---is plainly obvious. You may disagree. It was their songs that made them great, not their abilities as a band. IMO, of course. Most Rock bands are better at being a band than they are at songwriting. With The Beatles (no pun intended ;-) the opposite is true. |
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