Comments on: Get Back

By: MikeP

MikeP — Wed, 13 Mar 2019 21:06:02 +0000

If you watch that film and others of Lindsay-Hogg, you will see he was quite the amateur.

By: MikeP

MikeP — Wed, 13 Mar 2019 02:08:56 +0000

All I can do is shake my head, Johan……even your beloved John knew and repeatedly said that Get Back was a great record.
Give it up. You sound more and more ridiculous with every post (a common trait in trolling).

By: MikeP

MikeP — Wed, 13 Mar 2019 02:06:11 +0000

All I can do is shake my head, Johan. … even your beloved John knew and said Get Back was a great record. Repeatedly.
Give it up. You sound more and more ridiculous with every post.

By: MikeP

MikeP — Sun, 11 Nov 2018 02:40:35 +0000

You sure are full of yourself, aren’t you Johan?
“A good song must have…..” LOL! Says who? You? Pbffft……..

You post with childish, self-centered, highly biased and bigoted prose. Your dual obsessions of loving all things Lennon and hating all things McCartney should be embarrassing you by now. Why they apparently aren’t, I will leave to your psychiatrist.

By: Eggman

Eggman — Wed, 05 Sep 2018 19:04:38 +0000

Don’t believe Chris. If you listen to the isolated tracks (available everywhere nowadays) you hear all kinds of slop and the occasional mistake.

By: Mimi

Mimi — Sun, 08 Jul 2018 21:49:48 +0000

The more I read and think about it, the more I think it was John’s drug use, adding to his already present pretentiousness and anger issues, that split them up. But Paul and John were best when they worked together.

By: Teddy Salad

Teddy Salad — Mon, 08 Jan 2018 19:43:30 +0000

You quoted Wikipedia. You still need a source.

By: rdnzl

rdnzl — Wed, 13 Sep 2017 04:58:08 +0000

So, were someone to get the real reason they broke up, this would bring George and John back from the dead and they would reunite? What a pant load. They were a group of kids, that became four separate, adult individuals. It’s called growing up and apart. Why can’t people accept it and go on with their lives?

By: rdnzl

rdnzl — Wed, 13 Sep 2017 04:53:17 +0000

Posting as Johan Cavalli, are we now, Mr. Jagger?

By: Gregory Orme

Gregory Orme — Fri, 28 Jul 2017 04:20:32 +0000

I always find it amusing when Paul McCartney is painted as some sort of dictator who tried to rule the band and that his behavior led to the split. The Beatles might have been finished years earlier without Paul’s urging to keep going and, frankly, his songwriting that reflected a popular sensibility that kept the band in the public eye. I have tremendous respect for George Harrison, but these stories about how he was suppressed by John Lennon and Paul are a little out of proportion. He had songs on singles, he had songs that led off albums/album sides. All the Beatles had stuff that was left off albums, and John had some of his best work relegated to B-sides. When one thinks of inequality, The Beatles fall far behind the Rolling Stones. George got more exposure than Bill Wyman, and Ringo Starr got more than Charlie Watts. In photographs, Paul never took center stage. Compare that to Tattoo You or the RS logo.

By: Gregory Orme

Gregory Orme — Fri, 28 Jul 2017 03:55:44 +0000

It’s always the drugs, which leads to paranoia, which leads to the breakups. Going back, one of the reasons the other Beatles did not like Pete Best is that he did not party with them. Yoko Ono is often blamed, but it was not Yoko per se but the fact that, once John and Yoko became inseparable, they soon brought along drugs that the others did not want to be a part of. The drugs affected John’s once-prolific songwriting and his judgment, as he offered “Cold Turkey” and “Revolution No. 9” as singles. He also ran through a good amount of money just as things were starting to get lean with the Apple Corps fiasco. When Ringo left, he felt the others were all getting on well and that he was the odd man out. George felt the same when he left. Despite the critical words during their public divorce, Paul and John admired each other. Paul was desperate to keep the band going, and was clinically depressed after the split. He got a fair amount of backlash for announcing the split to promote McCartney, but the others knew that it was over.

By: Mark

Mark — Sun, 11 Jun 2017 13:15:51 +0000

I’ve often wondered if Paul was the main reason for the breakup. 46 years later I’m still not certain but leaning more and more towards it. He just was and still is a bit jealous of John’s mind.

By: Ken

Ken — Sat, 13 May 2017 11:34:56 +0000

“Had McCartney been a better diplomat in the group they would have continued.”

It’s the 22nd century and I can’t believe there are still people who believed the fault of their breakup lies on McCartney alone. Harrison and Lennon’s growing disinterest with the band after Epstein’s death, Lennon’s heavy drug abuse, Allan Klein taking advantage of their financial and management issues with the Apple company, Ono’s presence, the Beatles’ members own clashing creative interests and internal disputes – they all contributed to the breakup.

And if we are simply talking about Harrison’s mistreatment, it was Lennon who was disparaging towards Harrison’s solo songs and skipping his sessions altogether. He even suggested to replace Harrison with Clapton when Harrison quit the band, which Starr quietly agreed and only McCartney vetoed against it. Yes, McCartney’s demanding and perfectionist attitudes also contributed to this problem but if you want to play the blaming game, you should point your finger to both McCartney /and/ Lennon.

By: Toldyou96

Toldyou96 — Mon, 13 Mar 2017 15:41:56 +0000

Funny, I have noticed it but never thought much about it. What I do know is that if Get Back is playing in my head, my mind often wanders and Junior’s Farm takes over. That being said, the solo on JF was played by “Take me, down, Jimmy” McCoullough, not Paul.

By: Slave

Slave — Sun, 08 Jan 2017 07:41:08 +0000

I alway thought McCartney was hiding references to YOKO when he sang JOJO. Very cryptic lyrics.

By: Leonard Cohen Fan

Leonard Cohen Fan — Sat, 31 Dec 2016 02:24:12 +0000

Great guitar solo by John, and Michael Lindsay-Hogg somehow managed to NOT film the entire solo or he edited out most of the solo from the film. The camera cuts to Ringo or somewhere else during the solo. I would love to see the entire solo if there is some unreleased footage. That’s such a screw up.

By: Robert

Robert — Sat, 24 Dec 2016 16:49:13 +0000

All totally your opinions Johan, and you know what they say about opinions….

By: Young Fred

Young Fred — Sat, 12 Nov 2016 22:51:38 +0000

Any bass players around? Bass line in this song is simple in the record and its printed tabs, BUT have you noticed in the Let it Be Film all the different figures played by Paul during Jonh’s and Billy’s solos? Real Rock Bassplaying! Another thing, Ringo’s drumming. Impossible to reproduce. From the worst to the best tribute band; not even Paul’s bands have ever accomplished to make this song sound as The Beatles did. That drumming will never sound the same unless played by the one who did it originally.

By: Shane

Shane — Thu, 10 Nov 2016 15:31:12 +0000

“McCartney does not ever reference him…”?
“Dear Boy” on the Ram album was about him.

By: Robert

Robert — Tue, 23 Aug 2016 02:19:36 +0000

Dear Mr. Cavalli-Your hyper criticism of Sir Paul is duly noted, just as your other negative comments elsewhere (“Yesterday” for example). If possible try to be a little more open minded. This group would never have been THE Beatles as we know and love without the individual and combined talents, contributions and genius of each individual. Paul’s music is as good as John’s and vice versa, and that’s what made The Beatles so great. (George and Ringo were great, too.) True, Paul is far from perfect; but John was very flawed as well. Maybe these imperfections that went hand in hand with their many moments of genius are what created the chemistry that ultimately created the greatest rock/pop band of our lifetime. Take the good with the bad and be happy with the end result. Most if not all of The Beatles’ music was/is great regardless of the tension or lack thereof, or a great melody or lack of one, or who wrote wrote what part and when. I appreciate your passion for John. I am personally grateful that I grew up during this time to witness it all, I bet you are, too. I will now step off of my soap box and go listen to some great music.