Comments on: Let It Be

By: Mr. Kite

Mr. Kite — Tue, 26 Mar 2019 21:56:35 +0000

I don’t think George wanted to be there in the first place, according to Anthology.

By: MikeP

MikeP — Fri, 30 Nov 2018 01:28:58 +0000

Well, it seems to have depended on which side of Paul’s face he wanted to slap.
Your quote presents a textbook example of a “left-handed compliment”.

By: TS

TS — Mon, 13 Aug 2018 23:43:49 +0000

I’ve never liked the song, either. It’s pretty on the surface, but that’s all it is, it’s another impressive, but empty, genre exercise from the master of empty genre exercises.

By: Range

Range — Sun, 15 Jul 2018 02:42:43 +0000

Maybe it’s only me, but I can hear Lennon’s bass part in the released version:
If you listen to Take 27A (the original take), you can hear that Lennon plays “F”-“A”-“C” notes just after McCartney sings “Let It Be”, in every verse.
McCartney’s bass part, in those sections, goes like: “F”-“E”-“D”-“C”.
So, Lennon plays an “A” instead of McCartney’s “E” and “D”.
So it’s like:
F – E – D – C (McCartney);
F – A – C (Lennon).

On the Past Masters version (and on the Let It Be version too), I can clearly hear an “A” under the “E” and “D”, especially at 2:11 and 2:39. It sounds like there are two bass parts together in those spots.

What do you think?

By: Emmett

Emmett — Wed, 30 May 2018 19:05:10 +0000

I was also 11 when Let It Be came out. Born in 1959, I love this song. I still do, but I must admit that the message is just so-so to me. What type of statement is it? I mean, Paul says to just let things be. So, bad lyrics but a lovely melody and musical arrangement.

By: Teddy Salad

Teddy Salad — Thu, 05 Apr 2018 16:49:12 +0000

Neil’s and Walter’s comments are the only references on the Internet that contain either “Beatles Mary Maier” or “Beatles Mt. Shasta,” unless you count newspaper articles published in Mt. Shasta that mention them. No indication that they were ever there nor that they met Maier anywhere. It’s possible that they heard of her in India, as she is reported to have been there in the early 50’s, but that would appear to be as far as it goes.

By: tammy baker

tammy baker — Mon, 19 Mar 2018 02:27:23 +0000

I have a reel to reel recording of this song . The song is not finished and paul is humming in a lot of it. Has ajyone heard something like this . Any information wouldbe great

By: Charles

Charles — Thu, 08 Mar 2018 03:05:12 +0000

I was only 11 years old when Let It Be was released. It was one of the best years of my life and this song as well as the LP Abbey Road in late 1969 were a major part of my soundtrack.

By: Randall

Randall — Mon, 12 Feb 2018 01:46:52 +0000

When I was 10 years old way back in 1970 my parents gave me an AM/FM small radio I used to listen to at night.That’s when I first heard “Let it be” such a beautiful song that you just can’t forget.That’s when I became a Beatles fan.I went to the record store and bought the 45.Anyone remember 45’s?? I sure have enjoyed them through the years and still like them as much as ever.

By: stan

stan — Tue, 06 Feb 2018 17:41:20 +0000

George just had enough of being bossed around by Paul! After that scene, George left, went home and wrote “WAH-WAH” which appeared on his up and coming solo album “All Things Must Pass” George was Great 😉

By: Sumbi

Sumbi — Mon, 22 Jan 2018 05:57:33 +0000

Just to be fair, please let me know of a Beatles song with solos remotely close to Let It Be or Dig A Pony. I bet you can’t. Jeff Beck not being a friend wouldn’t mean that he wouldn’t play. I’m not trying to prove that it was Clapton nor Beck, I’m just saying that he was damn good and he wasn’t a Beatle but we can agree that it was the same guy who played on both songs.

By: jasonparisaustralia

jasonparisaustralia — Fri, 22 Dec 2017 02:18:38 +0000

Hey,

No, I don’t think George was being precious or jealous. I think he was genuinely (and reasonably) fed up with be instructed on what to play.

By: Slipper of the Yard.

Slipper of the Yard. — Sat, 16 Dec 2017 22:31:20 +0000

I’m I the only one who , on watching the infamous scene in Let it Be where Harrison is throwing a strop saying to Paul, I’ll play what you want me to play or not play at all, thinks, Harrison was a precious jealous member of the awkward squad? McCartney is walking on eggshells in this scene , going out if his way to not annoy the precocious little child.

By: Slipper of the Yard

Slipper of the Yard — Sat, 16 Dec 2017 22:26:17 +0000

Yet more evidence that Lennon could be an utter twat at times. Let it be was recorded a full year before Bridge over troubled waters was released.

By: czeskleba

czeskleba — Thu, 14 Dec 2017 18:58:31 +0000

Lennon also was quoted in the Playboy interview as saying:
He had a little spurt just before we split. I think the shock of Yoko and what was happening gave him a creative spurt including “Let It Be” and “Long And Winding Road,” ‘cuz that was the last gasp from him.

Suggesting “Let it Be” was part of a creative spurt also is clearly a positive comment. It’s too bad the myth that he disliked the song is so widely disseminated.

By: Ray

Ray — Fri, 17 Nov 2017 00:50:04 +0000

Thank you for the full transcription. I agree that it’s clear John didn’t set out to disparage the song and was just trying to brush the question off, as he didn’t want to speculate on one of Paul’s songs. Of course, it’s quite likely not to be his favourite song, but I don’t think he actually intends to bash it as it’s now been insisted everywhere from Wikipedia to various biographies.

If anything, the banter at the end of the take in the Anthology indicates that he thought it was at least decent — “I think that was rather grand. I’d take one home with me. OK let’s track it.”

By: czeskleba

czeskleba — Mon, 09 Oct 2017 07:02:42 +0000

All the published versions of Lennon’s Playboy interview are riddled with transcription errors and deliberate edits which often distort the meaning of what was said. The actual transcription of Lennon’s comments about “Let it Be” are as follows:

Playboy: “Let it Be”?
Lennon: That’s Paul.
Playboy: Nothing (unintelligible) Beatles?
Lennon: What can you say? Nothing to do with the Beatles, no… it could have been Wings, right?
Playboy: Yeah. Except it, I mean that was the one that everybody said was the statement after Paul was…
Lennon (interrupting): Oh, I have no idea, you see I don’t know what he’s thinking when he writes “Let it Be.” He probably heard a gospel song. No, I think he was inspired by “Bridge Over Troubled Waters.”
Playboy: Uh huh.
Lennon: That’s my feeling, although I have no, nothing to go on, you know… that he wanted to write a “Bridge Over Troubled Waters.”

From the correct transcription, it’s clear that his intent is not to disparage the song but simply to say that he does not know what type of statement Paul might have been trying to make.with the song.

By: Ms. Lane

Ms. Lane — Fri, 15 Sep 2017 23:21:35 +0000

Let It Be is gorgeous.

By: MikeP

MikeP — Fri, 15 Sep 2017 13:03:33 +0000

Let It Be was written during the White Album sessions, fully a year before “Bridge….Waters” was out.
Lennon with his typical Paul-attacks. Rarely based on fact (and ever-changing).

By: rdnzl

rdnzl — Wed, 13 Sep 2017 06:14:35 +0000

Another day when Lennon was asked about a McCartney song, and he hadn’t caught the dragon. People drone on and on about McCartney wanting “Lennon’s mind”. Lennon’s remarks here are pure jealousy.