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“The Beatles: Get Back”: McCartney’s bad conscience towards Harrison
An RS classic from October 15, 2021.
Paul McCartney explained what he learned from Peter Jackson’s “The Beatles: Get Back”. And that the film opened a new perspective on John Lennon.
McCartney now admitted that George Harrison had the right to leave the band. Harrison temporarily threatened the exit. Because it was offended by him that he was overlooked as a songwriter. Shortly afterwards the band separated in 1970. For this purpose, McCartney said to a conversation with Lennon: “I remember […]as I said to John, ‘You know that only you and I should be the songwriters.’ We never said: ‘Let us keep George out of it’. But it was indicated. “
McCartney had already admitted several times that “The Beatles: Get Back” proves that the history of this album was different from the one that was told in the original film “Let IT Be” (1969). In public, McCartney was mostly held responsible for the separation.
“The myth that I was the evil has annoyed me for years. But I have the feeling that it no longer bothers me anymore. Because I have the feeling that a lot of people somehow understand it.”
“The older brother screams the younger brother. And then there are violent or whatever”. According to Paul McCartney, the relationship is to John Lennon, he said in one Interview with the Ney Yorker. “It’s all natural […]. The myth that I was the evil has annoyed me for years. But I have the feeling that it no longer bothers me because I have the feeling that a lot of people somehow understand it. ”
McCartney counted another positive aspect of the new approach in “Go back”: “Whenever I was in the band and played live, I stood on the wall with my face,” he said. “John sat left or right of me, so I didn’t see him play so often. Except in this film. And he can be seen in a huge close -up. I can study everything on him.”
For the documentation, over 60 hours of video material and over 150 hours of sound recordings were spotted, which previously unpublished dust in archives. The processed material encompasses over 21 days, while John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr recorded their studio album “Let IT Be”. The recording sessions at that time were filmed by director Michael-Lindsay Hogg. Shortly afterwards, the band separated in 1970. These and many other moments are described in detail in the documentary.