After watching the whole thing, I was grinning like the 5 year old fan of The Beatles that I once was.
Most bands are greater than the sum of their individual members. The push and pull of the creative process is really on display in this documentary and shows, for all the collective egos involved, how they all worked on reinforcing and improving each other's works.
Paul giving Ringo impromptu bass lessons for a jam. George and Ringo banging stuff out on piano. John and George showing themselves to be competent Fender VI players when needed. Billy Preston futzing with the primitive synth toy. Hearing them harmonize on All Things Must Pass. Paul singing one of Lennon's songs. It's all such good stuff.
I know they all felt a burden of "the legacy", but part of me wishes they did solo albums to get things out of their system and then reconvened later in the 70s to collaborate again and just didn't care about the weight of those expectations. It's a shame that the break up feuds couldn't be mended prior to John's murder.
Most bands are greater than the sum of their individual members. The push and pull of the creative process is really on display in this documentary and shows, for all the collective egos involved, how they all worked on reinforcing and improving each other's works.
Paul giving Ringo impromptu bass lessons for a jam. George and Ringo banging stuff out on piano. John and George showing themselves to be competent Fender VI players when needed. Billy Preston futzing with the primitive synth toy. Hearing them harmonize on All Things Must Pass. Paul singing one of Lennon's songs. It's all such good stuff.
I know they all felt a burden of "the legacy", but part of me wishes they did solo albums to get things out of their system and then reconvened later in the 70s to collaborate again and just didn't care about the weight of those expectations. It's a shame that the break up feuds couldn't be mended prior to John's murder.