

Jackson’s cleanup of the footage is immaculate.

“In never-before-seen footage, this Disney+ original docu-series is an inmate look into the creative process behind The Beatles’ 1970 album Let It Be,” reads the official YouTube description on the clip. Harrison appears to already be looking for licks and fills to complement the chords Lennon strums. Ringo Starr keeps a steady beat with an intense focus on his two songwriting bandmates. Paul McCartney is still shouting out chords, ad-libbing and scatting lyrics, most prominently the refrain which holds the piece together.Ī deadpan George Harrison asks if the song is called “I’ve Got a Feeling?” During the song, John Lennon backtalks and improvises melodic possibilities to fill in the as-yet-unfinished piece. It’s obviously an early take, none of the nuances which will come to define the sound of it are yet in play.

Good Morning America dropped a video showing the serious business of hitting the right notes. Peter Jackson’s upcoming The Beatles: Get Back is poised to reframe the breakup of “the greatest show on the earth, for what it was worth,” into a race-against-the-clock musical comedy.
