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The Beatles: Get Back

by Simon in

anyone watching this?

i've just started the 3rd and final episode which starts with i presume stella (no, heather) mccartney as a little kid playing in the studio while they record.. overall it's an amazing behind the scenes view of how they created the album and likely how they worked, the past songs and times they referred to and the camaraderie they had most of the time.. mccartneys song-writing and musical brilliance comes through of course.. overall i give it 5 stars if you're a beatles fan but can see it being too long if you're not.. personally, i have an ever-growing collection of outtake recordings of the beatles and bob dylan and have often come to like them more than the released tracks because they are just so raw and unpolished and you often get to hear how a song developed and evolved over time to the version you finally heard released.. who knew we'd be getting some fresh beatles material all these years later?!.

who knew so many fluffy coats and jackets could be worn by so many people in one place..

LoveUniHateExams

I've always liked this song.

You've got Paul on lead and then John comes in with a little verse of his own.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUOBHutWMKw

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The Beatles: Get Back

by Simon in

anyone watching this?

i've just started the 3rd and final episode which starts with i presume stella (no, heather) mccartney as a little kid playing in the studio while they record.. overall it's an amazing behind the scenes view of how they created the album and likely how they worked, the past songs and times they referred to and the camaraderie they had most of the time.. mccartneys song-writing and musical brilliance comes through of course.. overall i give it 5 stars if you're a beatles fan but can see it being too long if you're not.. personally, i have an ever-growing collection of outtake recordings of the beatles and bob dylan and have often come to like them more than the released tracks because they are just so raw and unpolished and you often get to hear how a song developed and evolved over time to the version you finally heard released.. who knew we'd be getting some fresh beatles material all these years later?!.

who knew so many fluffy coats and jackets could be worn by so many people in one place..

LoveUniHateExams

Yeah, it wasn't as portrayed but I think they all just wanted to do their own thing and it seemed to be George that was most keen to escape from the Beatles shadow - yeah, it seems that the Beatles were kinda just drifting apart as they pursued other things.

George was into transcendental meditation/Hinduism, John was, er, into Yoko, and Paul and Ringo had other projects, too.

If she starts doing her ... lets calling "singing", just FFWD. You'll thank me -

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The Beatles: Get Back

by Simon in

anyone watching this?

i've just started the 3rd and final episode which starts with i presume stella (no, heather) mccartney as a little kid playing in the studio while they record.. overall it's an amazing behind the scenes view of how they created the album and likely how they worked, the past songs and times they referred to and the camaraderie they had most of the time.. mccartneys song-writing and musical brilliance comes through of course.. overall i give it 5 stars if you're a beatles fan but can see it being too long if you're not.. personally, i have an ever-growing collection of outtake recordings of the beatles and bob dylan and have often come to like them more than the released tracks because they are just so raw and unpolished and you often get to hear how a song developed and evolved over time to the version you finally heard released.. who knew we'd be getting some fresh beatles material all these years later?!.

who knew so many fluffy coats and jackets could be worn by so many people in one place..

LoveUniHateExams

I love the Beatles.

Not having netflix or a tv, I haven't seen this. I guess I could buy it when it is released on dvd.

I was lead to believe that the Get Back recordings were a very miserable time for the fab four.

Was it really not as bad as all that?

I love Lennon's voice - so raw!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCtzkaL2t_Y

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Must Watch Movie

by Vanderhoven7 in

want to see a great movie on netflix: try.

"the guernsey literary and potato peel pie society".

saw this two night ago and have encouraged others to watch.

LoveUniHateExams

I was at my second-hand dvd shop recently and noticed this film was there. I didn't buy it, I bought something else.

But perhaps I should go back and buy it ...

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WHO finally admits that the shit don't work.

by pistolpete in

the main reason most got the vaccine was to protect others.

now they’re being told they can spread it just as easily as the unvaccinated.

quotes;.

LoveUniHateExams

But the Covid vaccines do work.

They reduce Covid-related deaths.

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T2 Trainspotting - bit disappointing

by LoveUniHateExams in

so, i saw t2 trainspotting (2017), the sequel to the 1996 original.. i love the original, so this film was a bit of a letdown.. first it had way too much nostalgia.

one particular scene, the one where spud, renton and sick boy return to the countryside to lay flowers in memory of tommy, is really touching.

but there are so many more nods back to the original film that it started to piss me off.. another thing: this is supposed to be twenty years later.

LoveUniHateExams

Hi t_b_k - I've never read the book.

What has put me off so far is that the author writes a lot of Scots dialect for the characters' speech. And something about that seems a bit naff to me ...

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T2 Trainspotting - bit disappointing

by LoveUniHateExams in

so, i saw t2 trainspotting (2017), the sequel to the 1996 original.. i love the original, so this film was a bit of a letdown.. first it had way too much nostalgia.

one particular scene, the one where spud, renton and sick boy return to the countryside to lay flowers in memory of tommy, is really touching.

but there are so many more nods back to the original film that it started to piss me off.. another thing: this is supposed to be twenty years later.

LoveUniHateExams

So, I saw T2 Trainspotting (2017), the sequel to the 1996 original.

I love the original, so this film was a bit of a letdown.

First it had way too much nostalgia. It could be described as a nostalgia-fest. One particular scene, the one where Spud, Renton and Sick Boy return to the countryside to lay flowers in memory of Tommy, is really touching.

But there are so many more nods back to the original film that it started to piss me off.

Another thing: this is supposed to be twenty years later. And Sick Boy is still dying his hair platinum blond. Really?! These characters are basically the same as when we left them at the end of the original. It kinda makes them sad, middle-aged men.

On the other hand, if some character development had occurred or been inferred and they were reformed characters, that would probably have been boring.

So, the film makers were kinda out of ideas.

This film isn't really that bad - it is a mixed bag that is worth a watch.

I guess I'm moaning about it because I love the original and this is definitely a step down.

What did you make of it?

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No Time to die.

by mickbobcat in

i watched the movie by streaming it off line.

i don't pay to watch woke movies ever.

the film had great cinematography.

LoveUniHateExams

Hollywood is free to put out any number of woke films.

And I am free not to pay good money to watch this stuff.

They can't ignore profits ...

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What if Witnesses presented their core beliefs at the door?

by Vanderhoven7 in

here is an interesting skit of what would happen if a witness was transparent at your door.. https://youtu.be/b0koiba2kyq.

LoveUniHateExams

@Smiddy - yes I agree with your comments.

It's like the Watchtower society has two faces that work in parallel - one to present to the outside world, another to present to the JWs.

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What if Witnesses presented their core beliefs at the door?

by Vanderhoven7 in

here is an interesting skit of what would happen if a witness was transparent at your door.. https://youtu.be/b0koiba2kyq.

LoveUniHateExams

Yep, good little skit making a good point.

JW beliefs - the core beliefs usually hidden from the public - are extreme and batshit crazy.