They’re struggling and we can help because we actually know the words. The Beatles originally recorded Let It Be written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney and The Beatles released it on the single Let It Be single in 1970. It’s a strangely interactive experience because you want to help them. You know what the final goal is because they’re some of the most famous songs in the world, but their process of getting there, you want to shout at them. It’s only about the fourth day Paul says, ‘Well, if you say Tucson, Arizona.’ and John says, ‘Is Tucson in Arizona?’ He says, ‘Yeah.’ You can see them slowly crawling towards very famous. Like ‘Jojo’s something Arizona, something Arizona, da da da.’ It’s Tucson, guys, it’s Tucson. If you’re a Beatles fan you start shouting at them. Even the title track is now so famous, it’s hard to imagine a time when the Beatles struggled with lyrics.
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Jackson said that even for the famous Beatles tracks on the Let It Be album, The Beatles: Get Back will stimulate Beatlemaniacs. There was other songs that Paul took credit on on his albums that they’d worked on together too so it’s not a credit thing but it’s interesting to see.” ‘The Beatles: Get Back’ shows the band figuring out classic lyrics I don’t want to take anything away from John but ‘Gimme Some Truth’ is clearly a Lennon/McCartney song. “He had no idea he’d written some of ‘Gimme Some Truth’. I’ve always loved that song so if I get some credit for it, great,’” Jackson said. RELATED: Paul McCartney Admits He Underestimated George Harrison In The Beatles Paul was joined by friends & family, including Mary McCartney, Zak, Lee & Jay Starkey in Leicester Sq for an exclusive 100 min preview of the new docuseries THE BEATLES: GET BACK by Peter Jackson with /pF14tVKTx4- The Beatles November 17, 2021 It was their final single before McCartney announced his departure from the band (by that time, Lennon had already left). It was written by Paul McCartney, but credited to Lennon-McCartney. Each band member co-wrote songs and had their own credits. 'Let It Be' is a song by the Beatles, released in March 1970 as a single, and (in an alternate mix) as the title track of their album Let It Be. I had no idea I was involved with that song.’”Ĭredit was always a fluid thing with The Beatles. Paul looked at me and said, ‘I have no memory of that. “Paul’s come up with that ‘money for rope’ thing which John loves. “I showed him this footage from the Get Back sessions where Paul and John are working on ‘Gimme Some Truth,’” Jackson said. So it was a pleasant surprise to learn he was involved in another Lennon song. To be fair to McCartney, Let It Be was over 50 years ago.
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“He says, ‘Uh, the one on the Imagine album? Yeah, I know that one.’ He said, ‘Did you know that you actually co-wrote that with John?’ He says, ‘What are you talking about?’” Paul McCartney wrote a key lyric in John Lennon’s song ‘Gimme Some Truth’ “I was meeting with Paul and I said to him, ‘You know that John Lennon song ‘Gimme Some Truth’?’” Jackson said. Studio songs including The Long and Winding Road and the title track were subject to overdubbed orchestrations by producer Phil Spector.RELATED: The Beatles’ Paul McCartney Says John Lennon’s ‘More Popular Than Jesus’ Comment Was Misunderstood - Here’s What He Really Meant Let It Be (the album): In May, 1970, the Beatles released their final album, Let It Be, mostly compiled from the original Get Back sessions that included live material captured on the roof of Apple Corps headquarters in London. The idea was for a stripped-down format: “Get back to where you once belonged.” The single Get Back was released in April, 1969, and while the album was pressed and sent to radio stations, it was shelved while the Beatles began work on another album, Abbey Road, which was released in September, 1969. Get Back (the working title for the album that became Let It Be) : The material for the proposed album with a working title of Get Back was recorded in early 1969. What follows is a primer for all things Let It Be and Get Back, as well as a guide to the related products supporting the release of the docuseries.