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Get Back, inside the Album Let It Be, Released in May 1970, as the last published on studio for band The Beatles - ** 9 **
exceptional participation of the musician Billy Preston in this song; he played the Fender Rhodes electric piano and the Hammond organ (the label of the Get Back single credits the artists on the record as "The Beatles with Billy Preston"); "Get Back" was The Beatles' first single release in true stereo in the U.S.
in memory of Mr. William Everett Preston.
And the sleeping dogmatic whines and jerks its knees...
Back in the days The Beatles where not afraid of experimenting with their music, doing psychedelic tape loops and whatnot. A new experimental album is released and its called mashup and squares get all their collected panties in a knot.
This is an excellent mix of Beatle sound and I think
A ten to the whole Love album,totally agree with ktnsb.
A distinct improvement on the over-played original, with some interesting mixings-in. Worth a 6, which is saying something as I'm not a Beatles fan. Could grow on me.
Did the Sistine Chapel need renovation don't think so. That said, I will make the Vegas pilgrimage and experience first hand what promises to be a wow at worst and most likely a revelation. Good to have the boys back in the conscious mainstream.
I agree, the Beatles were unto themselves, they need no enhancement.
Let perfection be.
Johnny_Wave wrote:
Like the boxing heavyweight champ who continually "retires" but then "un-retires" a couple years later, so it has become with the Beatles, or more accurately, those who own the rights to the Beatles' songs. The world really doesn't need any more "new" Beatles albums, nor any more rehashing of what was already perfect in the first place.
It's a shame really because none of these mashups actually adds anything new or compelling or even interesting at all. It's an album whose sole purpose apparently is to wring out a few more dollars from an already golden goose, Heck, why not release a new "Beatles" CD that consists of every song they've ever written, all starting at the exact same time and playing simultaneously till they end, leaving only the longest one at the end.
Whow! The first time EVER that I heared a Beatles song I actually like! (But I'm maybe to young to appreciate this band, right? Even though the Grateful Dead is considered by me the best band ever...)
I'm also old enough to have purchased 45s and LPs of Beatles records when they were new, and played them into the ground. I totally agree with Pyro below. I had low expectations of the disc, but my first listening was almost pure joy. I love almost everything the Beatles recorded and listening to this cd was like having all your favorite deserts blended into new and wonderful creations. I kept wondering what was coming next, and it was always another great song, or a part of one. The clarity of the sound is breathtaking. The mixing brings out tracks I don't remember ever hearing on the originals, and the blending of songs is clever at worst, and simply brilliant throughout most of the recording. Say what you will about Cirque Du Soleil and ulterior commercial agendas, I don't give a crap about them. They have nothing to do with how I listen to music. This is an extremely successful work of art. A work of Love.
Does it take anything away from the original recordings? Of course not! Your memories of these songs aren't diminished one bit by this; they'll always be there and so will the original tracks. Why should a song be frozen forever? It's ok to open your mind a little and consider a variation on a beloved theme. It only adds to your life.
Like the boxing heavyweight champ who continually "retires" but then "un-retires" a couple years later, so it has become with the Beatles, or more accurately, those who own the rights to the Beatles' songs. The world really doesn't need any more "new" Beatles albums, nor any more rehashing of what was already perfect in the first place.
It's a shame really because none of these mashups actually adds anything new or compelling or even interesting at all. It's an album whose sole purpose apparently is to wring out a few more dollars from an already golden goose, Heck, why not release a new "Beatles" CD that consists of every song they've ever written, all starting at the exact same time and playing simultaneously till they end, leaving only the longest one at the end.
Very cool if yer not expectin' a "normal" beatles song.....trip triggerin' sound!
I started out loving this classic. Then it was contaminated by other classics which I love. But, somehow, the sum is less than the total of its parts.
ThePoose wrote:
Wow! I feel like I'm on a bad trip with snatches of Beatles licks flyin' round my fragile eggshell mind. This is not just another day in my life--or is it?
I was just feeling the same way! First time I've heard this and thought I might be having auditory halucinations.
Kregg wrote:
yikes. like mixing your favorite red wine and white wine and drinking it down. why'd they have to go and do this?
yikes. like mixing your favorite red wine and white wine and drinking it down. why'd they have to go and do this?
Do you repeat yourself when you're upset?
This is not good.
yikes. like mixing your favorite red wine and white wine and drinking it down. why'd they have to go and do this?
the cool thing to me about these songs on this mixed album is that they show how much us Beatles fans have listened to and actually consumed this music...I like how the artist throws in pieces from other Beatles songs, in the background, forefront, whatever and we recognize them, know exactly where they come from.
Chumbawamba-1984 wrote:
Agree with what you wrote so far. For me the spot on target is also a brilliant way to relaunch copyright on most of the old Beatles songs that were due to become public in a few weeks or months.
I agree, damn, that is brilliant. The little old Guinness dudes would agree, too.
Wow! I feel like I'm on a bad trip with snatches of Beatles licks flyin' round my fragile eggshell mind. This is not just another day in my life--or is it?
birdland wrote:
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This is fine music, mixed with respect and delivered spot on target. It's brilliant. The originals are, for the most part 10's. This project rates a 9 across the board.
Agree with what you wrote so far. For me the spot on target is also a brilliant way to relaunch copyright on most of the old Beatles songs that were due to become public in a few weeks or months.
no no no this is wrong.
let the beatles be, and for god's sake get Le Cirque away from their memories.
i hear the beatles, but i'm picturing thin acrobatic girls prancing around a circus ring, and it's not a happy picture.
Uck. Sounds like what radio stations do when they link various songs together (Nirvana/My Chemical Romance/Shakira) on the same beat to showcase their broadcast range. I love the songs singularly but hearing them blended together makes me depressed. Blended like the fragrance of a fine plug in air freshener, complete with fan! Maybe just maybe I'd enjoy it if they added "Ebony and Ivory" in there somewhere. But hat's off to you all that enjoy this - the more music you can enjoy, the better off you are in life!
Pyro wrote:
I'm soon to be 52, and I couldn't have said ANY of this better. Excellent review of the album, and comment on life. 
I agree, its Fab!
I wasnt there for the Beatles in the 1960s, however, I recall being thrilled with the discovery of them at age 11 and then hearing the white album awhile later, on LP, on loan from the military library in 1990.
There's some great blends to hear here and there's new things to notice that people didnt hear the first go round, or on replay on an oldies station. Again, its Fab!
I cannot stand this version. The awkward transitions add nothing to these classics. Why is this necessary at all?
Shesdifferent wrote:
WHO THE HELL ARE YOU???
I know WHO it is, and I enjoy the individual peices, but the amalgamation of them all is, to me, quite perverse.
Beatles fan since I was a wee lad in the late 70's. Huge Apple Records fan and former collector. I love this album. The "Drive My Car" and "Tomorrow Never Knows" cuts are my favorites.
Greenman wrote:
Remixed and remastered is all fine and well for things like the Cirque du Soleil's Vegas production, but for personal value, I still prefer the original album cuts.
Absolutely agree! I love The Beatles. I have been a fan since the beginng, but this 'mash-up' collection does nothing for me. I even found Cirque Soleil's production to be a bore!
birdland wrote:
I am 50 years old this year. I am a fan of The Beatles. I first heard and fell in love with "Help" played on my sisters 45rpm player in 1965 at the age of 9.
I can't post this on each of the selections that are designated for airplay on RP, but I feel very strongly about this project and have to voice this somewhere;
My first impression (music delivered by the logitec/JBL combo monsters on and around my desk) is - I love this. Its clarity and mix is nothing short of astounding. It's like hearing John and Paul's voices for the first time.
I've spent a while listening to the whole album and I hear nothing but respect, love and exceptionally fine, intuitive, creative ideas on how to approach the new delivery of this timeless, seamless beauty.
George Martin has, in the past, sold out to commercial ideals in his release of Beatles material. I don't believe that's the case here.
I have to say I did not expect to feel this way. I expected to feel disappointed. I expected to feel betrayed. It makes me happy that this was so well done and that I have the patience to hear it. I hear this the same as I see "old things as new every day". My learning process has taught me that I know nothing. Each impression has to be learned. You can't even be sure you're awake on the same planet as you were yesterday.
This is fine music, mixed with respect and delivered spot on target. It's brilliant. The originals are, for the most part 10's. This project rates a 9 across the board.
I'm soon to be 52, and I couldn't have said ANY of this better. Excellent review of the album, and comment on life.
MOREMOREMOREBEATLES ... I'll even settle for this mix-medley-thingy-thing..
I respect George Martin's right to tinker with the original recordings, and what he's come up with IMO is an interesting novelty. It's fun to sit through once or twice, but after that I'd just as soon hear the originals.
I've never seen the big deal about this song, or for most Beatles songs, in fact.
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Powerful beggining!!!!
zaknafein wrote:
What the hell is this?
WHO THE HELL ARE YOU???
What the hell is this?
Good start with Get Back. I don't get why there is a fading in the Love album to bits of Glass Onion, unless there is an historical link in this arrangement that I don't know of. Can someone explain this ? My personal rating plummeted accordingly from 8 to 5. I simply don't get it. Your thoughts ?
Being reluctant to pour more money in Mrs Ono pocket, I will not purchase the album.
Feh.
Remixed and remastered is all fine and well for things like the Cirque du Soleil's Vegas production, but for personal value, I still prefer the original album cuts.
Okay, this makes it official. I have to own this. I've loved everything I've heard from it.
Got this for Xmas - it is stunning. Have never heard a Beatles recording so clean and powerful. Absolute magic.
There's certainly nothing in the canon of song that sez The Beatles are/should be immune from a mash-up. Danger Mouse's Gray Album (or Starz on 45--ick) demonstrated that the concept can or cannot work. Any mash-up takes risks, eh? That said, this one works, and the balance of the disc ditto. Kudos to George and Giles Martin for taking some stuff out of the vault (check out Paul's vocal on "Back in the USSR") and breathing some new and interesting life into a body of work that already stands alone. Fab job.
When I picked up this album I honestly expected to hate it. I couldn't imagine any way they could have done this so that I would like it -- amazing -- I love it. It brings back the feelings I had as a kid of hearing these albums for the first time -- all full of anticipation and expectation. Amazing.
The most interesting thing that I'm finding here is that this newly mixed material is bringing out a whole lot of RP voices that I've never herad before.
My vote? I love it, a new take on my childhood done with impeccable taste.
Love. It.
leonredcollar wrote:
Fantastic. I like to think of this album as "John Lennon's "Pychedelic Dream Tape." No doubt he would be on to something else, as he was, but certainly believe he would like this. But, Tomorrow Never Knows. Does it?
YESSSSS!!!!! This is amazing! I didn't think I'd like it either, but this is absolutely freaky! It takes the status of the original tune, which is great, to completely killer. I'd never quite shaken the booty to the keys solo in the middle before...
I am 50 years old this year. I am a fan of The Beatles. I first heard and fell in love with "Help" played on my sisters 45rpm player in 1965 at the age of 9.
I can't post this on each of the selections that are designated for airplay on RP, but I feel very strongly about this project and have to voice this somewhere;
My first impression (music delivered by the logitec/JBL combo monsters on and around my desk) is - I love this. Its clarity and mix is nothing short of astounding. It's like hearing John and Paul's voices for the first time.
I've spent a while listening to the whole album and I hear nothing but respect, love and exceptionally fine, intuitive, creative ideas on how to approach the new delivery of this timeless, seamless beauty.
George Martin has, in the past, sold out to commercial ideals in his release of Beatles material. I don't believe that's the case here.
I have to say I did not expect to feel this way. I expected to feel disappointed. I expected to feel betrayed. It makes me happy that this was so well done and that I have the patience to hear it. I hear this the same as I see "old things as new every day". My learning process has taught me that I know nothing. Each impression has to be learned. You can't even be sure you're awake on the same planet as you were yesterday.
This is fine music, mixed with respect and delivered spot on target. It's brilliant. The originals are, for the most part 10's. This project rates a 9 across the board.
I didn't realize how much I missed The Beatles! I love this & also love Cirque, so plan on making the trip to sin city to check it out!
Oh boy. The Beatles greatest hits...overlayed by the... greatest hits. WTF
anniebear wrote: I do not like this beatle "mash-up" crap. 
Then maybe the Beastles or Beatallica will make your head explode, so be careful.
Fantastic. I like to think of this album as "John Lennon's "Pychedelic Dream Tape." No doubt he would be on to something else, as he was, but certainly believe he would like this. But, Tomorrow Never Knows. Does it?
... mash up? It had me
I love the Beatles. I thought I would hate this remix stuff. It is surprisingly good.
The best thing about this collection is the sound quality of the tracks, even the older material. Makes you wonder why they couldn't do the same with the quality of their entire back catalog.
Interesting. I held this CD in my hands yesterday at the store (and I felt funny for asking for 'the new beatles album') before deciding I wasnt ready to buy it yet.
Thanks for playing some of it. Id like to hear more before I decide, but at least I can hear it on RP instead of P2P.
Lily
That transition from Get Back to Glass Onion is neat... Oh yeah! 
wouldn't think so but me like
wow, that beginning is cool!!!
Cheers, Sir George! 
Just red in an article today, that Paul and Ringo dropped by the studio several times and liked the new versions (Ringo couldn't believe they had recorded all that stuff). Yoko and Olivia also support it, and the whole thing was put together by George Martin and his son. Cool!
Shimmer wrote:
Ok, WTF? Is this a live version from the Let It Be movie?
From Amazon
From the label: Love is a fascinating reworking of numerous classic Beatles recordings by the band's original producer, Sir George Martin, and his son Giles. Love is also the title of the highly successful Cirque du Soleil show, a co-production with Apple Corps featuring the music of the Beatles, currently wowing audiences in Las Vegas. In creating the music for the show and for the album, George and Giles have created a continuous "soundscape"--a series of well-known Beatles songs augmented by additional instrumentation and vocals taken from their vast bank of original multi-track tapes.
Definitely interesting... I'm still getting used to it.
The single worst thing I've heard by the Beatles since I heard a disco mix in Quebec City back in the 70's. Please let this corpse rest in peace.
Good lord. Somebody dropped my favorite band in a blender!
But so far, I like. Pretty ballsy.
Weirded me out at first... I launched into singing along to "A Hard Day's Night" before realizing what was up. Sounds pretty good, though.
This is awesome! Looks like it comes out tomorrow? Sweet!
The new mix from the "Cirqu de Sole" show (however that's spelled).
Supposedly good - but the beginning messed up my mind as well.
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Shimmer wrote:
Ok, WTF? Is this a live version from the Let It Be movie?
Good for whistling!
Ok, WTF? Is this a live version from the Let It Be movie?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6G7MkBMVxE