The Beatles Rooftop Concert: Review
“The Beatles” Rooftop Concert
The Last Gig Filmed in January 1969
The Beatles were a rock and pop band from Liverpool, England that formed in 1960. The Beatles were not only legendary, the group also went on to transform popular music to a highly commercial art form over the next decade. On a cold day in January 30 1969, The Beatles, who hadn’t played live since 1966, took to the rooftop of the headquarters of Apple Records, located at 3 Savile Row, in central London. And there they played an impromptu last gig, much to the delight of Londoners on nearby rooftops. and to the chagrin of the police. On January 1969, it was quite the cold day in London and a bitter wind was blowing on the rooftop by midday. To cope with the weather, John …show more content…
However, someone had to be in charge. Certainly John Lennon was the visual leader. John started the Beatles in 1957, when he and Paul met and began a songwriting partnership. Paul took on a somewhat diplomatic approach to leading the band as it was always Paul who would try to get the other 3 band members to be more motivated. However, the genius behind the Beatles was absolutely john. John was the one who got them the attention, the publicity, he wrote the best lines and music, and he was probably a bigger …show more content…
The songs performed on the roof that day were: Get Back (five versions), I Want You (She's So Heavy), Don't Let Me Down (two versions), I've Got A Feeling, One After 909, Danny Boy, Dig A Pony (two versions), God Save The Queen, A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody.
The performance was brief, incomplete and off-the-cuff versions of I Want You (She's So Heavy), God Save The Queen and A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody were fooled around with in between takes - as was Danny Boy, which was included in the film and on the album. None of these were serious group efforts, and one - the group and Preston performing God Save The Queen - was incomplete as it coincided with Alan Parsons changing tapes.
Famously, The Beatles’ live legacy ends with the police shutting down the show (it was a noise violation, you know?) and John Lennon uttering the immortal words, “I’d like to say thank you on behalf of the group and ourselves, and I hope we passed the audition.” That’s going out in style… I consider this moment quite important because they were legendary and the police shut them down. I could only think “If only the police knew, that particular moment would be part of
The Last Gig Filmed in January 1969
The Beatles were a rock and pop band from Liverpool, England that formed in 1960. The Beatles were not only legendary, the group also went on to transform popular music to a highly commercial art form over the next decade. On a cold day in January 30 1969, The Beatles, who hadn’t played live since 1966, took to the rooftop of the headquarters of Apple Records, located at 3 Savile Row, in central London. And there they played an impromptu last gig, much to the delight of Londoners on nearby rooftops. and to the chagrin of the police. On January 1969, it was quite the cold day in London and a bitter wind was blowing on the rooftop by midday. To cope with the weather, John …show more content…
However, someone had to be in charge. Certainly John Lennon was the visual leader. John started the Beatles in 1957, when he and Paul met and began a songwriting partnership. Paul took on a somewhat diplomatic approach to leading the band as it was always Paul who would try to get the other 3 band members to be more motivated. However, the genius behind the Beatles was absolutely john. John was the one who got them the attention, the publicity, he wrote the best lines and music, and he was probably a bigger …show more content…
The songs performed on the roof that day were: Get Back (five versions), I Want You (She's So Heavy), Don't Let Me Down (two versions), I've Got A Feeling, One After 909, Danny Boy, Dig A Pony (two versions), God Save The Queen, A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody.
The performance was brief, incomplete and off-the-cuff versions of I Want You (She's So Heavy), God Save The Queen and A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody were fooled around with in between takes - as was Danny Boy, which was included in the film and on the album. None of these were serious group efforts, and one - the group and Preston performing God Save The Queen - was incomplete as it coincided with Alan Parsons changing tapes.
Famously, The Beatles’ live legacy ends with the police shutting down the show (it was a noise violation, you know?) and John Lennon uttering the immortal words, “I’d like to say thank you on behalf of the group and ourselves, and I hope we passed the audition.” That’s going out in style… I consider this moment quite important because they were legendary and the police shut them down. I could only think “If only the police knew, that particular moment would be part of