I think the Beatles classic rockumentary Let It Be is great & highly underrated for some reason even though some fans don't like it because it shows the breakup of the band but I think LIB showcases the Fab 4 at their finest creating, arguing, jamming & rocking on the rooftop near the end which proves they were a solid rock & roll band at the time despite personal & professional disagreements between John & Paul who could have toured back in 69 with the possibility of playing Woodstock. 

I agree. I like to watch LIB, it's really interresting, even though it has the 'break-up' feeling.
My fave part is the rooftop concert.

when are they going to release LIB on dvd?

I bought a copy of LIB off ebay. My fav part is when paul brings his daugther in and she bangs on ringos drum and he acts like she made him jump its sooo funny

does the movie include a part from the rooftop concert? How long is this part?

yea it shows the Rooftop Concert and the police coming up and tellin em 2 stop lol

I watched this a few weeks back - it always ends up depressing me!

yeah more like a looking at a disfunctional band.i too think its a terrible euology

The one you bought off ebay is probably the one I bought, which isn't the original. The original is super long isn't it?

Quoted from Beatle_Ed, posted March 27, 2004, 5:44pm at here

The one you bought off ebay is probably the one I bought, which isn't the original. The original is super long isn't it?

No, it just feels super long!

And no disgusting comments please Ms Ed!! LOL

Quoted from Bruno, posted March 8, 2004, 2:47pm at here

when are they going to release LIB on dvd?

I don't know. I was going to ask the same question.

Quoted from colleen, posted March 29, 2004, 6:50pm at here

I don't know. I was going to ask the same question.

I heard it was going to be this year - but they keep putting it back.  Apple seem to like releasing stuff on anniversaries nowadays - on May 20th it will be 34 years since the film first premiered in 1970; but I reckon they've missed that deadline already!

Thanks for the info The End.



Does anyone remember seeing the Sesame Street parody of the song "Let It Be"? They called it "Letter B." For some reason it just popped into my head.

Quoted from colleen, posted March 29, 2004, 8:31pm at here

Thanks for the info The End.

Does anyone remember seeing the Sesame Street parody of the song "Let It Be"? They called it "Letter B." For some reason it just popped into my head.

LOL!

"1234567 all good children go to heaven" huh har I love to count!

                                                     

there is also over 40 hours of outtakes........maybe thats where the good stuff is.....

I saw LIB for the first time about 10 years ago on bootleg video which KNOCKED me out showing the Beatles creating, arguing, jamming & rocking on the rooftop near the end just being a helluva rock & roll band which proves they could have toured back in 69 with the possibility of playing Woodstock but I think some of my fellow fans hate it because it shows the breakup instead of watching it with an open mind, which is pathetic!!!

Quoted from Wayne_L., posted March 31, 2004, 10:39pm at here

I think some of my fellow fans hate it because it shows the breakup instead of watching it with an open mind, which is pathetic!!!

I don't hate it. However, I DO find it depressing, and not because it shows The Beatles breaking up, but because for most of the film they very clearly are not enjoying themselves. After a while their bad mood rubs off on you! Despite this, the film is fascinating!

Can someone tell me a good place to get it???

Quoted from NothingIsReal, posted April 9, 2004, 6:07pm at here

Can someone tell me a good place to get it???

http://search.ebay.com/search/.....uery=let+it+be+video

Quoted from NothingIsReal, posted April 9, 2004, 6:07pm at here

Can someone tell me a good place to get it???

the skating rink

wayne i wouldn't sling that word around to much because you're kinda pathetic too but in a bigger way.......

Let It Be is a GREAT rock documentary showing the Beatles creating, arguing, jamming & rocking on the rooftop near the end proving they were a solid rock & roll band who could have toured back in 69 & possibly played Woodstock at the timedespite the personal & professionl tensions between John & Paul!!!

Quoted from pc31, posted April 11, 2004, 3:33am at here

wayne i wouldn't sling that word around to much because you're kinda pathetic too but in a bigger way.......

OH MY DEAR SWEET LORD..

I now have irish creme coffee all over my computer screen. Thank you PC

Let It Be is a great Beatles movie which is much better than Help & MMT even though it's mostly dismissed & highly underrated by Beatles fans because it shows the turmoil inside the band which is ridiculous despite showing them creating, arguing, jamming & rocking on the rooftop which is why the Beatles are a legendary rock band.

i havn't seen it was it any good? could you explain what it was like to me?

As I said before, I DON'T dislike this movie, I simply don't enjoy it! The ONLY reason I don't enjoy it is because after a while the whole bad atmosphere, which pervades throughout the sessions, affects me as well! It's like sitting down for a family meal after your parents have just had a huge row - the food is still tastes as nice as ever, but you can't wait to leave the table!

I watched this film very recently - the first 30 or so minutes (filmed between 2nd and 15 January 1969) is spent watching 4 (5, if you include Yoko) miserable faces stuck in a huge, cold film studio, playing rock and roll badly... it's pretty excrutiating! There was no magic. It was only after they moved the sessions to Apple studios on 22nd January, and drafted in Billy Preston that things livened up.

For me, the only truly redeeming moment is the rooftop concert... at least John and Paul look as if they're enjoying it!

True, the film shows the band disintergrating, but that's what makes it such complulsive viewing, and I do not underestimate its importance. But, as I've said before, it's depressing simply because the Beatles themselves are depressing.

Quoted from Wayne_L., posted April 13, 2004, 12:09pm at here

Let It Be is a great Beatles movie which is much better than Help & MMT even though it's mostly dismissed & highly underrated by Beatles fans because it shows the turmoil inside the band which is ridiculous despite showing them creating, arguing, jamming & rocking on the rooftop which is why the Beatles are a legendary rock band.

I don't agree, it's not better than MMT or Help. It can't be compared, Let it be is a documentary, and MMT+Help are comedies.

Quoted from Wayne_L., posted March 5, 2004, 11:16pm at here

I think the Beatles classic rockumentary Let It Be is great & highly underrated for some reason even though some fans don't like it because it shows the breakup of the band but I think LIB showcases the Fab 4 at their finest creating, arguing, jamming & rocking on the rooftop near the end which proves they were a solid rock & roll band at the time despite personal & professional disagreements between John & Paul who could have toured back in 69 with the possibility of playing Woodstock. 

I have never see Let It Be, but I would really like to see it as it shows how the Beatles were back then during that very turbulent phase of their career which we all know led to the breakup of the greatest band of all time, however I do have Let It Be on vinyl, CD, & Let It Be...Naked, which i enjoy listening to very much, that album calms me somehow, even though there are some "rockers" on that album, but they are rockers with a more modern feel to them, a more mature feel if you will, which only goes to show that during Let It Be the Beatles were no longer the young, inexperienced loveable mop-tops, but more grown-up men who unfortunately had their differences, John was into Yoko and his anti-war efforts, Paul was into Linda and the family business, George was into his hindu stuff, and Ringo was off doing his thing and it was just hard for the band to stay together anymore.

Beat that, one sentence, Wayne!! lol

I hope I'm not picking at a dry bone here, but......when is the Let It Be DVD going to be released?  I was under the impression it would coincide with the release of Let It Be Naked, which it didn't.  So what gives?

I'm not sure about the release date of an official dvd, I assume it will be soon.

Let It Be is a great Beatles movie much better than Help & MMT since it shows the Beatles creating, arguing, jamming & rocking on the rooftop near the end proving they could have toured back in 69 & possibly played at Woodstock at the time which is why they are a legendary rock band The End.  I know some of my fellow Beatles fans don't like LIB because it shows them breaking up in front of their eyes but you can't call yourself a Beatles fan if you haven't seen it while all this whining about how terrible it is(excluding the music) which is crazy to say the least.

Here's what I wrote about Let It Be, in another thread. It seems appropriate here too! The word is that Let It Be is coming this year.

I hope that LET IT BE contains lots of extra goodies. Maybe a 2-DVD set, with the commercially released 1970 movie on one, and lots of extras on the other. I'm thinking of the complete rooftop concert, for a start!

Since it hasn't been commercially available for so long, many fans are likely to be disappointed. I think the film is a bit of a drag. Paul seems to feature far too much: he might not grab more time, but his seems to be "quality time", if you follow what I mean. That, of course, is not Paul's fault ... the blame lies with the editors/director. Bootlegs show that there was much group discussion about many issues. The flavor of these discussions seems quite wrong in the film.
But whatever is done, Apple will screw it up [say I, hoping that I'm wrong].

this is the only Beatle movie that i can't seem to get around my town i know you can get it on the net. If they release it extras would be great seeing as anything unseen of the beatles is great and gives you a new vib at least it does for me.

I saw Let It Be for the first time about 12/15 years ago, it's better than AHDN & Help personally speaking, the Beatles as a solid rock & roll band, despite the personal & professional tension between John & Paul!

is let it be going to be on dvd 2005??