For surprisingly unrelated reasons, starting this past weekend I began to watch my Beatles Anthology DVD set. I actually haven't seen it since watching the original airing (and it's repeat performance a few months later), and it's been really fun to go through again. The episode I watched this morning, though, really got me excited. People often will cite Rubber Soul as the great turning point for the band, but as I watched today, I think that label belongs to Help! instead. Through the first few episodes, the concert footage has been nothing but hysterical, screaming girls - and then I saw Paul sing "Yesterday" in concert...and the audience (save for a few screams) was dead silent. For the first time, I saw people not just rocking out and going crazy over the phenomenon that was these 4 young men from Liverpool, but actually listening to the music. That, coupled with Lennon's "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away" (two of my favorite songs of theirs), one can see the tide already turning. Likewise, as the series is progressing towards the more musically meaningful time of their career, I can't help but start to be reminded more and more about Get Back. As I'm hearing more of these songs, and as I'll eventually see Paul McCartney slowly transforming into the look that inspired the look of the main character in Get Back....well, I'm as giddy as a school boy. The wheels of production are finally starting to turn again, and everything is coming back into place.
I can't wait :)
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