In the midst of friction among the members of the Liverpool band, Fab Four decided to make an iconic show on the Apple Corps terrace.
On the street Savile Row Some British citizens begin to stop; First there are few, but then they begin to pile up. Everyone realizes that The music they are listening comes from a terrace. Suddenly, hundreds of people get on their roofs, because in the Apple Corps building. were the Beatlestouching some of their themes in the simplicity of the height.
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More than two years ago that the Liverpool group did not appear live. And for 1969the rispideces had flourished among the members; George Harrison had announced that he left the band, John Lennon I was addicted to drugs, attached to Yoko Ono and away from Paul McCartneywho held the band afloat. Ringo Starron the other hand, he was also exhausted from the relationship between the four.
Between the band’s tension and a documentary for filming
It was that year that the Beatles were recording Let it behis last album, while A documentary was recorded that would bear the same name. The audiovisual piece was looking for Show the legendary musicians explore their creative facet. However, it became a Bracker testimony link between the FAB Four.
So it was there that the idea of doing a show arose, which was at first in doubt because They did not want to attract the masses or the “beatlemania”. In addition, some places that had been considered to present were a Roman amphitheater in Tunisia or the Egyptian pyramidsalthough the group opted for the simplicity of climb just five floors by ladder.
Touching outdoors and without audience sounded fun for the Beatles, who prepared with the then sound engineers Alan Parsons and Glyn Johns The scenario and teams to achieve impeccable acoustics.
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So it was that, at about 12:30 noon of January 30, 1969the Beatles made The last show of his career: 42 minutes and eight songs; three interpretations of Get Backtwo of Don’s Let Me Downand one from One After 909, Dig to pony and I’ve Got A Feeling. They could be seen unbridled and influenced by the euphoria of that forbidden act. They played with ease, and even Paul muttered the melodies with exquisite improvisation. In addition, they had the help of the legendary Billy Preston On the keyboard.
Finally, Police arrivedboth to the streets and Apple Corps’ terrace, and stopped the concert. “I would like to say thanks in the name of the band and I hope we have spent the audition”Lennon said goodbye with irony. The roof concert is one of the most iconic in the history of music.
Source: Ambito
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