Belief, Myth and Story

"Get Back", the new documentary about the Beatles has been released - I haven't seen the whole thing yet, and I'm a fairly casual fan of the Beatles, but I've seen the shorter version of these recording sessions that was released way back when. And I've seen a good chunk of the never-before released new stuff.

One of the many interesting things about this new, 8-hour version is that it takes apart several decades-long beliefs about the Beatles - who have been deeply entrenched cultural icons for as long as most of us have been alive.

The long-held beliefs about the relationship/rift between the members, and the presence and response to Yoko Ono, the tension and argument that was the driving force of this story for everyone for so many years – this extended looks at the bigger context of these days shows a completely different picture.


(By the way, this is not a slam on the original film or filmmaker - at the time he had to squeeze something like a hundred hours of footage into a standalone movie length).

That's the job of a documentary really, no matter what the length - to take the big messiness of real life and bang it into some kind of story.


But it's yet another reminder for me that what we believe, and accept as absolute fact, is sometimes an incomplete picture or even completely wrong. This is a huge subject and I could write a dozen Newsposts about it.

There's so much fighting over "facts" these days. I think keeping a clear head is always a good idea (duh), and not getting too attached to our own preconceptions is something we can all remind ourselves about once in awhile.


We might not have the whole picture, after all!







that's right! my day is coming again! Believe in me!



No! This isn't about you, 'Squatch! Stop it! Get outta here! Get back to where you once belonged!



Have a good one,


Fab Groovy Banes