The Movie: Let It Be (1970)
What Is It?: People
who’ve never seen Let It Be—and
people like Paul and Ringo, who probably haven’t watched it in 40 years—think
of it as a bitter, bad-vibes fest that depressingly chronicles The Beatles’
final days. Aside from a soft-spoken, passive-aggressive exchange between Paul
and George and a brief scene in which Paul complains to John that George doesn’t
want to perform in public anymore, Let It
Be is free of bad vibes and full of good music, particularly when George
suppresses his qualms and the guys get on top of Apple headquarters to rock— and annoy—
the locals.
Why Today?: On
this day in 1969, The Beatles
perform in public one last time when they play a truncated set on the roof
of Apple headquarters.
