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While it sometimes might be hard to understand why artists refuse to revisit their past work, the creation of Let It Be, the final album by The Beatles<\/a>, was such a gruelling experience for the four members that it shouldn\u2019t come as a surprise to learn that some of them found it tough to engage with it for many years after.<\/p>\n Tensions within the band were at an all-time high, and while from the outside looking in, things may not have seemed any different to the complex dynamics of other rock groups, the mood from within the band\u2019s camp was one of turmoil, knowing that their time together was rapidly reaching its end. For fans of the band, this was undoubtedly a hard pill to swallow, but the four members had pretty much already come to terms with their own demise.<\/p>\n However, because the band were still at the peak of their popularity at the time, the hubbub surrounding the album was still of an extraordinarily high level. The album\u2019s creation ended up being heavily documented, with the plan to release a television documentary series that concluded with a concert broadcast, and people were keeping close tabs on every move from within the studio.<\/p>\n While the concert was scrapped, the unannounced rooftop performance from atop the Apple Corps headquarters ended up serving as the closing segment of the film that was made documenting the creation of Let It Be, but it\u2019s the rest of the film that ends up being more revealing to viewers.<\/p>\n You can see all of the cracks forming and relationships being strained to their limits, and for George Harrison, who famously quit the band temporarily during the sessions for the album<\/a> before being coaxed back in, it would make for especially unpleasant viewing, not that he\u2019d ever put himself through that.<\/p>\n In a televised 1987 interview for Entertainment Tonight, the guitarist said that he\u2019s still unable to go back and listen to the album as a result of the stress it caused him at the time. \u201c[Let It Be] was really supposed to be us rehearsing to make a record, and they were just filming the rehearsals, and that turned into the movie,\u201d he said, before jokingly referring to it as Let It Rot, referencing the parodic title from The Rutles.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cThere\u2019s scenes in it, like on the roof, that was quite good, and there were bits and pieces that\u2019s okay, but most of it just makes me so aggravated that I can\u2019t watch it,\u201d he continued, clearly upset by the fact that this parting offering from the band underlined such a sour period of their existence. <\/p>\n Further reading: From The Vault<\/p>\n He concluded, arguing that the constant presence of the film crew didn\u2019t help his mental state. \u201cIt\u2019s bad enough when you\u2019re having it, let alone having it filmed and recorded so that you\u2019ve got to watch it for the rest of your life,\u201d he protested. \u201cI don\u2019t like it.\u201d<\/p>\n You can hardly blame Harrison for wanting to block it from his memory, and while he may have warmed to it over time if he were still alive today, he\u2019s probably grateful for the fact that he wasn\u2019t dragged along to see the extended restoration of the film, Peter Jackson\u2019s nine-hour Get Back docuseries<\/a>, in all of its gory detail.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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