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84: The Beatles Get Back: Day 8 - Eleanor Gray

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Arts, Performing Arts, Music, Music Commentary

4.8467 Ratings

🗓️ 13 January 2022

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Writer and podcaster Eleanor Gray discusses day 8 of Peter Jackson's Get Back - Monday 13th January 1969 - with Chris Shaw.

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to I am the eggpot with me Chris Shaw. Throughout January 2020, a popery of delicious guests are taking a jaunty stroll through Peter Jackson's Get Back, day by day, every day on the day. In this episode, I'm joined by writer and podcaster Eleanor Gray. Hello. Hi, Chris. How are you? I'm fine.

0:39.8

You've, uh, we've got quite the day for you. We do. We do. It's funny because you proposed

0:45.3

January the 13th and I was, you know, any day you were going to suggest to me as I was going to say,

0:50.2

yes, of course, of course. And then I, I realized what day was, and it was literally the most important day of the entire documentary.

0:56.4

So thank you very much.

0:58.5

I'm keen to hear your thoughts.

1:00.8

Oh, where do we start?

1:02.2

It's Monday morning, and previous Friday, George had quit.

1:06.7

And they had a meeting at Ringoes on Sunday, which sadly ended badly.

1:11.5

Suddenly they're coming into Twickenham, and it's not just about the future of the project.

1:15.8

It's about the future of the band.

1:18.4

Well, this is very interesting, Chris, and I would like to get your thoughts on this,

1:23.3

about why was the contents of Sunday's meeting not addressed in the documentary?

1:30.3

There's a brief chat, isn't there?

1:32.2

Because when Paul and Linda arrive, Linda says, I have a feeling that half the stuff

1:37.3

Yoko said yesterday, she was talking for John.

1:40.5

And I don't think he really believed any of that.

1:43.3

And then Paul said, well, John didn't talk, Yoko talks for John.

1:48.0

And in the middle of that, George left.

1:50.2

So that's all we get, but it's quite a lot.

1:53.7

Well, it's very interesting because watching part one, I was thinking a lot about,

1:59.2

I was trying to come at it from a blank slate and trying

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