It Was Twenty Years Ago Today

[rich]

maybe it was the sign of the beatles demise and all the infighting but
I've heard bootlegs of the Get Back Sessions (1969)  songs like Don't
Dig No Pakistanis--pretty depressing considering all you need is love
and the optimism of sgt pepper in 1967.

get back is still not on dvd. the Harrison-McCartney spats are
interesting tho; Lennon's a ghost already; ringo just sad and wasted

u play that after watching a hard days night--all that fun and
wackiness is gone in little more than 5 yrs which seemed like a
lifetime--doubt we'll see such change again (along a general positive
opening of consciousness, etc.)
when we speak of change today, it all seems so grim
rich

On 4/9/09, Robin Landseadel <robinlandseadel at comcast.net> wrote:
> Realizing that my response to Bekah might seem OTT, here's some
> additional information of "It Was Twenty Years Ago Today." The Youtube
> bits are the first half of the show. PBS broadcast the show in the
> U.S. in 1987. There's more material from the interviews with Paul,
> George, Ginsberg, Derek Taylor, et. al. Malcolm McDowell is the
> narrator, here's more info from IMBd:
>
> http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093285/fullcredits#cast
>
> While it is true that '67 was different from '69, the documentary
> shows how many of the issues and figureheads we think of as "1969"
> emerged in 1967. There was an extended edit of IWTYAT broadcast on
> cable in the late 80's. Unfortunately, the program was never
> officially issued as a home video. I've taped it myself and watched it
> many times but that tape [and the betamax I recorded it on are long
> gone. There are bootleg copies floating around, if you're willing to
> track down that sort of thing.
>
> I suppose one of the things that makes IWTYAT related to Vineland, is
> its retrospective look at the hippie/yippie era from the vantage point
> of "The New Age." In a way, this documentary is as much of a period
> piece as the era it's discussing.
>