I'm having a hard time posting the link! But just go to youtube and type in the Beatles and there's a listing.

Well worth the time to listen to the new record and also watch the 12 minute documentary of how they accomplished the impossible. It opened up some strong emotions in me, I grew up with the music of the Beatles.

I thoroughly enjoyed both the short documentary on producing the song as well as the video of the song itself. It was good to hear a new song from the Beatles with all 4 of them actually being part of it despite having lost John and George.

The whole thing was pretty amazing. A song that was about 30 years in the making. I thought the video was also a good tribute by having all 4 of them seemingly playing together one more time.

Documentary ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APJAQoSCwuA

Now and Then... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Opxhh9Oh3rg

Curtis Eickerman

Thanks, Steve for posting and Curtis for linking.
I listened to the song several times on Amazon Music, the Echo dot speaker. I will eventually plug the echo dot into one of my radios to hear it thru a proper speaker.
I watched the video Now and Then with the sound off, then watched the documentary with the sound off, a Beatle backwards way which may or may not be appropriate.

There is a serious spelling mistake in the sub-titles of the documentary where Paul says that the passing of George in 2001 "took the wind out of our sales". The word is "sails" don't you know?
Was this the work of an intelligent robot?

It is truly amazing what they were able to create in the studio with that old cassette tape.
I find the flashbacks are really fun and we see footage never shown before.
I didn't know George played a lap steel, have always pictured him with an electric guitar held upright, playing bottleneck style. Now when I hear "My Sweet Lord" I can easily picture the lap guitar part, of course that makes sense.

We heard so much music on radio in those days but seldom saw a performance except on, in my case, B&W TV.
I won't criticize the song. It's an enjoyable love song after several listens.

That was great I am a big Beetles fan and even went to one of the impersonators concerts a couple of months ago. Tom

I've spent several evenings watching the YouTube Reactions videos of the Beatles Now and Then song. Vast majority of the people, young and old, were in tears after they viewed the video. A couple of the younger viewers used a bit of profanity, but most were exceedingly polite and respectful of what they had watched for the first time, a new Beatles song. One "critic" irritated me a bit, he said, it sounds like a young John and an old Paul singing, and he didn't like it because of that! Well DUH! I wish I could afford to buy the new Red and Blue releases coming out.

Thanks for the warning. I'll just skip the "reaction videos" from the multitudes of fans and critics.
You like it? Great, Don't like it? Turn it off.
I like the sound of the cassette dropping into the deck and the click of the Play button at the start of the video.

I like the use of live strings where those sounds are so well synthesized these days. That's Paul doing it his way. I've read that for Elanor Rigby, he wanted a fuller sound from the string quartet. George Martin said no problem, we'll just double up the track. No, Paul brought in two quartets and they recorded 8 instruments playing together.

Fun to learn about this 50 yeas later. Like the bass microphone that's actually a speaker cab. you can hear it on some songs like "Got to get you into My Life". That was invented by Geoff E.
Cheers, mates.

The song from Sargent Pepper, A Day in the Life, my all-time favorite Beatles song, had a fantastic orchestra playing section! The mournful voice of John Lennon singing hits me in the "feels" also.

John Lennon's best writing in my mind wasn't the weepy love songs. When he sings about a chip on his shoulder, he is expressing something deeper than All you need is Love and Yoko.
I remember pulling the "Walls and Bridges" cassette out of the bargain bin at Kmart, must have been 1978. I felt sorry for him at that point, bought the tape.
There is a song on that album in which he predicts his own death. Music critics felt was all introspection and it may have been.

The tune is "Scared", starts with a howling wolf.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBk_w0nQUPQ

Here's the bridge:
"Hatred and jealousy, Gonna be the death of me,
I guess I knew it right from the start.
Sing out about love and peace, Don't wanna see red raw meat,
The green-eyed goddam straight from your heart..."
That's the John Lennon we lost in 1980, only 40 years of age.
Now here we have the Beatles singing a love song and it's OK, but with a lot of Paul influence, just my opinion.
John Lennon, rest in peace.