iTunes Exclusive Episode Let It Be

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Alright, whenever we do one of these, ah, tunes, exclusive, it is to review something.
This is no exception.
Kind of a little bit different than the ones we've normally done.
This is a stage production, but it's not a musical.
It's in town for about a week and a half, and it is called Let it Be.
We start this whole thing.
Yes, sir.
We got to take the man, the myth, the legend, friends, just go!
Everybody, DSM, musical for Dallas, summer musicals, music, college, fair park.
They just keep getting it done, brother.
We love him.
So let's talk about this thing.
This actually started as a musical production in Europe.
Yes.
We're the world.
Where it is now, some might say this is a watered down version of what it used to be, but
I think it's kind of a different spin on what it used to be.
Where has the original production was told in two acts.
It was just more of a musical journey through their career, of the Beatles, of course.
We are talking about the Beatles, called Let it Be, in case you didn't make the
connection.
Yeah.
But what we saw was still done in two acts.
One hour at peace with the 20-hour and 20-minute intermission of the middle.
But the first act is more than musical journey.
When the lights go down, you hear right here, on our stage, these young blacks from Liverpool
England.
I have the worst ed Sullivan ever.
But their performance is on ed Sullivan, and then kind of goes through the different
phases of their career.
You go from there, you go to Chase Stadium, from there, you go to the Sergeant Pepper era
into the Abbey Road era.
And the last concert they ever played on the top of the Abbey Road.
And that was really a rarity, because for people that don't know the history of the Beatles,
they never toured Sergeant Pepper.
They decided they weren't just going to make music, they weren't going to do concerts.
So you take the intermission, coming back from the intermission is basically a fantasy
sequence for an hour, where what if the Beatles actually had a reunion show on John
Lenin's birthday in 1980, which is when he would have turned 40.
Now he would pass away at less than two months after that.
But it was kind of neat, because it's kind of, they did a lot of the Beatles songs, where
they also did a lot of their solo tunes as well in that hour span.
Such as being on the run, imagine, in an easy, you know, George Harrison and my sweet
Lord, while I'm like it's hard gently weeps.
They did the a couple songs that the Beatles did in studio that were never performed
by.
Correct, because again, once they had gotten the Sergeant Pepper, they stopped touring.
Yeah.
So you might have seen them on like a TV, because they did a Sergeant Pepper's TV special,
but they never went out on the road into it.
After the 69 show, they actually released some albums.
Well, they were released, but what a lot of people don't know is, let it be was the final
album released.
But it was actually recorded before Abbey Road.
Abbey Road was the last album they actually recorded, but it was released first.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Basically, there's the tune of there's five people involved.
You've got Neil Candelora playing Paul, J.T. Curtis playing George, Michael Gaggleonel
playing John, Chris McBernie playing Ringo, and then you have Daniel A. Wise, who's kind
of he fills in some of the musical holes that aren't done by a normal band that they
would have done in his studio.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Some of the keys and the horns or things like that.
I get, I mean, this really all you need to know.
That's what this thing is.
But what it also is, is awesome.
Amazing.
I, the attention to detail in this production absolutely melted my brain.
Absolutely melted my brain.
Like, one I'll give you is when they first started off, they look like the clean cut
felt.
Just like they did on its own and they have the same.
No, that had the same set with the arrows pointing out that was what the set looked like
when they put on its own.
And then when they did the Abbey Road, they wore the costumes and all that.
Very quick costume changes.
And then even the, the, the, the, the, um, sergeant peppers, not even the costume changes
there.
Then Abbey Road.
Where the hair.
So they wore like wigs and facial hair and so that's what I mean.
And down to the minute detail of Paul was barefoot, which he was during those performance
as well.
The production value here is top notch.
Yes.
And what was really neat is on either side of the stage.
There's two old school looking TVs with two little radios underneath them, which were
actually done with projectors from the back of the, of the, of the room.
But when there was a longer change like the change between Shay Stadium and sergeant
pepper.
There was a little more to it.
They actually showed some old sixties commercials.
Which I love.
Which you watch, I was watching this.
I was like, all this really happened.
This is really a thing.
And the other thing I really dug was when they, like, when they were playing on Ed Sullivan,
they were actually showing clips of the crowd.
Yes.
That was watching them on the Ed Sullivan show.
So you got some of those reaction shots from the actual people that were there as
well, which I thought was really, really neat.
Everything in this is top notch.
I mean, again, I was talking about a minute ago about the attention, the attention
to detail here.
And I don't know if you would have noticed this done.
So I mean, roll this for the, Paul has left handed.
Yes.
Playing Paul was playing the bass left handed.
Yeah.
I didn't notice that, too.
Ringo played by Chris McBernie, by the way, again, Paul Neil Kendallora.
Chris McBernie plays Ringo actually played the drums, the same way Ringo plays the drums.
He didn't just play the drums.
Watching him, because Ringo has a very distinct way of the way he hits a high hat, where
some people will just hit it straight on the beat.
Ringo, I'm, I'm kind of turning my sights at Don can see this.
I'm sorry, this is an audio medium, so I'll try to describe this as best as possible.
When Ringo plays a high hat, he plays it in a V formation, so he'll be, oh, I didn't notice
that.
And so instead of hitting it down up and down, he's hitting it side to side.
And this guy played it exactly like Ringo plays the drums.
It was absolutely amazing, the attention to detail.
And when they came out in the second act, each one of them was dressed in guard that they
were known for at that time.
You're going to have to look with this like that.
Yeah, with the slick back hair in the States, Paul had the black satin sport coat with
the pink accents.
George had the hippie Jesus thing going on.
John had New York City shirt with the sunglasses as well.
Everything in this, I mean, they were feeding off the crowd.
The crowd, the crowd work was amazing.
Every, like, you could have closed your eyes, and you probably could not have known
the difference.
That's how rock solid this is from to, and they play the music live.
They're not playing the tracks.
They are playing the music live, because roti's are coming out and they're switching out
guitars or whatever when they're doing things.
The most covered song in history yesterday has been covered been more than any other song
ever.
A acoustic on the Ed Sullivan show absolutely melted my brain too.
What I thought was really, really neat.
You want to talk about authenticity.
When you got to the point where they're playing at Shea Stadium, it was like, hello, okay,
way to be those.
We're going to take a song, because if you read about that, like, they had to play
loud because the audience was screaming so loud they didn't have monitors back then.
So they couldn't, they're like, we hoped we were playing in tune.
We couldn't even hear ourselves.
So when they're up there, Paul's up there is like, thank you for being here today.
It's Shea Stadium.
I'm very excited.
I'm going to play a song for you right now.
That's how it sounded.
It sounded like you were sitting in Shea Stadium with them, which I thought was amazing
too.
One thing that I put on my written video, www.Combast.com, conveniently, our website.
I put on that this show in its basic form, in a way, is it just a show of a tribute
then?
It's not.
It's so much more than that in its basic, it's, you know, Jimmy, I'll hear me out.
I'll roll with you for a minute, in the most basic form, okay?
This is just show by cover band, but they had so much more to it than just a cover
band.
Well, you had it, you had it right the first time.
It's a tribute band.
A cover band, a tribute band actually gets into the bit.
That's the difference.
Yeah, tribute band.
Sorry.
No, you had it right the first time.
Yeah, we got it.
I meant to say tribute band.
But the tribute band, but it works and how they could do this in its, call us a Broadway
production.
That's just a tribute band show.
It did spend some time on Broadway.
So technically it qualifies.
Wow.
Yeah.
Wow.
It just, it's got production value, everything is done to the hills, but nothing
is over the time.
And I have to admit, the first, the first soulman said before they changed.
Mm-hmm.
That's taken before 6th stadium.
And I was thinking, okay, this is just going to be a show of a tribute band I thought.
Mm-hmm.
Is this going to be even worked way, way, way, way, way, way, way, way, way.
So my bar was a little low after that first act.
Okay.
But it just shot up like a rocket.
After it just worked and worked and worked.
And he really thought, is this the Beatles here?
And it just made you think of what, yeah.
And it's been, what in the second act?
No, what if.
And if it, and the cats agree with you, which is nice?
Yes.
But with the what if, you got the what if.
Mm-hmm.
And they even talk about how Lauren Michaels on Saturday night live made a pitch to the Beatles
to reunite to play on Saturday live.
And I was remembered because there was one check and Lauren Michael said, if you want to
pay Ringo less, that's your business.
And like the next week, George Harrison just shows up and Lauren's like, you know,
it was like, it was for all four of you to show up.
It was, it's a great moment early on in Saturday night.
And it's like, you know, and they addressed that in a trippy band.
It's like, oh, I mean, the what if concert.
I'll call it the second half.
Yeah, I'll call the what if concert.
I'll tell you.
Sure.
Go, oh, Paul, you spread your wings.
Yeah.
You know, I mean, it's just like, okay, I get that.
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
Yeah.
And I will tell you something.
J.T. Curtis.
All I have to say about is George Harrison.
Five words, while my guitar generally weeps.
Holy cow.
I see, I didn't know until last night that that was clapped in that
played the guitar solo on that originally.
Yeah, the white album.
And I like that is, because I have the white album on my phone.
And it's like the whole Eric couldn't be here tonight.
Yeah, it's like, yeah, but that guy absolutely shredded it.
That was just amazing.
When I was leaving us, I was going, you know, I would love to see Pink Floyd the
wall done.
I would like to see Zeppelin.
But God, what I want you to see the fab for with Clapton do that song.
Brother, you.
Oh, come on.
So you wish you had cell phones back in the day, so there'd be video footage of it.
Yes, I mean, oh.
But you had the next best thing in this.
You really, really do.
I mean, this is, this is one of those productions that you know, I wish it was here
longer, so more people could get to it.
And in the second act, the two of you mentioned we're talking to this couple who are
next to us.
And they were fighting.
And, you know, in all the couple, and you know, and I said, I was even alive when
the Beatles were there.
And it's like, he goes, I was in high school, and the guy who's like, you know, in the
70's 80's, because I wasn't even born yet either.
But he was kind of saying that, that, you know, it brings in a style chip back.
You know, it really reminds me of the days.
So I mean, it just, it does its job, and it does its job very, very well.
You know, and we're talking, we're talking, what's your favorite?
Beatles song.
And okay, I got to say this.
I said it to you.
I said it during after the show, it's well noted about me and Mamma Mia.
Oh, yeah, that was the very first musical we went to.
And you were on fire, sir.
But I got to run for my money.
I got juice, it was a happy hand, yes, we got lots of you know, jules was just like,
Chad's not with us, he had something come up with a family property, he had to take care
of it.
We're recording this.
And they would apologize.
My, my, my plus one, my sweetie faith, she loved this thing a lot of it.
Some of these songs, she hasn't heard, you know, her being from, you know, the only
continent and stuff, but I mean, she just loved this.
I mean, some of these songs that she didn't know, she loved it.
She knew some of the songs and stuff and just was, well, I love seeing some of the younger
people.
You know, we're, by technical definition, you and I are about a decade or, or a generation
removed from their popularity, but we were still exposed to the music because of our
parents.
There were kids that could be our grandkids that were there and they were rocking out.
You know what I mean?
And that to me was the beauty of it that these were kids that this music, they changed
the game.
The Beatles changed the game and their music is going to be listened to and enjoyed
for generations until there are none left because their music is so timeless.
And you know, like, guitar, that, that, well, my guitar channel, he weeps, and even during
the intermission, they were, they were playing songs from the era, from other artists
and showing video footage of what was going on.
But twice as much.
I really dug this.
Scott McKenzie, San Francisco, you know, the monkeys, I mean, oh, it was just so great.
Is there anything else we want to add for we get to the final analysis?
I had after the first shot, but I got my dog.
I got to say this.
There you go.
After the Sullivan thing, my bar was a little low.
And you said that earlier.
But it just blew me away.
It just blew me away.
I just, there's something, I just can't pick up anything I did not like about this.
That is awesome.
Well, let's get to the final analysis then, showing.
Let's do it.
The way we do the final analysis on this show, we're not going to give you thumbs-up
thumbs down, we're not going to give you a four mop tops, anything like that.
Our audience whom we affectionately refer to as the Empire, they want us to go deeper,
we're going to go deeper.
We're going to ask two questions.
Question number one, would you see this production again?
If the answer is no, then we're done here.
But if the answer is yes, since this is a stage production, it's a little bit different
from our normal, the way we do movies.
Because with a stage production, to gauge your excitement about seeing it again,
the question I'm going to ask is, where do you want to sit?
Because as we know, ticket prices are different depending on where you sit.
So your commitment novel's going to be a little bit deeper, the closer you get.
Dawn, would you see this again?
A definite.
All right, where you want to sit?
The coveted get into the building.
Doesn't matter, just get it in a building, in a building.
I'm right there with you.
I enjoyed this so much.
The downside was I wish the lovely and talented Mrs. Irvine could have been with us.
No, you know what, but she couldn't make it.
And she was very upset.
So, you know, she's a big Beatles fan and I'm telling you, whether you're a super fan,
whether you are a casual fan, or whether you're just a fan of music, there's something
in this for everybody up.
It is, they don't go into the politics, they don't go, they, they briefly talk about
the band breaking up.
It's just nothing but some of the best music by one of the greatest bands ever assembled
in that history of having bar.
My plus one, just, she was blown, faith was blown away.
It is.
Let it be.
And the celebration of the music of the Beatles.
And we all take the man in the middle of the legend, Francis, go!
Thank you so much, DSM, House of Musicals, musical for everybody at DSM, is so wonderful
to us.
And we're gonna be hanging out with them very, very soon during the show, which we're extremely
excited about.
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