<story><title>The Banality of Genius: Notes on Peter Jackson&apos;s Get Back (2022)</title><url>https://www.ian-leslie.com/p/the-banality-of-genius-notes-on-peter</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>hettygreen</author><text>For those that are interested in seeing artists conjure up hit songs, check out the documentary &amp;quot;Billie Eilish: The World&amp;#x27;s A Little Blurry&amp;quot;. There are some scenes showing Billie and her brother sitting on a bed in their parents&amp;#x27; house coming up with lyrics and melodies for songs that would go on to sell millions, win grammys and totally change their lives.&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;m a huge beatles fan, and while Get Back shows sparks of creativity - for the most part it, it shows a few childish rich dudes high as all hell dicking around in front of cameras in a super-weird situation that they put themselves in trying to document themselves writing an album.&lt;p&gt;The World&amp;#x27;s A Little Blurry on the other hand shows two siblings battling through some tough shit and turning it into gold on a shoestring recording budget.</text></comment>
<story><title>The Banality of Genius: Notes on Peter Jackson&apos;s Get Back (2022)</title><url>https://www.ian-leslie.com/p/the-banality-of-genius-notes-on-peter</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>indigoabstract</author><text>I liked the quote mentioned about the Beatles being &amp;quot;proof of the existence of God&amp;quot;:&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;It transcends everything. It’s much bigger than four kids from Liverpool. For me the Beatles are proof of the existence of God. It’s so good and so far beyond everyone else that it’s not them.&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;I hadn&amp;#x27;t heard that one before.&lt;p&gt;I think what the Beatles did can be called &amp;quot;riding the wave of fortune&amp;quot; or &amp;quot;being on a roll&amp;quot;, but they somehow did it year after year instead of just a few times, like most people manage to.</text></comment>