The Beatles –
Don’t Let Me Down
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The Performance at the roof of Apple
Don’t Let Me Down was
written by John as an expression
of his love for Yoko Ono, the song is
heartfelt and passionate.
As John told Rolling Stone magazine
in 1970, “When it gets down to it,
when you’re drowning, you don’t say,
‘I would be incredibly pleased
if someone would have the foresight
to notice me drowning and come
and help me,’ you just scream.”
During filming on the roof of Apple,
two days after the recording of the track,
the band played ‘Don’t Let Me Down’
right after doing two versions of
‘Get Back’ and it led straight into
‘I’ve Got A Feeling’.
Michael Lindsay-Hogg was
once again directing a Beatles’ shoot.
He and Paul met regularly at the tail end
of 1968, while Hogg was directing
The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus,
to discuss the filming of The Beatles’ session
in January. By the time that fateful Thursday
came around, the penultimate day of
January would be the last time
The Beatles ever played together
in front of any kind of audience.
This is not the version of
‘Don’t Let Me Down’ heard on
the single but the version from
the Let It Be… Naked album –
a composite of both versions
that were performed
on the roof of Apple
in Savile Row
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