Paulo was right ....

I've never listened to "Let it be naked," yet released in 2003, while since I have at hand .... But first, we must get back into the context of the time . The London 1969, experiencing a severe shortage of disposable razors and a curious vocations crisis raged among hairdressers Carnaby Street. Paulo had the head of a guy who abuses of energy drinks and John already had her look vaguely disturbing cosmic bum. In short, it was not hard and it was not much better on the side of Abbey Road.

The Beatles were already only a virtual group, all being engaged in personal projects and the few moments of work in the studio fell within the nightmare. Yet he had to finish this last album, finish in style before moving on to something else. The feud of egos between John and Paulo did ineffectual, John then asked a hand to his buddy Phil Spector, genius arranger, well known for his great mental and emotional stability, and especially inventor of the Wall of Sounds that can be heard on all productions of American girls 60s bands The result was the string pad that come overload the main tracks of the album "Let it Be": "Across the universe", "Let it Be, "" The long and winding road ".... Paulo was not very happy with the result, but it was John who had the last word .....

In 2003, it therefore seemed "Let it be naked," rid of its arrangements spectoriens strings, and more consistent with the vision that is made by Paulo at the time. First observation: the song list is not identical on both albums. The first and includes the songs "Dig it" and "Maggie Mae" have disappeared from the second, the latter proposing instead a "Do not let me down" away from the original. Moreover, the order of songs has changed dramatically and the presence of "Get Back" on the first "Let it be naked," as he once stood in last place, appears slightly disturbing for the listener to first listen ...

However, changes in the "let it be naked", even if it will appear to many as minors, allow the abum to find a homogeneity that was lacking in the original and which was the same from the beginning, his main handicap, despite the quality of many of his compositions. Hiring Phil Spector was a mistake; a mistake that will re Ramones 10 years later and for the same reasons on the album "End of the Century." Some will say perhaps: but what relation between the Beatles and the Ramones? Well precisely, if the Ramones Ramones were called because it is the Beatles and mainly Paulo, but that's another story ....

PS: The bonus CD, present on the Version 2 CD "Let it be naked," contains 21 minutes of recording work in the studio and is of little interest. One can easily do without.