The Beatles fans are only just realising the band played one of their oldest songs in their final gig together.
The Fab Four’s now legendary rooftop performance saw John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, and George Harrison, head up to the top of Apple Studios and play nine tracks, most from their at-the-time unreleased albums, Abbey Road and Let it Be. However, a song from their days as The Quarrymen was also featured in the performance, and it was the only time the four played it live, according to SetlistFM. Sharing their favourite songs from the nine-track setlist, fans of The Beatles took to the subreddit and suggested the best moments of the performance.
The original poster writes: “Today in history marks The Beatles’ final live performance as a group, January 30, 1969. What was your favourite song that they played? My favourite has to be I’ve Got A Feeling especially when Paul realized the cops were trying to shut them down. Dig A Pony comes second.”
Another user agreed with I’ve Got a Feeling as the best of the impromptu show, writing: “I love Paul’s energy, and it’s just a great song.” The original poster replied: “Such powerful vocals, unmatched energy!”
Other suggestions for the best song of the show included Don’t Let Me Down, which was called a “wonderful” song and Get Back which was praised for its “great guitar and keyboard solos”. But a performance of One After 909, one of the band’s earliest songs, has charmed a few fans.
One wrote: “One After 909. They seemed to be having a blast with that song. I saw the entire concert on regular TV when I was a kid. Hell, every song was great.” The original poster replied: “I didn’t know until maybe six months ago that One After 909 was a song they wrote when they were The Quarrymen.
Today in history marks The Beatles final live performance as a group, January 30th 1969. What was your favorite song that they played?
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“I thought it was so cool that they brought it back! They did that with a few others to my knowledge, I’ll Follow The Sun and When I’m 64 (although When I’m 64 might have just been a Paul song from when he was younger).”
In the 90’s I did some work at no2 Savile row, and had the opportunity to go over the rooftop fire escape to no3 and stand on hallowed grounds. What a rare treat!