Well, i that video, they 'hem and haw' about it and nobody can really decide or agree on anything, as George rather pithily pointed out. (Warning--Paraphrase.)
"Who's on bass?-------"
"It could have been you playing bass----"
"No, well, it could have been John---"
"Quite right, but it sounds like you-----"
"Yes, it does, doesn't it, but I think it was----"
"Who was on piano------?---"
"You were on piano---"
"Really? Was I? It could have been me, but it sounds like you--"
"No, it sounds like YOU---"
"Well you know we always had that 6 string Fender-----"
"You know it was------"(Bill jumps in as if George is about to blow it)
"You know, we had it around just in case of--er---------sictuations just like that-----"
"Oh, yes, right, right-o........"
A couple of times there is a VERY pregnant beat where I can imagine four sets of brain gears cranking HARD to make sure that they weigh their every word......
But, this is perfect, you see, this really helps the idea that they are just getting back together to do this retrospective deal and after so many years they don't want to say or do the wrong thing on camera in front of the fans (which is true) so that they won't appear to be bickering and upset people who hated seeing them split up so many years ago......and that's safe and legit as a context of their words.
Of course that's a flawless pre-text for the truth and it plays and totally supports what all the 4 billion fans already believe is true.
You know, no matter what, the PIA'ers have their way because circumstances and pre-texts ALWAYS pander toward and play into their hands, NOT OURS. We are losers! We are always folled!!!!
OK, OK< sorry, sorry fellow PIDders. We are all NOT losers. I....er, uhm., I am the Loser for saying such a thing, I'l just speak for myself instead. I have no support or decent provable pretexts. I am the loser. Perhaps many of you have solid proofs and reasonings. Mine tend to collapse. I dunno.
Anyway, just a general comment to the effect that no mater what happens or is said in a Beatle retrospective, the result is always commiserate with the desired design. The impact on 99.99% of the fans is to reinforce the legacy of PIA, etc, while for us, the small but emphatic tenth of a tenth of a tenth of a tenth, it just fuels our gusto even more. Al we have is gusto, not numbers, sadly. The decimal point isn't working on our behalf.
I mean, that video of them discussing the making of "Tomorrow Never Knows" (which was fabulously interesting, BTW) is a smoking gun, a smoking blow-torch, a smoking Banner Headline in the New York Times.
But
only
for
us, the pidders. For the PIA'ers? Not so much.....
Of course, I am a bit of a closet PWRer, since much come to light that indicates JPM might be indeed in the land of the living. But, he's not in Albuquerque.
The few. The brave. The daring. Join the PWR Army Now. Boot Camp starts in two weeks in
Milan, Italy, led by a Sun King. He may not be a Sargent anymore, but at least he won't be naked when they give roll call.
OK that made NO SENSE at all but I'm leaving it because it sounds funny to me. (Sad, sad, sad....)