What’s it For? Why Are You Here?
January in 1969 was especially cold, and the Beatles were seated on a huge and even more chilling soundstage at London’s Twickenham Film Studios. They had spent days writing and rehearsing new material for their upcoming live show (their first since August 1966), but it wasn’t going smoothly, to say the least. The only one who had any sense of urgency was Paul McCartney.
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“I don’t see why any of you if you’re not interested, got yourselves into this,” he said to his bandmates. “What’s it for? It can’t be for the money. Why are you here? I’m here because I want to do a show, but I don’t see an awful lot of support.” He looked at the familiar faces of John Lennon, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr, who simply stared at him with no expression.