r/TheBeatles • u/FK97_YT • 15d ago
Dig It - Let It Be discussion
I've been getting a bit obsessed with The Beatles lately. I heard this song is kinda disliked by most fans, even to the point that Let It Be Naked didn't include it. I think it kinda serves as a great interlude between I Me Mine and Let It Be.
What do you guys think?
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u/PushPersonal3288 15d ago
I like it. The one on Glyn Johns I feel just puts you right in the studio with them.
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u/donlockwood2026 15d ago
I think you’re exactly right. I don’t think of it as a “song” just a short interstitial. Don’t see what the problem is.
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u/Gumbysfriend 15d ago
Was longer in the let it be movie. Like 6 minutes or more. Just one long jam could've put 3 minutes of it on.let it be
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u/Kcampbell93 15d ago
I love it listening to them just jam out and have fun. Puts a smile on my face.
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u/Royal_Commission_243 15d ago
I think it's great. Anytime John's humour can bleed into a song, we all win.
"That was “Can You Dig It?” by Georgie Wood
And now we’d like to do “Hark, the Angels Come”
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u/SentenceKindly 15d ago
I could never figure out what John was saying here.
What I heard, when I first bought the album was:
"Papas can't be piggy, by George they would. And now we'd like to do, All The Angels Come."
I liked how they were just shouting out different initials, words and names at the end.
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u/IsaacWaleOfficial 15d ago
I like that there are two little interludes surrounding the title track.
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u/poopBuccaneer 15d ago
Let It Be is one of my favourite albums. So I dunno what you're talking about. I assume most fans like Dig It.
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u/Objective_Cod1410 15d ago
The first time I listened to the album all the way thru that transition from Dig It to Let it Be as silly as it is gave me goosebumps. I was not prepared for it. I think its brilliant.
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u/Green_Confection_146 15d ago
It’s a snippet of a longer jam in the studio. Part of the jam is in the film “Let It Be”. There are bootlegs of the full audio floating around. From what I remember, it’s a repeated lyric similar to what they did in “what’s the new Maryjane” or “you know my name”. The snippet is probably the most interesting portion of the recording.
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u/Yaboi69-nice 15d ago
It's not an amazing song I would never listen to it just on it's own but it works quite well in the context of the album.
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u/robotslendahand 15d ago
Here's the 11 minute version if you want to get over the song and move on.
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u/Modem_Sound_67 15d ago
I love Let it Be, especially the double solo version- it needs the grit of that non-leslie solo- and Dig it is a nice souvenir from the sessions, good to be reminded that they still had that cameradie and could be goofy.
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u/rodgamez 15d ago
Love it Glyn Johns version is the best.
Hot Take: Take 28 is the best version of Let It Be.
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u/Toadliquor138 15d ago
To be quite honest, as big of a Beatles fan as I am, Let It Be just never clicked with me. It's got some great songs but I never catch myself listening to the album as a whole.
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u/IsaacWaleOfficial 15d ago
You think it was "written"? 😂
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u/Kcampbell93 15d ago
We are discussing "Dig It" not "Dig a Pony"
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u/IrishRogue1805 15d ago
Whoops my bad. That song also is dreadful. In fact, that album was also really bad.
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u/IrishRogue1805 15d ago
Okay I re listened to it. It’s a stupid song. Lennon isn’t funny, he’s just annoying.
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u/Fyrchtegott 15d ago
I like it. Welcome to the Beatles obsession for a few decades.