wow lazarus, you really hate paul!
and apparently think that john shat golden turds.
you must be in college, right?
don't sweat it, you'll get over it...
he shat turds, alright. doubt if they were always made of gold...
personally, i like the stripped version of the album. tho i agree it's a pretty 'meh' starting point.
you already know the big songs on here. if the overdone arrangements are trying to you, then you might like the stripped down versions. personally, i've never liked 'the long and winding road' or 'across the universe'. both are too contrived in my ears, taking the orchestras and bullshit off them didn't change that for me.
there's a few gems on here. 'two of us' remains one of my favorite beatles' songs ever, no matter what form. 'dig a pony' is pretty hot, too. not their top form, but pretty good stuff resides here. probably the first instance of a band (or label) capitalizing on their legacy after their demise (i'm talking about the original release of 'let it be'). i'm not sure how invested the band was in releasing this for the public to hear. would be glad to be educated about this...
lastly, i'll say that the 'bonus' disc on the 'naked' version of the album is absolute shit. bands go into studios, make cool shit happen, share the results. i'm not sure i want to hear the whole process. check that, i don't want to hear it. i got about 2 minutes into the bonus shit and turned it off forever. 20 second snippets of conversations and musical farts that we can hear in more fleshed out forms on releases we already have? i'm surprised they didn't include a recording of john (or paul for that matter) laying one of those golden turds in the toilet.
or maybe they did...