In 1969, on Savile Road, the Beatles sung for the last time together. On the roof of a high building Paul McCartney begun the end with Get Back a paradoxical melody that probably made reference to the last Beatles’ reunion after a convoluted White Album. Abby Road was their last album where they got back just for one more time to the way they were and then they got back even more into the past to be soloist again. Once again this was not what I wanted to talk about. My real point here is that all the people around the building started looking up and listening to their music (at this point in time everybody knew the Beatles). The Beatles have not played in public for long years, and all of the sudden it was possible to listen to their notes live!! It should have been amazing and then… someone called the police. It is OK, you cannot expect everybody to like that kind of commotion. The English Policemen finally arrived to the roof of Apple Records and threaten the band: either they stop playing or they will go to jail. They stopped.
The Policemen, of course, were doing their job without thinking in everything else. They stopped one of the most famous events in music history because of angry neighbours. And I keep thinking about them…and I believe that we cannot do a very good job unless we are sure of the true meaning of our duties and what is their place in the society. Specially the keepers of peace and order need to be aware that their duty is a service to the society and not only a service to the rules. I should say something profound here but I really do not have the time (or the brain). I would have probably sit down and listen to them until they got tired, but on one hand I admit I’m more a Beatles fan than a law enforcer and on the other I believe there are much worse crimes than listen one of the greatest bands on history playing on a roof.
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Posted by Manuel Gaitan
Posted by Manuel Gaitan
Posted by Manuel Gaitan