![]() In that same interview, he also reveals a two other factors – McCartney's attempts to control the recording sessions and reluctance to listen to other people's contributions, and the relationship between John Lennon and Yoko Ono (who can be seen throughout Get Back). I got up and I thought, 'I'm not doing this any more. It was a very, very difficult, stressful time, and being filmed having a row as well was terrible. It never came to blows, but I thought, 'What's the point of this? I'm quite capable of being relatively happy on my own and I'm not able to be happy in this situation. In Anthology, Harrison said: "They were filming us having a row. However, Harrison said it his fighting with McCartney that tipped him over the edge. These tensions were still simmering in early 1969 and played a part in Harrison's exit. This would be their final performance before splitting up. Ringo, Paul, John and George performing on the Savile Row rooftop in London. When Ringo left the band, The Beatles recorded "Back in the USSR" with John on the drums – a move that led to the cruel (and unfair) joke among fans of the band that Ringo was not even the best drummer in The Beatles. I feel you three guys are really close and I'm out of it.' And Paul said, 'I thought it was you three!' I didn't even bother going to George then." I said the same thing: 'I'm leaving the band. "So then I went over to Paul's and knocked on his door. I said, 'I'm leaving the group because I'm not playing well and I feel unloved and out of it, and you three are really close.' And John said, 'I thought it was you three!' ![]() In previous Beatles documentary Anthology, Starr paints a picture of each member of the band feeling isolated from the others: "I left because I felt two things: I felt I wasn't playing great, and I also felt that the other three were really happy and I was an outsider. ![]() Ringo Starr had also temporarily exited the group in August 1968 during the sessions for that year's The Beatles (aka the "White Album"). This made him the second member to leave the group within the space of six months. Thanks to these recordings and Harrison's diary, we know exactly when he exited the band – January 10, 1969, a Friday. George Harrison in "The Beatles: Get Back." The Beatle would leave the band the same day this shot was taken.
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