In 1969, Paul McCartney, who had been single all these years, finally got married to Linda Eastman, an American photographer whom he had first met at the Sgt. Pepper release party back in 1967. One week later, John Lennon married Yoko Ono, whom he had been seeing for almost three years. Each of the Beatles had families, now. Each wanted to spend time with their families. Each, musically and personally, were going in complete opposite directions. The Beatles were recording music with other musicians (as in "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" and "Get Back") and recording songs when not the entire group was there (as in "The Ballad of John and Yoko"). They were falling deeper into the crack of their breakup.

The Beatles soon came up with an idea that seemed perfect at the time: write, rehearse, and record new music, and videotape all of the recording sessions. It would be titled Get Back (though it was soon changed to Let It Be) But what happened was a mess. The Beatles were constantly followed by the cameramen, they had to "behave" themselves (no vulgar language), had to get up early in the music to record ("and you can't make music at eight in the morning", John said), and just felt an overall uncomfortableness with it all. What was actually taped wasn't the making of an album; it was the documentary of a group breaking up. Anger and disagreements with each other had to be kept in each of their minds. They couldn't tell the person what they really felt about them, because their every move was being filmed.

After most of the filming was done, The Beatles were planning on doing a concert, made up of all their new material from Let It Be. But, where to do it? "Well," suggested Paul (who had really taken charge of the group during the filming, much like he had in Magical Mystery Tour), why not on the roof of Apple? And that's exactly what they did. People from the streets stared up at the Beatles (thought they weren't very visable, they were too high up). This unannounced concert made some laugh, others scream with delight, and some others grumble. The ones who grumbled let the police know what was on their minds. It is known that each of the Beatles would have enjoyed every second of being arrested "because we were being filmed", says Ringo. But the police just went up and told them to "turn that sound down".

None of the Beatles attended the premeire of Let It Be in London on May 20, 1970 (more than a year after they recorded it and after they had broken up). And though both this film and the album is greatly loved and enjoyed, they both have a mean, ugly streak in them that was splitting them apart.

The Beatles' next (and last) album was something new. It gave you a feeling you had never felt before. Yes, it was their last album, so of course, you want to feel sad. But that's not what you feel. This sort of unidentified, yet, wonderfully good feeling is what happens when you listen to Abbey Road. It was a fun album; completely different from Let It Be. Though there was some musical differences in the album's approach: John wanted a back-to-basics Rock and Roll album, and Paul wanted something entirely different-- an operetic-type of album. But what resulted satisfied both of their tastes. Side one contains a few rockin numbers, such as "Come Together" and the mesmerizing "I Want You (She's So Heavy)". Most of side two has beautiful songs, such as the "Golden Slumbers-Carry That Weight-The End" medly, and it contains small or no breaks in between each song, basically creating a sixteen-minute medley. The album was a "happy album, probably because everyone knew it was going to be the last", says Paul. And what a last it was.