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"Appearing on the Beatles&amp;#x2019; valedictory Let It Be album, &amp;#x201C;The Long and Winding Road&amp;#x201D; can be taken as Paul McCartney&amp;#x2019;s graceful wave goodbye or, perhaps, as a requiem for the death of the band: &amp;#x201C;You left me standing here a long, long time ago.&amp;#x201D; Recorded in the days following their final performance, on the Apple Records rooftop in 1969 -- Ringo Starr was on hiatus; John Lennon have given his notice -- the lyrical acrimony became some kind of self-fulfilling prophecy when producer Phil Spector remixed it, adding strings and a choir, much to McCartney&amp;#x2019;s dismay. &amp;#x201C;It&amp;#x2019;s a sad song because it&amp;#x2019;s all about the unattainable,&amp;#x201D; McCartney said. &amp;#x201C;I was a bit flipped out and tripped out at the time.&amp;#x201D;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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