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Paul McCartney: Yoko Ono did not break up The Beatles
Sunday Telegraph (UK) ^ | 4:09PM GMT 11 Nov 2012

Posted on 11/11/2012 7:30:05 PM PST by Olog-hai

Sir Paul McCartney has admitted that “it wasn’t that bad a thing” for John Lennon to leave the Beatles and said that Yoko Ono did not break up group.

In an interview with Sir David Frost for Al Jazeera, Sir Paul, 70, said the departure of John Lennon from the band in 1969 was expected by the whole group. …

Sir Paul also absolved Yoko Ono, Mr. Lennon’s then-wife of responsibility for the group breaking up. “She certainly didn’t break the group up,” he said. “The group was breaking up and I think she attracted John so much to another way of life that he then went on to, very successfully, add a sort of second part to his career, writing things like ‘Imagine’ and ‘Give Peace a Chance’. I don’t think he would have done that without Yoko.” …

(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Miscellaneous; Music/Entertainment; Society
KEYWORDS: beatles; johnlennon; paulmccartney; wasteofbandwidth; yokoono
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To: Lancey Howard

I’m with you on the All-Starrs, and am at 4 or 5 myself. I’ll add Greg Lake belting out ‘Lucky Man’ and ‘In the Court of the Crimson King’ to your list.


61 posted on 11/12/2012 3:17:24 AM PST by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est.)
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To: robowombat

It’s only the-o-ry but I like it.


62 posted on 11/12/2012 4:50:55 AM PST by equaviator (There's nothing like the universe to bring you down to earth.)
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To: Borges; mylife; AZamericonnie; Titan Magroyne; acad1228; EsmeraldaA; GodBlessUSA; MoJo2001; ...
Imagine Jump

Brilliant!
64 posted on 11/12/2012 7:22:54 AM PST by Drumbo ("Democracy can withstand anything but democrats." - Jubal Harshaw [Robert A. Heinlein])
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To: Olog-hai

I was a very young Beatles fan back in the ‘60’s, and I even knew the band had jumped the shark by the time of the break up.


65 posted on 11/12/2012 7:27:39 AM PST by catfish1957 (My dream for hope and change is to see the punk POTUS in prison for treason)
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To: CaptainK

I mostly liked “Maybe I’m Amazed,” “Cold Turkey,” “What Is Life” and “It Don’t Come Easy.” Plus a few other ones.


66 posted on 11/12/2012 7:31:04 AM PST by Chunga (Ron Paul is a fruitcakey jackass.)
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To: Beowulf9

give peace a chance


He was interested in another type of piece


67 posted on 11/12/2012 7:48:21 AM PST by patriotspride
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To: Chunga
I mostly liked “Maybe I’m Amazed,”

Paul played all the instruments on that. Love "Junk" and "Every Night" from that album as well.

68 posted on 11/12/2012 7:55:40 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: Olog-hai

The Beatles were a 3 year band. Came into the US in 1963 and petered out by 1966. Their music is shallow at best, liberal at worst, and had the musical quality of a bunch of toddlers.


69 posted on 11/12/2012 8:05:52 AM PST by CodeToad (Padme: "So this is how liberty dies... with thunderous applause.")
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To: CodeToad

Beatles were the white mans transition away from the soul sound that dominated the 50’s and early 60’s

They replaced the 4 tops, Smokey Robinson, etc by offering an initial soft sound that transitioned to elements of hard rock, and lead to the electric era.


70 posted on 11/12/2012 8:17:03 AM PST by patriotspride
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To: Drumbo

Yes it is! Thanks for sharing it!


71 posted on 11/12/2012 9:46:43 AM PST by luvie (All my heroes wear camos!)
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To: Olog-hai
The Beatles had run their course.

I don't think they had anything more to say as a group.

72 posted on 11/12/2012 9:54:32 AM PST by GSWarrior
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To: FreedomPoster

It cracks me up when Sheila E does an amazing drum solo and Ringo deadpans, “Obviously, Sheila has attended the Ringo Starr Drumming Academy.”


73 posted on 11/12/2012 10:04:04 AM PST by Lancey Howard
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To: GSWarrior

A large part of the Beatles breakup was the fact that they had stopped touring, having done their last concert in 1966. They had concluded that there was no way they could duplicate their studio sound live. I mean, 8 tracks - - 8 tracks! - - how could a band be expected to duplicate that in concert?

Without regular gigs to keep them together they more or less went their separate ways, even as they continued to record some of the greatest music ever, like Yesterday and Today, Revolver, Rubber Soul, Sgt. Peppers, Magical Mystery Tour, Yellow Submarine, the White Album, Get Back (AKA Let It Be), and Abbey Road.


74 posted on 11/12/2012 10:10:41 AM PST by Lancey Howard
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To: dfwgator

John Lennon was once asked if he thought Ringo (who was his muse and good friend) was the best drummer in the world. Lennon replied, “He’s not even the best drummer in the Beatles.” Paul was, indeed, a good drummer. In fact, Lennon got inspired and wrote ‘The Ballad of John and Yoko’ one day and decided to record it that night, even though George and Ringo were away. So John and Paul recorded it themselves, with Paul on bass and drums.


75 posted on 11/12/2012 10:18:48 AM PST by Lancey Howard
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To: Lancey Howard

Good analysis.


76 posted on 11/12/2012 10:27:31 AM PST by GSWarrior
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To: Lancey Howard

See The Stones, as to what happens to your legacy when you stay on too long....The Beatles are as popular today as ever, because they knew when to quit, before becoming a parody of themselves.


77 posted on 11/12/2012 10:34:47 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: Drumbo

I’d forgotten - what a great job on that mashup!


78 posted on 11/12/2012 11:28:46 PM PST by Titan Magroyne (What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving.)
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To: SkyDancer
British tax laws did.

Yep

"One for you, nineteen for me....'cause I'm the taxman..."

79 posted on 11/13/2012 12:23:51 AM PST by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing)
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To: catfish1957

The White Album and Abbey Road were as good as anyone they had ever done.


80 posted on 11/14/2012 9:58:03 PM PST by Borges
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