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.” …
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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.
It’s only the-o-ry but I like it.
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.
I mostly liked “Maybe I’m Amazed,” “Cold Turkey,” “What Is Life” and “It Don’t Come Easy.” Plus a few other ones.
give peace a chance
He was interested in another type of piece
Paul played all the instruments on that. Love "Junk" and "Every Night" from that album as well.
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.
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.
Yes it is! Thanks for sharing it!
I don't think they had anything more to say as a group.
It cracks me up when Sheila E does an amazing drum solo and Ringo deadpans, “Obviously, Sheila has attended the Ringo Starr Drumming Academy.”
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.
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.
Good analysis.
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.
I’d forgotten - what a great job on that mashup!
Yep
"One for you, nineteen for me....'cause I'm the taxman..."
The White Album and Abbey Road were as good as anyone they had ever done.
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