26-04-2015, 02:09
i dont think any reunion would have produced a 'real' Beatle album at any point as Paul,John and George all had their own unique solo sounds at that point, and Ringo, well, he basically went along with the others anyway....
lets face it....
the last three Beatle albums were 'fractured' pieces of work when you look objectively...
as much as i love "the white album"...it really was a messy affair, lots of bits slapped together., and all of them bitching about eachothers tracks and saying "im not playing on that track because theres no solo for me","thats not a guitarist's song" etc etc
"let it be".....recorded and left on the shelf for a year or so because the band couldnt agree on final mixes etc
"abbey road"....two totally different sides of music, the side John wanted with songs and the Paul side that was a montage/collage of music that melded into one lengthy track. and they did that like that because John and Paul couldnt agree...
another disagreement between John and Paul....
both wanted to go on tour, John wanted to go back to filling stadiums, Paul wanted to slip in throught he backdoor playing smaller venues...
a Beatle reunion would never have worked in a hundred years with two strong minded artistically creative minds like John and Paul both wanting to stamp their authority on the band, then of course we have George who towards the end of the band come into his own as a great writer who also wanted a bigger slice of his material being included on albums....
its best they finished where and when they did IMO before they became embarrassment parodies of themselves,like,IMO, the Rolling Stones became.
i think the closest thing any of them made as solo artists to sounding like what a 1970s Beatle album could have been was Macca's "band on the run"/"venus and mars" albums.
the facts were that Paul and john couldnt bare to be in the same room as one another and when they were there were often punches thrown....
funny how Paul glosses over that now like it didnt happen isnt it????
at the end of the day...what happened, happened for a reason and what we are left with is an astonishingly good catalogue of albums and individual tracks that most other musicians strive to achieve(except fot the "yellow submarine" album)....
so lets not dwell on the 'could have beens' the "would have beens" and the "should have beens" and be happy for what they left us as a band!
lets face it....
the last three Beatle albums were 'fractured' pieces of work when you look objectively...
as much as i love "the white album"...it really was a messy affair, lots of bits slapped together., and all of them bitching about eachothers tracks and saying "im not playing on that track because theres no solo for me","thats not a guitarist's song" etc etc
"let it be".....recorded and left on the shelf for a year or so because the band couldnt agree on final mixes etc
"abbey road"....two totally different sides of music, the side John wanted with songs and the Paul side that was a montage/collage of music that melded into one lengthy track. and they did that like that because John and Paul couldnt agree...
another disagreement between John and Paul....
both wanted to go on tour, John wanted to go back to filling stadiums, Paul wanted to slip in throught he backdoor playing smaller venues...
a Beatle reunion would never have worked in a hundred years with two strong minded artistically creative minds like John and Paul both wanting to stamp their authority on the band, then of course we have George who towards the end of the band come into his own as a great writer who also wanted a bigger slice of his material being included on albums....
its best they finished where and when they did IMO before they became embarrassment parodies of themselves,like,IMO, the Rolling Stones became.
i think the closest thing any of them made as solo artists to sounding like what a 1970s Beatle album could have been was Macca's "band on the run"/"venus and mars" albums.
the facts were that Paul and john couldnt bare to be in the same room as one another and when they were there were often punches thrown....
funny how Paul glosses over that now like it didnt happen isnt it????
at the end of the day...what happened, happened for a reason and what we are left with is an astonishingly good catalogue of albums and individual tracks that most other musicians strive to achieve(except fot the "yellow submarine" album)....
so lets not dwell on the 'could have beens' the "would have beens" and the "should have beens" and be happy for what they left us as a band!
"BTO....Bachman,Turner,Overweight
They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..." - Me 2014.
They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..." - Me 2014.