31-08-2011, 09:30
such a lot to ponder and answer in this one Gryphon!!!
ok, had they sorted out their "in fighting" etc there is no reason that they couldnt have carried on as the Beatles with John,Paul,George and Ringo.
and this question has gone around in my head for years also!
wouldnt their next album have been great with tracks from "imagine" "all things must pass" and "ram"....quality material!!!
but here's another question for you, would Lennon have wrote most of the "imagine" tracks had the group stayed together? would "my sweet lord" have got passed the "lennon/mccartney" domination? also, could "maybe im amazed" have been issued as a single in 70-71 and hit #1 under the Beatles name???
to start answering your questions with my opinions:
Q1. Steve Marriott (small faces) could have been tempted away from Humble Pie...afterall he was sought out by Page to initially front Led Zepplin....so he was a well respected vocalist,writer and guitarist back in the day.
Q2.not sure as to how they would have evolved together but i remember Lennon once saying that if they continued into the 70s that he believed they would have sounded somewhat like ELO??!
Q3. they could have lasted indefinately and gone to do their own side projects also....like the Stones(who incidently celebrate 50yrs together next year)
Q4. i feel that a lot of what McCartney was doing solo and with Wings were very much in the vein of 'traditional' Beatle songs, George and John still had their own styles developing and would also have fitted into the group also.
Q5. i think the press would have been ok on the whole, and definately a lot more sympathetic than they were with most of their solo albums
Q6. The Stones are still held in high esteem and the Beatles were always a better band.
Q7. N.A
Q8. they'd have survived "punk rock"....McCartney sold well through the late seventies and into the 1980s, the Stones had one of the biggest hits (start me up) and albums (tattoo you) after punk so i think that answers it.
Q9. N.A
Q10. john and Paul did co-produce their solo material with established producers...so i guess the Beatles would have done the same
ok, had they sorted out their "in fighting" etc there is no reason that they couldnt have carried on as the Beatles with John,Paul,George and Ringo.
and this question has gone around in my head for years also!
wouldnt their next album have been great with tracks from "imagine" "all things must pass" and "ram"....quality material!!!
but here's another question for you, would Lennon have wrote most of the "imagine" tracks had the group stayed together? would "my sweet lord" have got passed the "lennon/mccartney" domination? also, could "maybe im amazed" have been issued as a single in 70-71 and hit #1 under the Beatles name???
to start answering your questions with my opinions:
Q1. Steve Marriott (small faces) could have been tempted away from Humble Pie...afterall he was sought out by Page to initially front Led Zepplin....so he was a well respected vocalist,writer and guitarist back in the day.
Q2.not sure as to how they would have evolved together but i remember Lennon once saying that if they continued into the 70s that he believed they would have sounded somewhat like ELO??!
Q3. they could have lasted indefinately and gone to do their own side projects also....like the Stones(who incidently celebrate 50yrs together next year)
Q4. i feel that a lot of what McCartney was doing solo and with Wings were very much in the vein of 'traditional' Beatle songs, George and John still had their own styles developing and would also have fitted into the group also.
Q5. i think the press would have been ok on the whole, and definately a lot more sympathetic than they were with most of their solo albums
Q6. The Stones are still held in high esteem and the Beatles were always a better band.
Q7. N.A
Q8. they'd have survived "punk rock"....McCartney sold well through the late seventies and into the 1980s, the Stones had one of the biggest hits (start me up) and albums (tattoo you) after punk so i think that answers it.
Q9. N.A
Q10. john and Paul did co-produce their solo material with established producers...so i guess the Beatles would have done the same
"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.