What broke up The Beatles? - 06/16/12 06:45 PM
I jotted this down over breakfast.
.1 The passage of time
.2 People change
.3 Every group eventually runs out of songs.
.4 One group couldn't contain all that talent.
.5 John Lennon saying The Beatles were more popular than Jesus
.6 Threats from the KKK
.7 John Lennon's politics
.8 John Lennon's need to get weirder & weirder
.9 The death of Brian Epstein
10 Yoko Ono
11 Paul McCartney trying to take over the group
12 Paul McCartney's "granny songs"
13 The "Paul is dead" hoax
14 Linda McCartney
15 Allen Klein
16 George Harrison's Oriental religion
17 The Maharishi
18 The Help!, Magical Mystery Tour & Let It Be films
19 Drugs
20 Egos
21 Boredom
22 Jealousy
23 Money
24 Obsessive fans
25 No longer touring
26 Too much fame
27 Inability of The Beatles to top themselves
28 The 1970s ushered in a different style of music.
29 The Beatles never liked each other. They were brought together by their love of American rock n roll.
30 Inability of Ringo Starr to hold his band together
.1 The passage of time
.2 People change
.3 Every group eventually runs out of songs.
.4 One group couldn't contain all that talent.
.5 John Lennon saying The Beatles were more popular than Jesus
.6 Threats from the KKK
.7 John Lennon's politics
.8 John Lennon's need to get weirder & weirder
.9 The death of Brian Epstein
10 Yoko Ono
11 Paul McCartney trying to take over the group
12 Paul McCartney's "granny songs"
13 The "Paul is dead" hoax
14 Linda McCartney
15 Allen Klein
16 George Harrison's Oriental religion
17 The Maharishi
18 The Help!, Magical Mystery Tour & Let It Be films
19 Drugs
20 Egos
21 Boredom
22 Jealousy
23 Money
24 Obsessive fans
25 No longer touring
26 Too much fame
27 Inability of The Beatles to top themselves
28 The 1970s ushered in a different style of music.
29 The Beatles never liked each other. They were brought together by their love of American rock n roll.
30 Inability of Ringo Starr to hold his band together