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There's a disconnected you're missing. (at least to me)

The fab4, The boys from Liverpool, to Sgt. Pepper's, and so on... were a progression. The skiffle gave way to pop to progressive and that propelled them. So to me they would have matured and not regressed had they been allowed to keep bouncing ideas off each other.

Because that Wings was the other direction for a lot of people. Wrong thread to say this perhaps; however I don't see them doing pop when they could be widening their legacy. As for George taking the high road in a question, that's no surprise, it's a trait that many stars possess.

I understand your theory that "The Progression" of the style of music would have continued. But, I'm not convinced that it would have completely worked out that way.

What I think that the next couple of Beatles albums would have been like is more along the lines of what The White Album was - some Paul songs, some George songs, some John songs and a few songs for Ringo.

Once the early 1970s got rolling, Progressive Rock was gathering steam. Bands like Yes and Genesis were considered to be the most "sophisticated" rock groups in the 1973 - 1974 time frame.

I wonder what The Beatles might have come up with had they made a determined effort to do another Progressive Rock album, this time in the 1970s style instead of the 1960s style of The Beatles albums of the late 1960s.

And they COULD HAVE really shined, I think. We'd get an album or two of unrelated songs by the various Beatles. Then they at some point during or before 1975 release their Progressive Rock album - which would be a true collaboration of all four Beatles - a really challenging album for both The Beatles to make AND for the audience to grow to love.

I wish we had those Beatles albums that were never made because they broke up.

I don't think they would have tried to make a Punk Rock album, though - maybe John might have released a solo album.

There was no need for them to break up. Lots of groups stay together while the members each release solo albums during the existence of the band. The Beatles could certainly have done that - fans would have bought the solo albums AND The Beatles albums.

This post was edited on 1/22/24 at 5:02 pm