Would the Beatles have reformed ?

[peregrine9]

Clash Music
October 6, 2011
Would the Beatles have reformed ?

Sir Paul McCartney has claimed that he believes The Beatles would have reformed.Bringing happiness to millions of fans across the globe, the end of The Beatles brought heartache for all four members. Locked in a legal dispute, the Fab Four spent years on icy terms.
Yet fans still ponder what could have happened if the band had reformed. Speaking to The Daily Express recently, Sir Paul McCartney was asked directly if The Beatles would have reformed had John Lennon and George Harrison not passed away.

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[Derek]

I believe i mentioned this once. I believe John and Paul would've reformed with Ringo. But George benefited the most from the split. he wouldve been the one standoff because he seemed the most unhappiest within the Beatles. He seemed happiest to be on his own. I just can not see George wanting to reform with them.
For a lead guitarest, maybe they wouldv'e gotten one of Paul's like Lawrence Juber or whoever played lead on John's "Double Fantesy"(sorry, do not know his name).

[Kylenz]

You'd be thinking of Earl Slick, he was a cool guitarist. He played with Bowie too.

I agree with you. I got the feeling, watching the Anthology reunion on video, that George seemed the most distant and sometimes displaying a frosty attitude, particularly towards Paul. I'd like to see the new documentary on George, to see if Paul and George did try to become friends again during the 80s after John died. It would be sad if they barely spoke until the Anthology came along in '94/'95.

[chris]

kyle, the george doc revealed no closeness at all between paul and george. although the way it was made. patched together with photos, videos and interview clips, you actually hear very little of what george really thought about the band and it's members.

[Borris]

Hmmm....

The way I'd put it is that George was the most independent and detached from the Beatles. I think Paul was heart broken by the break up, John rejected the Beatles, Ringo was a bit lost but George moved on unruffled.

I don't think George didn't think too much of either John or Paul's solo careers and he had a falling out with John over not wanting Yoko to appear onstage on Concert for Bangladesh. He also made some comments about Paul on the subject of collaboration and I think the sense of these was that he thought Paul talked about it to raise publicity not because he actually wanted to and I got the impression that he had never actually asked him.

But, I suspect that he might have done a reunion if asked, after all they got together on Anthology and finished two of John's songs together that was something of a reunion, I don't see why they couldn't have done something together if John had lived.