oh and for the record john was done after help......

A band doesn't last forever and I think there are several people you can blame for this breakup, but in the end, there wasn't much left for them to do. I disagree with Ydoll and Indy that Abbey Road was a bad album and think there were some superb songs, along with a few bad ones ( but what album doesn't have a 'Her Majesty' or 'Polythene Pam'). However, I do agree that their later works wouldn't have been as genius as their work in their prime. You can't be a good band if the members don't cooperate and John's paranoia  had developed into rather obnoxious personality.

it was me dammit...........

Quoted from pc31

it was me dammit...........

still mad about breaking up the beatles eh...

It was a conspiracy greater than JFK.

i don't know why you feel you like you have to take this away from me.........

I don't blame Yoko for breaking up the Beatles, but having her wheeled around on a gurney during the White Album didn't help any.  If anything, I'd blame John's obsessive-compulsive disorder, psychological problems and ill-advised drug intake for the split.  It's amazing the band lasted as long as it did before he basically imploded.  The other three guys were basically emotionally healthy.  George himself stated in the Beatles Anthology that the other guys didn't realize how fucked up John was until he did the primal scream record.  

i put it in their soup.......
brian wilson did primal scream therapy too.....and the beach boys left him and went on....

Quoted from Ydoll_Gwyn

Guess again.



And again.

the beatles wanted to be with their wives more then the band ydoll gwyn

they jsut couldnt do magic anymore..

he can't relate.......then they left

End of touring/Brian Epstein's death.

Quoted from lennonlemon

A band doesn't last forever and I think there are several people you can blame for this breakup, but in the end, there wasn't much left for them to do. I disagree with Ydoll and Indy that Abbey Road was a bad album and think there were some superb songs, along with a few bad ones ( but what album doesn't have a 'Her Majesty' or 'Polythene Pam'). However, I do agree that their later works wouldn't have been as genius as their work in their prime. You can't be a good band if the members don't cooperate and John's paranoia  had developed into rather obnoxious personality.

i like Polythene Pam. i guess i am alone.... (?)

Quoted from pc31

i think what we thought was a beatle was different than what they thought.

This is a really good point. Yoko was quoted last week as saying that John didn't feel he was that famous. He said if he'd have been born in New York City he'd have been bigger.

There's something sad about that...

If he only knew how BIG he really was.

It was...

1 part Yoko

1 part Linda

1 part growing apart as people

1 part frustration at never being able to play live without it being a total zoo

1 part frustration over business affairs

1 part pride

1 part desire to have a real life outside of The Beatles and...

1 part inability to work together effectively

Stir 'em all up and you have a break up waiting to happen.

They broke up during a time in Rock history when it was unheard of for band members to do solo projects outside of a group or go on an extended haitus.  All of these things would become common place in the 70's and beyond.