Why the Beatles broke up

[Major Nikon]

[A HERETIC I AM]

1. I've been deaf in my left ear for about 13 months now.......

Watching/listening to that made me seriously consider my right ear.

My washing machine makes better music.

[The Second Stone]

2. Yoko kept the Beatles together from the White Album on

when John did not want to come in and record she got him up, out and into the studio and stayed with him so he wouldn't leave.

I'm not a fan of her singing either. She's a good writer through.

[hlthe2b]

3. Well, I'm sure she has her talents--but singing isn't one of them...

[yuiyoshida]

13. She follows me on Twitter..

I feel blessed.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

17. wow. you feel blessed and I am impressed !!

awesomeness

[clarice]

4. It is my understanding...please correct me if I'm wrong...

That The Beatles had an agreement that wives/girlfriends would not be allowed in the actual recording sessions. John, knowing how the rest felt about Yoko (especially Paul), would insist on Yoko being in the studio and even offering her unsolicited opinions on the music. Now, if this is true, wouldn't it be just like John do this on purpose, just to alienate Paul? No hate mails please.

[Major Nikon]

7. It's a miracle if any highly talented band stays together longer than 5 years

If not Yoko Ono it would have been something else. John was not in a very good state of mind at the time. He was addicted to drugs and often couldn't even make it out of bed. Yoko is just a convenient scapegoat really. The title is really just tongue in cheek, even though I've heard better dial up modems.

[clarice]

8. lol....Have a great 4th. nt

[Raine1967]

9. Yoko Ono was very much a woman in her own right before Lennon.

She was well know in the avant/Dada Art scene before she met him.

I do agree, she is a convenient scapegoat.

[shenmue]

10. I saw some of her art at PS1 in Queens once

It's a contemporary art museum.

[Orangepeel]

5. Yeah, it's a shame John didn't have a mind of his own

[rug]

6. That's like blaming Nader for blowing the election.

[femmocrat]

26. :rofl:

Too funny!

[eShirl]

11. must post this: "Be My Yoko Ono" by Barenaked Ladies

[orleans]

12. they used this song on one of the big bang theory episodes in a

funny compilation piece with sheldon and this pushy girl who runs him ragged and makes him keep working. it was pretty funny.

[Jenoch]

14. The Beetles broke up for the same reason most bands eventually break up, egos.

[jmowreader]

15. Wasn't she the archetype for Jeannine in "This Is Spinal Tap"?

[Skittles]

16. I'll never forget my English granddad, first time he saw Yoko

"BLOODY 'ELL!! She's not very attractive, is she?"

[alphafemale]

20. Like anyone would have ever looked twice at John Lennon.

If he hadn't learned to play a guitar.

[Skittles]

21. I thought he was cute

just sayin'

[alphafemale]

23. I just hate when people hate on Yoko because she was not conventionally beautiful.

To me it is flat out obvious that those two people were deeply in love and in awe of each other.

And I have more respect for John Lennon that he wasn't a shallow ass punk.

Yeah. He was cute enough. I was just snarking a bit.

[Skittles]

24. jeez

it was just a comment - he didn't HATE her

[snot]

18. Yoko was a brilliant artist before she met John, and continues today.

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See her Wikipedia page for a not particularly effusive summary: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoko_Ono .

To my mind, it's to Lennon's credit that he was smart enough to marry someone who could be a strong collaborator on artistic and activist projects that went beyond what he could have done had he continued to work solely with the Beatles.

[alphafemale]

19. Not this shit again.

Anyone that doesn't believe that John Lennon and Yoko Ono loved each other in every physical, emotional, artistic and spiritual sense of the word?

Fuck you.

The Beatles broke up because Paul and John were both fucking musical geniuses.

Two musical geniuses in the same room doesn't generally work for long.

[kwolf68]

25. This

Hell, George Harrison was a good writer too. John and Paul ... that's a lot of talent to cram into a 10-song album. They DID need to go their separate ways, but damn it would have been cool to see some reunion shows had that dickwad not killed John. I do think they would have played again, may have been for cash, but they would have played again.

Wife hates the Beatles, but thanks in large part to them rock n roll was saved from the teen idol shit it was becoming and the next thing you know British invasion and then American acts stepping up their game...all thanks to the Fab 4. May their accomplishments be revered forever.

[blogslut]

22. Wrong.

They were all sick of each other's bullshit and suing each other. The Beatles broke up because they were done.