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    What If the Beatles Never Broke Up?

    In Praise Of The Genius Of Lex
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    Image of rebelj12a rebelj12a
    11/13/09

    In reply to What If the Beatles Never Broke Up?
    I heard this on the radio so i thought I'd post it here.

    This guy claims that he fell into another dimension and took a tape (cds never made it) from a guys house who was helping him. This tape is from the Beatles, who apparantly never broke up. Of course, he has posted all the songs online.

    While this is obviously fake i'd feedback on here to debunk this nice and good, give it a good stomping. So here, listen and I leave it to the wolves.

    [thebeatlesneverbrokeup.com]
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    11/14/09

    @rebelj12a:

    I love this story. It's got tons of holes, sure, but still. I'm listening to the music, and it's all obviously a bunch of remixes. The drums sound like samples put on repeat. There's not much humanity to them. It's pretty nice to listen to, though. I'm keeping this stuff. #thebeatles
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    Image of Klebert L. Hall Klebert L. Hall
    11/13/09

    In reply to What If the Beatles Never Broke Up?
    "How might the face of music, television, and politics have changed if the Beatles had stuck around?"

    Probably not very different at all.

    The Beatles broke up pretty much at the top of their game. This was almost certainly a good thing. Artists (perhaps especially musicians) really only have so much to give. After that, it just becomes sort of sad and embarrassing.

    Why would anyone want them to have become what the Rolling Stones have become? Or The Who?
    -Kle. #thebeatles
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    Image of Sunshineyness Sunshineyness
    11/12/09

    In reply to What If the Beatles Never Broke Up?
    Honest? I cried reading that thinking of how awesome that would have been. SEVEN MORE SEASONS OF THE MUPPET SHOW???

    II think in all honesty, had Lennon not been shot I suspect they would have pulled their heads out of their asses long enough to realize they may be good on their own but they were magic together. Maybe never do another album but at least a special reunion concert.

    Happenstance, I just watched Hard Day's Night again the other night and forgot just how plain... fun The Beatles were. Seeing them young and funny like that. Man, it breaks your heart knowing how it ends. #thebeatles
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    Image of Smeagol92055 Smeagol92055
    11/12/09

    In reply to What If the Beatles Never Broke Up?
    That was brilliant and well-thought out... except I would have expected it to be Bill O'Reilley that criticized Lennon, not Hannity. #thebeatles
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    Image of meehawl meehawl
    11/12/09

    In reply to What If the Beatles Never Broke Up?
    All this warble garble on an SF blog and not a single mention of Ian MacLeod's "Snodgrass", an alternative history where the Beatles started out very different indeed?
    [www.infinityplus.co.uk] #thebeatles
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    Image of Bongoes Bongoes
    11/12/09

    In reply to What If the Beatles Never Broke Up?
    Fascinating. I wonder why Ringo disappeared at the end. That made no sense. #thebeatles
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    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    11/12/09

    @Bongoes: Read the entry before that again. I think Ringo causes this timeline and goes back to try for another iteration where none of them die from cancer or assassination. Fookin' brill story. #thebeatles
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    Image of Wookie1972 Wookie1972
    11/12/09

    @Grey_Area: He'd have to tell George to not start smoking. #thebeatles
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    11/12/09

    In reply to What If the Beatles Never Broke Up?
    That is a beautiful world, and I want to live in it. Sigh.

    The simple chronicle/newspaper style makes it so effective.

    Thanks for pointing us to this, Lauren! #thebeatles
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    Image of gorehound gorehound
    11/12/09

    In reply to What If the Beatles Never Broke Up?
    i am still waiting for the meatmen to update the classic 1 down 3 to go song. #thebeatles
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    11/12/09

    In reply to What If the Beatles Never Broke Up?
    On a bit of a tangent, anybody else read the Vertigo miniseries Greatest Hits? It could be described as essentially the Beatles meet Watchmen. Not as good as it could have been, but worth a look. #thebeatles
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    Image of Sakurafire Sakurafire
    11/12/09

    In reply to What If the Beatles Never Broke Up?
    Why wasn't Mark Chapman an insane Yoko Ono fan? =( #thebeatles
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    11/12/09

    @Sakurafire: Yeah, so John could end up a moody depressed widower. Nice.

    Like it or not, he loved Yoko. #thebeatles
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    Image of Sakurafire Sakurafire
    11/13/09

    @Wookie1972: I know, I know. He really wouldn't have lasted long if she died... #thebeatles
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    Image of bililoquy bililoquy
    11/12/09

    In reply to What If the Beatles Never Broke Up?
    Thanks for posting this. A fantastic story that I'd love to see reprinted in some of the "Year's Best" volumes. #thebeatles
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    Image of Kimrod Kimrod
    11/12/09

    In reply to What If the Beatles Never Broke Up?
    If the Concert for George was any indication, I think collaboative efforts on the Beatles part would have generated incredible music.

    John and George Clinton
    George and Neil Finn
    Paul and my mutha
    Ringo already has with his All-Star Band tours

    Sadly, we'll never know... #thebeatles
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    Wookie1972 promoted this comment Kimrod was starred Kimrod was unstarred
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    11/12/09

    @Kimrod: Or it could have resulted in a lot of dross. I'm not slagging the Beatles, I'm just pointing out that most late-career reunions have been crap (The saddest, IMHO, being the Who) #thebeatles
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    11/12/09

    In reply to What If the Beatles Never Broke Up?
    I once started a screenplay about what would happen if Elvis never faked his death... I never got past the initial pages. Sigh. #thebeatles
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    Image of sharkd sharkd
    11/12/09

    @Wookie1972: Did it involve Elvis and former President Jack Kennedy stalking an evil mummy in the halls of a retirement home, by chance? #thebeatles
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    11/12/09

    @sharkd: Sadly, it did not, which is maybe why I never was able to go anywhere with it.

    Mine *did* have him recording with the Sex Pistols, which in retrospect is just as unlikely. #thebeatles
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    11/12/09

    In reply to What If the Beatles Never Broke Up?
    Not bad, but I kind of wish Lennon had lived to see Youtube. He would have loved it. #thebeatles
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    Image of Dan Radice Dan Radice
    11/12/09

    In reply to What If the Beatles Never Broke Up?
    Okay, I totally understand what Ringo did (time travel, or something similar), but what is it a reference to? #thebeatles
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