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Points: 2206 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 07 2016 at 17:27
Either way, they ended on a high note.....some Sl*g off Let It Be, but I thought it was a great return to a more "rock 'n roll" approach.....and that's probably where they would've headed if they'd have continued.  The music of the 50s was the lads' first love....and they had that Brit sense of humor of the same era that favored music hall revue tunes and shuffles/ballads with cheeky lyrics....kisses on the bottom.  And all of them, even John, wanted to make music that their mums would be proud of. 
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Points: 20631 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 07 2016 at 14:22
^ Let It Be was actually started as a project and songs were written before Abbey Road....it was abandoned for a while ...they then did Abbey Road with Martin and went back to finish Let It Be and release it after the fact.
At least that's what I have read.
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Points: 37575 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 07 2016 at 12:07
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Originally posted by Intruder Intruder wrote:

 An LP after Abbey Road?  Probably would've leaned strongly on tunes from albums like Ringo's Rotogravure or Goodnight Vienna.  Or, taking the lad's love of early rock 'n roll, they would've ended up like Sha Na Na doing retro shows at amusement parks.     
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the LP after Abbey Road was Let It Be was it not? ... /edit ... No, I get it, Recording order =/= Release order As you where squire.

Any post-Lettuce Bee album would have been a dreadful Yoko & Linda appeasing pile of horse manure (IHMO of course). 

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I think they were all secretly populists with a streak of devotion to the crown and all things England (except the tax system, of course).  I bet each lived in luxury in the US but never were "American" and were never without their HP sauce, copies of the Guardian, Werther's toffees, and McVities digestive biscuits.  An LP after Abbey Road?  Probably would've leaned strongly on tunes from albums like Ringo's Rotogravure or Goodnight Vienna.  Or, taking the lad's love of early rock 'n roll, they would've ended up like Sha Na Na doing retro shows at amusement parks.     
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Points: 1063 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 06 2016 at 21:29
Something like Supertramp or Alan Parsons Project.
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Points: 65298 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 06 2016 at 21:03
^ Another possibility is the ELO-type direction (entirely plausible as John liked Disco's orchestral sound and Paul was taking an increasingly mainstream path) combined with solo projects that would've allowed a more creative outlet.   Producers too--  whether George Martin would've stayed with them or moved on for a spell.   If he'd stayed, the wonderful, quirky experimentation on stuff like the White Album and Let it Be would've probably been abandoned.




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Points: 8642 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 06 2016 at 20:54
John himself reckoned that if the Fab Four managed to work it out, they'd end up sounding like early ELO, who of course were big on picking up the the specific pop stylings of the Beatles and running with them.

Alternatively, they may have continued on the path set by Get Back/Let It Be, with room for some of George's backlog like "My Sweet Lord", and it's interesting to imagine what would've happened if the other three had involvement in the instrumentation of that classic.
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Points: 4812 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 06 2016 at 19:11
^That's deep. And stop calling him Macca!

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Points: 6446 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 06 2016 at 19:07
The next album would sound like a cross between Plastic Ono Band, Macca's debut and George's All Things Must Pass.
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Points: 29 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 06 2016 at 18:45
was listening to abbey road today. they started using flangers and synths, so I wondered what they would
sound like if they recorded another album or two? any ideas?
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