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Leftoverture 
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Posted: March 26 2009 at 19:11 |
sorry if this has been done, but
we were discussing at work whether or not the Beatles would have started to make "prog" albums in the early 70's like many contemporaries did. I for one see it going either way. Let It Be was throwback, but the masterpieces like Sgt Peppers and MMT led the way for prog. The sum of what those for did on solo albums suggests that they wouldnt have, but with studio wizardry and the way those 4 made music, I think we missed out on maybe an even better prog masterpeice than DSOTM. I dunno, do you guys think they'd have gone there?
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Posted: March 26 2009 at 19:16 |
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imo they went from art-rock in the late 60s to pop , blues & rock'n'roll in the 70s, so in no way they could have contributed more to the progressive movement...
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Posted: March 26 2009 at 21:50 |
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Posted: March 26 2009 at 22:07 |
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I've pondered this much and my feeling is that if you take the best of the solo work from Lennon, Harrison and McCartney, you get a glimpse of what the albums would've been like.. as far as becoming 'prog', no not in the traditional sense, in fact knowing the Beatles they probably would've done their own thing, each new album a fresh statement unlike what others were doing.
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Posted: March 26 2009 at 23:07 |
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Weather the beatles went prog or not.The mothers still would of changed the world.
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Posted: March 26 2009 at 23:27 |
 Atavachron wrote:
I've pondered this much and my feeling is that if you take the best of the solo work from Lennon, Harrison and McCartney, you get a glimpse of what the albums would've been like.. as far as becoming 'prog', no not in the traditional sense, in fact knowing the Beatles they probably would've done their own thing, each new album a fresh statement unlike what others were doing.
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ah, but who knows, maybe one or 2 of those albums would be competing for the #1 spot on the top 100 list on the home page right now, had they been made. The band would probably have been in a different mindset if they were still together as a band. not to mention those 'what is prog?' discussions would be even more complex.
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Posted: March 27 2009 at 01:39 |
"What is prog!? Baby don't hurt me, don't hurt me.... no more"  at least I amuse myself. Seriosuly though, they probably would have done a side long track at some point. They wouldn't have stayed together at that point that.
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Posted: March 27 2009 at 02:03 |
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I think that the band probably followed their paths not as a prog band, but I think if they come till the '73they probably fell in temptation to make one more conceitual album :D
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Leftoverture
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Posted: March 27 2009 at 03:54 |
yeah my feeling is that come 72, 73 they would have made a prog-ish album. I dont see them having gone to glitter rock, but my how diff. the world might be if the Beatles went another 5 years and kept experimenting.
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Posted: March 27 2009 at 11:00 |
mrcozdude wrote:
Weather the beatles went prog or not.The mothers still would of changed the world. |
 I wonder whether you feel you have weathered the Beatles.
 And of course the mothers of us all would have changed the world (and many diapers in the process) no matter what.  
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Peter
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Posted: March 27 2009 at 11:04 |
Who knows?
But judging by the later solo efforts of all of the former Beatles, I would say not. (Of course, that depends upon your definition of "prog.")
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Posted: March 27 2009 at 11:26 |
The Beatles in the late 70's- Disco.
The Beatles in the 80s- 
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J-Man
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Posted: March 27 2009 at 13:24 |
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Well, Abbey Road certainly was completely prog, but their solo music wasn't prog.
Then again, none of the Genesis solo members really make prog, so that doesn't matter.
I would say art rock. More than regular rock, but not prog. Maybe crossover or prog related.
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Posted: March 27 2009 at 13:25 |
Peter wrote:
mrcozdude wrote:
Weather the beatles went prog or not.The mothers still would of changed the world. |
I wonder whether you feel you have weathered the Beatles.
And of course the mothers of us all would have changed the world (and many diapers in the process) no matter what. |
I feel such a fool 
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Posted: March 27 2009 at 13:53 |
^ Sorry about that -- 'twas only in jest! 
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"And, has thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!'
He chortled in his joy.
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Posted: March 27 2009 at 18:57 |
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If they kept going I think they wouldn't have been more prog than Abbey Road, wich IMO is a pretty progressive album, although not in the way of Yes and Genesis. My guess is their albums would have probably sound not very different from some Wings albums like Band on the run, Red rose speedway, Ram or Venus & Mars, mixed with some Imagine or Mind games kind of stuff.
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Posted: March 27 2009 at 20:15 |
If you want to know what The Beatles would have sounded like if they kept going, give a listen to some XTC...Skylarking, Oranges and Lemons, maybe Nonesuch.
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Posted: March 27 2009 at 21:21 |
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It would all depend on who was doing their writing for them at the time.
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Posted: March 28 2009 at 08:38 |
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a view that I have read with some regularly...
If the Beatles had kept going ..Prog?
look to ELO... a common theme I've seen a number of write-up's.. essays on the group is they were... The Beatles taken into the 70's. Can't argue with that....
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Posted: March 28 2009 at 08:53 |
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I think they would have sounded a lot like Badfinger.
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