what if? the beatles

The key to continuity was concert performance. The invention of the PA got the Stones rolling again. Once The Beatles had a few gigs under their belt then their sense of collective identity would have been reinforced.

Still times had moved on and the 1970s heralded instrumental firepower and spectacle. Slavish audience devotion would have permeated but where would they have stood with acts both as sonically varied and visually spectacular as The Who and Pink Floyd, not to mention audio content involving. Rock bands, including The Beatles all knew how to record albums by then and there were many good ones too. Chances are The Beatles would have become closer, in time, to The Hollies.

Being a target for the punk new wave would have been unappealing. Musically I'd say they would have been very firmly pop rock MOR. Nice songs but no bite.

Given their penchant for experimentation, I'm going to say that they would have become hardcore prog, had they stayed together.

Catcher10 wrote: what if? the beatles....Never existed! (We all have our dreams and wishes)

Gezz, Catch, did one of the Beatles steal your lunch money when you were a kid?  

Edited by SteveG - August 05 2016 at 10:49

If the Beatles had never existed then neither would the Rutles, and that would be very tragic to me.




P.S. I happen to like the Beatles.

who cares?