Now, from everything I've read John Lennon was not the most fond of a full Beatles reunion during his life time. Even after he left his, "I hate my old band" phase, he argued that even if the music was good it was produced in a time and place that couldn't be replicated. He claimed that a true Beatles reunion was impossible, because they were no longer in their twenties, and had long since moved on in their respective lives. Also, his relationship with George Harrison was rather tense at the time of his death. However he didn't rule out working with other individual members of the group at any time in his solo career. Richard Starkey played drums on Plastic Ono Band, and Harrison played on How Do You Sleep? In one of his last interviews, Lennon claimed that other than Yoko Ono, McCartney was the only artist Lennon had chosen to work with for any real length of time. And recently uncovered interviews indicate that he wasn't as dismissive of McCartney as his interviews in 1970 would suggest. In one he goes so far to suggest that he and McCartney alone, "were the Beatles" Now of course public interviews do not paint the whole picture, and it's possible that George Harrison would have been willing to work with John and Paul again and Lennon wouldn't mind the resulting hype.
But these comments, for me at least raise an interesting question. What if John Lennon and Paul McCartney wrote an album together some time after 1970, or more likely after 1980 when tension had died down. Is that at all possible? How would the album be received. Would it be viewed as a
satisfactory "Beatles reunion" or would fans and the press clamor for George Harrison's involvement? When might such an album have been produced? The most logical answer is sometime in the eighties, after Milk and Honey and possibly Lennon's musical (Which may have morphed into an album of some kind) had already been produced. If Lennon is working at his old pace, that means maybe around 1983? Thoughts?
Oh, there was an unofficial reunion in 1974. There's a bootleg of Lennon and McCartney singing "Stand by Me" together.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tVciyiTLAg
But these comments, for me at least raise an interesting question. What if John Lennon and Paul McCartney wrote an album together some time after 1970, or more likely after 1980 when tension had died down. Is that at all possible? How would the album be received. Would it be viewed as a
satisfactory "Beatles reunion" or would fans and the press clamor for George Harrison's involvement? When might such an album have been produced? The most logical answer is sometime in the eighties, after Milk and Honey and possibly Lennon's musical (Which may have morphed into an album of some kind) had already been produced. If Lennon is working at his old pace, that means maybe around 1983? Thoughts?
Oh, there was an unofficial reunion in 1974. There's a bootleg of Lennon and McCartney singing "Stand by Me" together.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tVciyiTLAg