Paul McCartney Reflects Why The Beatles Reunion Failed!! | tribuune.

[@Inglese001]

Had Lennon and McCartney appeared on SNL, it would have been one of the greatest moments in television history.

[@Achime03]

Yes but that would have created so much pressure also on the others. It would have been unfair to George and Ringo and irresponsible as Beatlemania could have raised it‘s ugly head again. The lads again would have had difficulties to go out without being harrased as in the old days. It was very prudent of them to not reunify.

[@edwardmeradith2419]

I think it would’ve been spectacular, an amazing moment- and regarding pressure on the others- for me, tho I love the music to death, John and Paul would’ve given many of us a lot by showing that they were still friends! It all started with that - and part of the reason I mourned the Beatles passing so much is that the love came thru the music. It was such a nasty breakup, starting, I feel, publicly with the ‘fake’ interview insert with “McCartney” - he said he didn’t foresee a time of ever working with Lennon again, because he had ‘a better time with my family’ - drawing the line- John was no longer family. SO- considering by the mid ‘70’s they made it back to being great friends- it would’ve made a lot of us happy. Even if there was no new music.

[@moonbeamskies3346]

Probably not that great.

[@bobbyjewel]

Ive spent half my life wondering about that exact moment. It would have been incredible. What would they have played?

[@hansvandermeulen5515]

​@@Achime03dear prudence.

[@alanarakelian5021]

The Beatles broke up when they needed to. Their brilliance is now frozen in time.

[@josephblue4135]

And they went out on top with ABBEY ROAD! ❤

[@TheOpenSociety777]

​@@josephblue4135cope harder 😂😂😂

[@danfab4]

Well said!

[@keithlambert2251]

​@@josephblue4135 Actually they went out on Top with Let It Be

[@josephblue4135]

​@@keithlambert2251- Abbey Road is their last recorded album of them all together, Let It Be was recorded before Abbey Road (which is a masterpiece).

[@eliabe702]

A Brazilian fan had the opportunity to have a conversation with John Lennon a day after his 40th birthday in the Dakota some months before the release of Double Fantasy. According to this fan, John's secretary told him John had been listening to A Hard Day's Night on repeat on his birthday. When the two got to meet each other they talked for 10 minutes. John told him about the release of Double Fantasy and that Milk&Honey would come out right after. He also said that he was looking forward to go out on his first solo tour, call the other three Beatles and ask what their plans were and if they wanted to get back together bc it was a good time for a reunion. Later this fan would be presented by Lennon with a gold record of She Loves you (his favorite Beatles song) with a note saying it'd be in better hands with him. His name is Marco Antonio Mallagoli, he was the head of the Beatles fan club in Brasil and later spent a whole day with George in 1986 as a guest. One of the luckiest men in the world.

[@pat30d]

@@eliabe702 que fantastica essa estoria, hein. Sempre ouvi falar do Malagoli

[@PauloPereira-jj4jv]

Não sabia disso.

[@waynej2608]

That is freaking impressive! 👍

[@Grg845]

Fake news

[@colinluckens9591]

​@@Grg845 And HOW DO YOU KNOW????

[@moonbeamskies3346]

When they were together, all of the reporters constantly asked them when they would break up. Reporters are idiots.

[@OnePost909]

Because they're asking them what everybody who's not a reporter wants to know? Check.

[@Droidonaute]

​@@OnePost909yeah right, everybody was digging the absolute masterpiece they dished out at the time and subsequently asked themselves "boy this band is really good, the only thing I want to know right now is when they are breaking up ?!" Not. I agree with moonbeam, most of our worries today are media-induced problems. Proof ? McCartney exposed them quite simply at the time : "- did you ever have LSD ? - I can answer but spreading the news and the consequences are on your hands, I won't lie." Of course they published it, because information is just another product to sell, they don't care about what they publish because they don't take responsibility of it most of the time. So yeah "check" you spoon

[@clicheguevara5282]

@@OnePost909 No, the reporters were part of the group of older people who were cynically saying "The Beatles won't last 6 months". People hate reporters because they DON'T ask the questions we all want asked. They ask stupid questions or bait questions.

[@josephwazocha140]

The Beatles themselves didn't think they would last very long.

[@colinluckens9591]

The STUPID QUESTIONS which sometimes come out of their mouths smh....

[@dannycheesums]

The reporters asking Paul questions straight after John’s murder about what he thinks makes me so angry. How do you damn well think he feels

[@XoXo475]

No kidding mate

[@waynej2608]

Yes, that was bad form. You can tell that Paul just had his guts kicked in.

[@mr.g1758]

@@dannycheesums I'm not sure he was happy about it, but I tend to think he was indifferent. John never seemed to warm to his substitution in the band as much as he did his real friend, which is why the band ultimately disbanded.

[@DanyalElia]

The look on his face is distraught, still not sure what is happening... it's still unreal to him.

[@PaulFormentos]

@@mr.g1758 Yeah, George too, they never quite took to Billy in the same way as Paul

[@manormouse1410]

Paul being quizzed straight after johns death... always the diplomat. Please understand that in that moment.... he was devastated.💔

[@tracyjacoby2382]

Absolutely!🥺💕💕

[@latenightlogic]

I’m glad the Beatles never reunited. They were the gods of their era. That would feel very out of place in every time period since. The 80s are a graveyard for boomer bands. They went out on top.

[@Fordham1969]

Completely agree about not reuniting, the absence of one ended up elevating their mystique level into the stratosphere. As to the 80s being a boomer artist graveyard I suppose at least one exception was the Graceland album which proved to be popular, relevant and critically lauded, although Simon needed a ton of help from South Africa to make that happen.

[@genoandueza8498]

I totally agree!!

[@salradice6696]

​@Frordham1969

[@filmbuffo5616]

they were of the 1960s that really was their decade

[@RobSpencer-uq3og]

@@filmbuffo5616 not so, they were and are timeless. Had they split when Brian died no doubt everyone would have said it could have never gone on

[@theart8039]

What is hard to imagine in 2024 is just how young they were back then

[@Stefan-]

They were in their 20´s when they made all those albums, thats incredible.

[@WESSERPARAQUAT]

When Paul described John's death as a Drag he was in Shock , he looks like a guy in total shock during that interview

[@thebigorangecouch6261]

I always found that was a terse statement to the reporters who weren't leaving him alone and kept asking him those invasive questions and them seemingly not getting the answers they wanted.

[@tracyjacoby2382]

Those Reporters were like parasites. Paul was in pain and anyone who thinks he wasn't is WRONG!!😓💔💔💔

[@alanh7247]

I agree. he looks emotionally distraught/absolutely wrecked during the entire clip.

[@SoFarSoGoodSoWhat14]

​@@tracyjacoby2382I know, it's like people expected him to break down on camera or something, fucking can't stand reporters and paparazzi who do that shit

[@colinluckens9591]

Anyone with a brain cell would understand that PAUL WAS BEING SARCASTIC WHEN HE DESCRIBED IT AS "A DRAG", because he was pissed off by the reporter's stupid and insensitive questions and just wanted to get out of there....

[@kamgosal354]

1000 years from now people will still be talking about The Beatles

[@tracyjacoby2382]

Yes indeed!👍🥰

[@anndale6555]

and elvis 😅

[@RedPillRebel-zq3wo]

the WHO?.....no wait, that's another band....

[@altar964]

@@anndale6555 Elvis non ha scritto nulla: non confondiamo certe cose, per favore...

[@bruzote]

Ask Gen Z what they think about your statement. Or Mozart.

[@labspeciman7402]

These guys are rich beyond their dreams and all 4 remained humble. I still enjoy listening to Paul and Ringo.

[@tracyjacoby2382]

Me too!!👍💕💕

[@alanh7247]

what would drive me nuts is the never-ending public recognition. being constantly recognized, approached, poked, prodded, and besieged in public by complete strangers... no thanks.

[@labspeciman7402]

@@alanh7247 That is why they stopped touring. I mean for 3 years they were locked up in hotel rooms.

[@Mary-t7i3g]

Yes,,they did remain humble!! That is because they came from working class families. They did not let money,,fame get to them.

[@chrisroberts5668]

Nothing is forever unfortunately, it was as if they where destined to give us all that great music through the sixties, and that was it, and it's there forever for everyone to enjoy for ever, and it will live forever.

[@Transfixion]

John and Paul flirted with reuniting at different points in the 70's but I'm of the opinion that George would never have come back. People always tend to discount him as if it would just be a Paul and John decision. Out of all of the four, George viewed the Beatles era the most negatively and felt he was creatively stifled.

[@DrTomoculus]

There was no way Harrison was ever going to rejoin a band with McCartney in it. No matter what people dream or speculate. He was never going to go back to being in a band with him again. He would've done something with Ringo and John in a heartbeat. Not McCartney. Because McCartney has no clue it's a band. And thinking he and John could call it "Beatles" without Ringo or George. They would have had a huge surprise I think with people accepting anyone else in that band other than Ringo and George. But this is what happens when you treat other members of your band like they're employees.

[@Transfixion]

@@DrTomoculus Exactly. Paul had a domineering attitude towards George and treated him like a little brother. The fact that "All things must pass" didn't make the cut for Abbey road over Maxwell's silver Hammer was a testament to that. The best case scenario would have been them agreeing to do one studio album but no tour, and the three guys would get an equal amount of songs but even that is a stretch because Paul and John didn't like working on George's songs.

[@vonholland64]

George would’ve reunited at some point in my opinion, he found out that he wasn’t suited to lead an act alone

[@retrononsense]

@@TransfixionLook at how much effort Paul put into his contributions on Here Comes the Sun and Something (without Lennon who was incapacitated after a car crash) and tell me again how he didn’t like working on George’s songs…

[@pcnorthumberland]

@@DrTomoculus thats overstating it - Macca didn't think George was an employee and in fact their relationship was more and friendly as the years passed - but the moment they got back in the studio it was tense again. Macca was the way he was and George didn't like it at all and didn't feel like he needed it. You shouldn't pick a villain this way - George and John had gigantic rows in the mid 70s and were never reconciled.

[@toddkurzbard]

He's right. Without John (AND George), it is NOT The Beatles.

[@pjmoseley243]

The true fans still live with the glorious memories.

[@chuckselvage3157]

I agree with McCartney. Leave it as it is. They went out on top.

[@mancan1531]

Following the time honored show business tradition of “ always leave them wanting more”

[@8avexp]

Let it be, as it were.

[@tracyjacoby2382]

We were SO LUCKY to have had The Beatles in our lives.🤗💕💕🥰

[@jeronimorubim]

Its amazing how rational and consistent Paul's answers have been for decades. That said, John's inconsistency made up for some genius pieces of music

[@ArkyMalarkey]

‘We did our bit…’ has got to be the biggest understatement since Noah said ‘It looks like rain’.

[@rsears78]

Paul knew that John was his song writing soul mate

[@gweilospur5877]

The fact that the Beatles split up when they were still young and never got together again is one of the reasons they are immortal.

[@mheff28]

If they all had lived, a world tour probably would have happened in the late 80s or 90's. It would have been epic. The money would have been too much to turn down and all the baggage would have been water under the bridge. The technology would have advanced enough to make it possible.

[@pat30d]

100% agree

[@davidlynds9483]

I'm not so sure. I think they'd have done *something* in the 80's...a one off television performance, a set at Live 8, maybe an EP or a few singles? They were the first and the best and could have done anything and it would have been successful. But it's way more romantic to think of the "what might have beens" and imagine the all putting their differences aside and magically making a "Beatles" record. But would it have been? They broke up at the perfect time, having released numerous and increasingly better and more complex songs and albums. They left on a huge high note, if not quite the level of Beatles Beatlemania, and left everyone wondering what "might have been" all these decades later

[@davidviton1065]

Paul in the Ringo and George may have gotten together but I don't think John would have

[@clappzzz]

I hope not. I hope John and George would have had the sense to resist. They were rich enough.

[@mheff28]

@clappzzz It wouldn't just be money for them. It would have been its own economy. But think of the concert! The art. It would be everything their Beatlemania concerts were not.

[@SeeJayCampbell]

He’s actually much clearer and less ambiguous than John was in some famous clips. Basically there’s no teasing that it’s ever a publicly. Respect. Whoever put this video together, thank you.

[@olegdc10]

And thank you for the music, Beatles

[@lennon1252]

The Stones and every other rock and doo wop band that lost a member always replaced them and still called the band by its name. But the Beatles were a unique group in that they were just the 4 forever.

[@canden-t7w]

Paul McCartney with Wings in the 1970's was a huge act.

[@WeihsFerguson]

He basically climbed the mountain to the top of success again, by 1976.

[@stormhawk3319]

I was surprised by the many interviews he had in 1980 just months away from John’s death about a Beatles reunion. John only opened to interviews literally 3 days before his death.

[@jeffkaufman9875]

@storm Actually, he’d done an interview with NEWSWEEK in September of 1980…

[@pcnorthumberland]

Macca was promoting a record, and journalists always asked him the same question. Drove Harrison mad! But Harrison was in a creative lull at the time.

[@gary6514]

The old showbiz saying to leave them wanting more is so true when it comes to The Beatles.....

[@ryeguy7471]

I always imagined if Lennon had survived The Beatles would have made their return at Live Aid ‘85.👍

[@benkeijs]

Yeah, me too. Imagine the Beatles on Live Aid '85. That would have been BIG! You can fantasize endlessly about setlists alone

[@StraitKnopfler]

If John had died in 1970 then you could argue that they might have reunited in 1971 for the Concert for Bangladesh. Except John didn’t die in 1971 and they didn’t reunite for it. I think the same is likely true of Live Aid.

[@PaulFormentos]

@@benkeijs would have only been, what, four or five tunes, not a full set

[@paulhallatt4313]

@@StraitKnopfler but it wouldn't have been the Beatles without John just as the current configuration of Queen is not Queen without Freddie

[@PackerBronco]

I doubt it. John would have recognized it for the scam it was.

[@kjeldpedersen666]

Think McCartney nails the perfect argument by saying that it’s about the enthusiasm within the band. Not fame, not money, not an ever so good cause… If this ingredient isn’t there you just can’t do it. Making music isn’t the same as producing sausages.

[@silverkey933]

You feel as though your life and your friends' lives will go on forever... until you find out that they have passed away. You think, "If someone changes their mind tomorrow, we'll play together again," but one day you realize that "tomorrow" will never come. It's very sad and suggestive to know this.

[@colinpumpernickel2605]

One thing that stands out about the Beatles is how intelligent their insights were. I think they they were far more self aware than most young men.

[@demitrac.9082]

All the girls would scream and cry in the theater, ( staring at a movie screen) for god sakes, watching Hard Days Night ,etc. . It was an insane time, experiencing the GREATEST band ever.

[@vanillacreem816]

The best thing they did was NOT getting back together. They went out with a bang ( Abby Road) and that was that.

[@thebordenasylum7726]

Paul talking about the Anthology they were getting ready to do and just completely omitted the fact that there actually was going to be a Beatles reunion and more than that, they were going to put out 2 new songs. Paul stayed pretty consistent with his answers until around the early '90's

[@andrewft31]

It wasn’t really a reunion, can’t be a reunion without John Lennon. Now and Then isn’t a reunion either.

[@MartinDee2000]

The reason they didn't go was because the offer came at the very end of the show. Sure they could have gone the following week, but the spontaneity of going right after the offer was killed by the timing of the offer.

[@spleeeen4it]

greatest band of all time hands down

[@dcmastermindfirst9418]

It's gonna be a hard day when Macca leaves us.

[@PaulFormentos]

News for ya, Paul left us in late 1966

[@josephcalrow2586]

@@PaulFormentoshe died Paul

[@wabashcannonball]

It sure will

[@myroseaccount]

It is a pity they couldn't move on and then come back periodically to collaborate and gig occasionally

[@MajorWolfgangHochstetter]

Yeah, they could have recorded, clandestinely.

[@andrewft31]

They kind of did, three of Ringo’s albums from the 70’s has all four of them on it but not all on one song.

[@FranBrochu-y6i]

When John died that was the end of the Beatles. That was it. Thats the sad part😢

[@JamesMandolare]

Thanks for putting this together. Good Job.

[@tribuune]

No problem!

[@stealthbastard8837]

Such a shame they didn't reunite while they could. There'll be nothing like The Beatles again.

[@tylergoodman3560]

I wish The Beatles could've reunited. 🎉

[@Mozart1220]

It would have been disappointing and ruined the legacy.

[@josematofondo3281]

​@@Mozart1220ok Mozart

[@dirtylemon3379]

I’m glad they had enough sense to quit while still good.

[@jonyivre4541]

The best opportunity for a Beatles comeback would have been between 1973 and 1975, during John Lennon's famous "Lost Weekend" (without Yoko Ono). What a missed opportunity !

[@luislaborda4347]

I can’t believe there is still people questioning Yoko Ono.

[@Mozart1220]

@@luislaborda4347 Yeah, after 50+ years. Sick.

[@jackprescott9652]

No way. During 73-75 all 4 ex Beatles were doing good stuff by their own.

[@franckmariot3854]

​ Yes, but i remember ( i m french 65 years old now) that in 73 the very serious and only really french rock music magazine "rock and folk" made a front page about the very high possibility of reunion during 2 or 3 month, i always have this magazine, and i remember as a kid at this time, that the Beatles was enormous popular, the break was fresh and many of the young public dreaming about this reunion. Excuse my fault in English language but i think you will understand me. Thanck you.

[@Transfixion]

Paul was heavily involved with Wings at that time so it wouldn't have been possible. Even in John and Paul managed to get and stay on the same page, George would never EVER have rejoined the Beatles.

[@keithm.7335]

Over the years, there have been many music groups that have reunited (think of Simon & Garfunkel, the Everly Brothers, the Eagles et. al). I think the Beatles would have reunited for an album and a one or more concert tour. As you grow older, you become more sentimental and nostalgic. I know it is wishful thinking, and we will never know, but I want to believe it.

[@clappzzz]

Yes, and those reunions were never much more than nostalgia affairs. Fun for the fans, $$ for the performers and not much else. Over is done. All things must pass!

[@andrewft31]

These are all different than the Beatles, S&G, Garfunkel couldn’t get out of Paul Simon’s immense shadow, a shadow that grew once they went solo and Paul was having hit after hit and Art was fading into obscurity. As for the Everly Brothers, their fallout was due to politics, one was liberal and the other conservative. As for the Eagles, it is Don Henley and Glenn Frey and some hired guys. The Beatles were four equals, if all four didn’t agree to what was happening it doesn’t happen. They had no real egos, keep in mind they threw a party in honor of the Monkees during their tour of England and became close friends with the Monkees, Dolenz was part of Lennon’s lost weekend crew known as the Hollywood Vampires.

[@drmusic3641]

If it had happened, it wouldve happened during the 80's. Paul's solo career was doing well and George had his film studio. Ringo was the only one floundering with his alcoholism and failed movie and recording career, they probably wouldve done a reunion to help him financially and emotional support.

[@martrinche]

the fact that he got asked if the other beatles were still alive in 1980 before John's death is incredible

[@crismasedadocampo]

😂😂😂. La verdad tiene un camino

[@gibraltar4841]

I love paul mccartney

[@profile2047]

The hip hop style back ground music works so well. It really makes me want to Beatles music even more.

[@darrenjray]

Poor bloke must be so sick of answering the same dumb questions, even after John died. Now crazy fans want their sons to form a band! Get a life, folks.

[@ericwilliams626]

What you do to keep your band together is just quite on the business people. Let things settle, rest, and plan a comeback without all the others who got in the way. Firing people is necessary to create change in these scenarios. If you want to play, then play, get rid of the business and those who want to make a buck off you.

[@markgraham2312]

Nice compilation.

[@martinthomas5155]

What reunion? There never was one in John's lifetime. All four Beatles never gathered in the same room after 1969.

[@laudarevsonhunt]

That is an amazing fact.

[@randy1979]

If John hadn’t been killed, I think there’s a chance they get back together for Live Aid in ‘84. That was a huge event and Paul played it.

[@MarkInLA]

We lost John in 1980. He was 40, just a baby...Those numbers make it so easy to remember this tragic date, 44 years ago, I nearing 77. I grew up on Long Island and in NYC and had a best friend at W71st & Central Park West, 1 block from the Dakota and saw that very entrance where he would have come out of many times. But I moved out to L.A. in 1978, so I wasn't there then, and maybe it's a good thing I wasn't still walking past that sad area of the sidewalk any longer where I'm sure to this day daily, hundreds of folks pass and mention it or stop and talk about even what crack in the sidewalk is nearest to John's collapse..God, image the people that saw this; the autograph seekers and such actually hearing the bullet(s) and watching John bleeding out, a Beatle, a real Beatle right there, seeing Yoko help the police get him into the patrol car and praying this would be better than waiting minutes more for an ambulance..many thinking, if waiting for it, giving him CPR say, will/would have given John a stronger chance of holding on to life......I'm beginning to tear up a bit, typing this, thinking for the nine thousandth time this same thing; that maybe, just maybe............. It was so very long ago and yet it still gripes me as I know it does you, too, if you've read this far, this far into my dream, our dream... And all I can say now is, Imagine........ . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[@mariahelenasilveiradonasci2961]

Você está certo. Até hoje não me conformo com esse terrível acacontecimento 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢

[@richardp.341]

In 1971 Yoko had an art exhibit in Syracuse, NY and 3 of the 4 jammed in a suite in the Hotel Syracuse. The other one passed.

[@karenboromeo899]

lts weird how Paul left the Beatles first Officially. And he is the only Beatle really keeping the music known to the world. Weird Actially.😮🙏🧡

[@christianlacheze3323]

54 years on , he must be tired with being asked about this again and again

[@superbantam523]

54 years where do you get that from. Lennon died over 40 years ago with any reunion gone.

[@christianlacheze3323]

@ I get it from the fact that the Beatles separated in 1970 not 1980, and journalists started asking about reunion immediately. After John’s death they asked about reunion with Julian replacing John. George famously replied « The Beatles will remain separated for as long as John is dead » .

[@imemine8605]

We all know if it wasn't for John's passing they would have reformed even if it was just for dome massive gigs. They've reunited twice when there was only 3 of them when only 2 of them if Ringo passed and yoko found a old John demo with one line on it Paul would yutn it into a beatles song, Paul has always been the glue.

[@mediascribble]

We're lucky to have ambassador Paul. George would have said he's tired of him talk talk talk talk talk. (English accent) "Isn't he tired of hearing himself, and about The Beatles already?"

[@JorgeGeog]

4:22 Is heartbreaking to hear that question and the reply altogether knowing what would happen a few months later

[@ROCKINGMAN]

Being an older fan to some extent, I notice older interviewers clips ask questions in a normal calm manner. Modern interviews are given by those who have hyped expressions, cut in a lot amid the responses, don't stop with their awe inspired over the top so called humour.

[@JClaus1221]

No doubt if Lennon hadn't been murdered, The Beatles would still be the band everyone talked about performing at Live Aid in 1985. No way Lennon or Harrison would have turned that down. And we know Paul and Ringo would have been in. But MDC denied the chance for that ever to happen.

[@cedric7122]

Wow that was so cold of Paul about John's death.

[@ub1953]

It's been over HALF a CENTURY since the breakup !

[@6thwatergateplumber]

It has got to be a genuine drag to have to keep getting asked these questions over, and over, and over for your whole life.

[@jimreed7366]

If you want to know what the Beatles might have been doing in the mid to late 70s just lessen to all the wings albums with a few of the mid to late 70s George H songs mixed in.! There you go. And 2or 3 Ringo mid to late 70s songs . I think during that time frame John was out or at best wanting to play late 50s to early 60s rock covers. ( so kind of out of it for that timeframe) 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@sugarjoe50]

George did in fact do a few Beatles tunes on his '74 tour.

[@peterhaines6535]

The greatest what if of all time

[@MikeGervasi]

It happened once..sort of. "Toot and a Snore in 74". John and Paul. Everyone coked out of their brains. Also John was supposed to go to the studio to join the Venus and Mars sessions. Yoko found out and called John home from his "Lost Weekend".

[@lyraryck]

Love Yoko and John, their love is beautiful 💜

[@michaelfleming40]

I am elated that James McCartney and Sean Lennon collaborated on a song called Primrose Hill. 😊❤

[@mediascribble]

That ship had sailed. When Paul was younger he was pretty tough. Not that John wasn't. Paul eased up as he aged like many of us. Yeah, you get tired of hearing the same thing 100's of times.

[@russelljdj]

First off, Yucko put the end to the SNL appearance. Paul used to say "I didn't leave the Beatles. The Beatles left the Beatles and no one wants to admit the party's over." At least they never caved and did it just for money. Unlike others.

[@myroseaccount]

They would probably have been persuaded to get back together for Live Aid had Lennon not been murdered. Thankful they never did. a reunion would have been a let down

[@argopunk]

It failed because at that point Paul had a mullet, by which John could not abide.

[@evaplavalaguna]

The thing is, because the Beatles never reunited and John died, they never had the opportunity to 'suck'. We will never know if the potential reunion or new recordings would have sucked, or if they would have been a parody of themselves. They are forever young, and great, ageless.

[@troykelso]

My favorite Beatles song is Last Train To Clarksville.

[@nigelgreenwood9010]

Had they got back together they’d have been awful as they’d be doing it for money not enjoyment. George Harrison would never have agreed to a reunion as he had been marginalised. Lennon would have wanted Yoko involved So I reckon it was best left in the past. McCartney is playing off his Beatles days anyway. His voice has gone

[@PaulFormentos]

Has it? saw highlights from recent Oct shows and he wasn't half bad

[@bodgertime]

If the Beatles failed, no one has succeeded

[@magneto7930]

3/4 of the Beatles is better than no Beatles, and those were the same three that played at Eric Clapton's wedding. Fortunately, they did get to resurrect John's voice and bring some proper closure to the legacy.

[@NistaArcheri]

Maybe there could be a reunion on Wembley with Julian ? And a record or a playlist on spotify,about twelve songs were all of them sings ?Perhaps guestsingers also ?

[@bobblock-vk6je]

but then that would not be a reunion would it !

[@DJGort]

Did you not watch the video? Besides, George is now gone as well. A waste of time to ask such a question.

[@channelsixtyseven067]

_Why The Beatles Reunion Failed_ - Two dead ones tends to increase the difficulty, somewhat.

[@aussiedudeofthesoutheast789]

I think a Beatles reunion would have happened much later. Asking about a reunion a few years after break up was just too soon. There was a semblance of it with Paul hanging around John a little more before his death. I just think it would have needed more years beyond 1980 that's all.

[@jamadon2780]

God that interview on the morning of Lennon's death is so painful.

[@scottcruise54]

If John had lived then live aid would’ve been the bringing together of all 4 Beatles

[@cadetmouse]

Let it be..

[@henriquea7215]

It would be awsome seeing beatles reunion at live aid.

[@luciferseven1426]

Let's keep our fingers crossed 🤞

[@billow9721]

For one moment just dream what if The Beatles & Elvis done Live Aid WOW

[@chrishyde1216]

John suffered from stage fright, so he would have needed lots of touring experience before Live Aid. He would have worried about inflated expectations.

[@taykitrleevitt4314]

​@@luciferseven1426😂

[@donelukas7514]

Er ist der größte Gentleman aller wahren Weltstars.

[@Frederic-O-en-Europe]

Ich bin froh, dass die Beatles nie wieder zusammengekommen sind; es wäre nicht gut gegangen, denke ich. Ich vergöttere aber die Band ...😊

[@arnesaknussemm2427]

What reunion? There wasn’t one, so how could it have failed?

[@jimbelanger4594]

Very cool

[@returnofthebrotha]

The illumenotti told them to quit. That is why they made so many songs about how they have to breakup. Who does that if it was spontaneous or because of in-fighting or artistic differences.

[@SylvainCote-d3k]

The breakup was very hard on them and also the use of drugs complicated their life after.

[@KRAFTWERK2K6]

All it would have taken was someone igniting the right spark in the minds of all of them together. This was not something money could have bought us, it needed a form of musical inspiration that would bite them just right. And at the right timing perhaps John would have also not been at his home on N.Y.C. at that time and would have avoided getting murdered. And maybe this would have been something like a second phase in the 80s with a few more Albums. And possibly having had a climax with the 1985 Live Aid Concert when all 4 of them would have perhaps been on the stage at the Wembley Stadium. I'm sure the second phase would have probably been a bit shorter and eventually come to an end again since all four of them would have much more preferred to remain single artists. A possible shorter third phase of the Beatles would have cut short with the death of George Harrison at just 58...

[@MikBak1814]

“If John wanted to do it, I might”. What a lye. Paul never wanted the Beatles to break up and would probably have paid a lot of money to reunite. John was the magnet, the epicenter and driving force. Everything that happened was either openly directed by John or tacitly allowed. I don’t think Paul ever got over that fact. It was a brotherly relationship and he was never quite out from John’s shadow. Every bit the musician and songwriter, probably superior at least as a musician, but did not have the ‘it’ factor.

[@aBeatleFan4ever]

Such an obvious Lennonite. The Beatles gave the world fantastic music their last 3 years (1967-69) because McCartney gave them direction. He led the group through their best years... while John was floundering with drugs and Yoko. And your bozo idea that McCartney "did not have the 'it' factor" just might be the most absurd statement of all time. The guy out sold all the other ex-Beatles combined after they broke up... and had more #1 records (and more top 10 records, top 20 records, etc.) than the others combined. And his live concerts were among the biggest of any band in the 1970s - while the others barely registered as a live performing act. McCartney continued to sell out huge stadiums for half a century after The Beatles broke up. Even today, at age 82, he still sells out huge stadiums. But you think he didn't have the 'it' factor. OMG... what a bozo. It is always amazing just how clueless some people can be.

[@MikBak1814]

@@aBeatleFan4ever Harry Piles and Taylor Swallow sell out stadiums. Paul always had a great eye for commercialism; he’d have made a good salesman! McCartney did give them direction, because John didn’t care and allowed it. He’d already left the band in his mind, but not Paul, oh no, he was desperately trying to rekindle a band his boss had already given up on. I am thankful because there was some great music during that period, but John had already become a explorative solo act and activist while Paul would have gladly gone back to suits, mop tops and plastic smiles.

[@aBeatleFan4ever]

@@MikBak1814 - More proof that you are an embarrassing bozo of a fan. If Paul wanted to go "back to suits, mop tops and plastic smiles"... then why didn't he do that after the break up? Your BS over the top negative remarks about McCartney are anyone needs to see - to know aren't an actual Beatles fan. You are just a Lennon fan. Shame you can't see all the brilliance McCartney brought to the group. But you go ahead and be you. Btw... Amazing job McCartney did while "desperately" (in your bogus words) leading the group to 4 of the world's greatest albums. Stop whining about your idiotic take on Paul... and enjoy the fruits of his amazing work.

[@selkirkwildlife9426]

One reason is that Paul is dead and while Faul is a fine musician in his own right, it's hard to continue the pretense with good conscience.

[@genoandueza8498]

Best thing Beatles did was break up and not get together again. Adds to their mystique

[@BrianKishreviews]

Ha! That was a clever, funny edit at 7:55

[@Jgeneraledger23]

Even though they didn't, it feels like they actually reunited on SNL. All unkempt and disheveled, I picture them doing a clunky unrehearsed 'Sgt Peppers,' bowing, and that's it. Love picturing that

[@arty8255]

Paul never dishelveled nor unkept, He would have led the band. They were pros, too, During their Abbey Road rehearsals, their music was never clunky.