Friday, March 27, 2015

Beatles Reunion Could Have Come to Fruition, Says Ringo Starr



Since their break-up in 1970 millions of people pined for the day that The Beatles would reunite and once again make the music that has enchanted and inspired multiple generations. Unfortunately, with the untimely passings of John Lennon and George Harrison such a notion never came to fruition. However, Ringo Starr in a recent interview with Rolling Stone says that he felt that it could have.

“With the [technology] you have now, I think we could have got it together. I think the stumbling block was just sitting around and saying, ‘Okay, let’s do it.’ And we never got to that. You know, we did in twos, we talked about it.”

Of course there were multiple occasions throughout the 70's when people tried to get the band to reunite; primarily through bribery and by attempting to appeal to their good nature for charity. Unfortunately, there would have been too much pressure for them to do well according to Starr. It would be understandable considering the legacy the band had already come by even just after their career together ended.

“But I think if we had just relaxed behind it long enough, we still had the songs, and we still could play. We could have put it together. And we could have done ‘A Day in the Life.’ Of course, it’s ended now. John and George are gone.”

The best we will ever get these days are the occasions when Paul McCartney and Starr will get together on stage to play. It doesn't happen that often, but when it does there is a mighty cheerful uproar. It is the closest thing that the current generation will ever get to seeing the fab four perform together.

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