How ridiculous of Paul Weller to say that the Beatles "couldn`t have gone on into the 70s ("I was shattered. They were my universe", 09/04/20)! Just by looking at the songs recorded on solo records, Beatles` albums emerge which would have been as highly regarded as Abbey Road and Sgt. Pepper. An early 1970 album could have included such songs as Instant Karma, Cold Turkey and Isolation from Lennon, Maybe I`m Amazed and Every Night from McCartney plus any three or four of Harrison songs from his All Things Must Pass album, leaving at least another three for the second Beatles album of the 70s. By then, Jealous Guy and Imagine would have been written, McCartney songs like Back Seat of My Car and Another Day could have had, as Alan Johnson says, their "whimsy tempered", and decent Ringo songs like Photograph and It Don`t Come Easy would have been available.
The rivalry/chemistry between McCartney and Lennon would have improved many of their solo offerings, and with Harrison`s reputation as a song-writer established, the incomparable quality of Beatle albums would undoubtedly continue. What on earth was Weller talking about?
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