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| From | "Josh Chasin" <jchasin@nyc.rr.com> |
| Subject | Re: The Beatles: and what if... |
| Date | Sat, 8 Sep 2007 16:19:42 -0400 |
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I think they would have fallen out of popularity by '72, but their 1980 Nile
Rogers-produced disco comeback lp would have gone platinum.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rafael Paulino Neto" <rpaulino@bignet.com.br>
To: <audities@smoe.org>
Sent: Saturday, September 08, 2007 8:49 AM
Subject: The Beatles: and what if...
> What could have happened if the Beatles went on through the 70s and 80s?
>
> I know it may be unfair and unrealistic to exercise this type of fantasy,
> but I often ask this to my Beatles fans friends. Of course, many of the
> facts in rock music after the Beatles, happened because of them (and/or
> because of their demise, one might say), but I always like to hear
> opinions.
>
> Would they go the 'commercial' way? or what about prog rock? AOR? fusion?
> AM pop, soft rock? electronic music? how would they face punk rock?
>
> Would they get into rockier sounds, with jams, heavy guitars, long solos?
>
> Maybe politically correct and incorporating more and more third world,
> ethnical influences?
>
> Or would they turn into something like the Rolling Stones, with the
> occasional sell-out tour and non-important records?
>
> And finally, would they be able to keep their quality, still having
> commercial success and still being important to rock, and pop culture as a
> whole?
>
> What do you think?
>
> Rafael.
>
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