I bloody love the Beatles. What is it about them I wonder. I wasn't even born until a few years after they split but they have a magic which is indefinable and which for me no other band possesses. They owned the 60s, they defined them and they grew with them and they wore each new outfit with such grace. Look at how they moved from beat, to pop, to psych, to rock with such ease while the Stones for example (a wonderful band) stumbled when they tried to move outside of their blues based origins.
I'm so torn as to whether I think they should have split up when they did to protect the legend or whether they should have carried on. It would have diluted their legacy without question - we all remember Dean and Monroe for example far more than those stars who have slipped, gracefully or otherwise into old age. It's a fascinating question, I know that even now I feel robbed that only two members remain. I don't think I wanted them to reform, I just wanted to believe it was possible.
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