Why Did The Beatles Break Up?...?

Question

I wonder about that. :)

Answer 1

Basically, because they had got far too big and there wasn't space in the band for each person (yes, even Ringo) to have their own creative input. The clearest example of this is on the White Album, where the conflict between melodious Paul songs such as "Blackbird" and abstract John songs such as "Revolution no9" shows a band in crisis. Ironically, the talent that had been ignored for most of the band's career - George Harrison - comes through as the best thing on that album with sublime numbers like "While my guitar gently weeps".
There was also conflict over the Apple Corps, which was a business fiasco. Three out of four Beatles wanted Allen Klein to act for them but Paul wanted to use his Father-in-law John Eastman. Basically, since the death of their manager Brian Epstein, no-one had really unified and organised the Beatles and they found it impossible to agree on anything. Just look at the arguments during the taped "Let it Be"! sessions.
Lastly, they were drifting apart in their personal lives. No-one really understood John's relationship with Yoko Ono and Paul for one still sympathised with his first wife Cynthia (he wrote "Hey Jude" on his way to visit her). Similarly, the rest of the Beatles never bonded with Linda McCartney,

Irreconcilable differences. And drugs.

Answer 2

Partly John Lennon was bored with it after a few years, but they had record contracts to fulfill, so that was a factor, but Yoko I'm sure contributed to the breakup, but she probably only hastened it and added tension that was starting to build up between them creatively. Also, they had been together 13 years or so as a band by the time things started to really go sour, but some may think of it happening after a few years, but that was only a few years after they became famous. After spending so much time, you can get bored with people, and want to go your own way. Even without Yoko, it wouldve happened, possibly delayed by a year or two, who knows. She (or it, if you like)was something to argue about but I definitely don't think she (if you can call her a she), was the cause. Its like if a marriage is strained and its just a matter of time before a breakup, and the wife gets a cat, and the husband hates cats, its just one more thing that adds tension, though not the cause.

Also, George was starting to become tired of being a Beatle also, becoming more interested in his eastern occult mysticism crap or whatever. From what I can tell, Paul and Ringo probably wouldve been willing to go on a while longer.

But its for the best, they were a band of the 60s, so its only fitting they broke up right before 1970. It happened when it was supposed to happen.

The more difficult question to answer is what John Lennon saw in Yoko Ono. What an ugly, disagreeable freakazoid. But hes an artist, and sometimes artists brains are wired differently from the rest of the world, so whats beautiful to most, may not be to him, and what seems annoying to most may be appealing. Still, you can rationalize it all you want, this was a guy who could have any woman he wanted and yet chose a woman who probably would have a hard time getting a date in general.

Answer 3

Creative differences, everyone says that it was Yoko Ono, but I'm pretty sure that's not true. I think John Lennon was going in different direction with his music and politics and that will cause any band to break up.

Answer 4

paul and john weren't getting along... and of course the yoko factor didn't help i'm sure

Answer 5

Because Yoko was an annoying B*tch?

Answer 6

They didn;t have life!