Huge Beatles fan, just Macca in concert. I wish this cover story could have been a but more positive but controversy sells I guess, even after all these years.
I’ll take any Beatles story and I am pleased to see them on the cover instead of some one hit wonder or MJ.

Can I ask why there are so many of the same people on Rolling Stone Covers. You have many covers featuring The Beatles (at least once a year), Barack Obama (four in a year), Green Day, Bruce Springsteen Britney…… Why can’t we have more variety???? Newer Stars and older stars? People who have never been on the cover.

And to those who say that certain people should not be on thecover as they are not cutting edge and more cookie cutter, i find that tragic. To say that someone should not be on the cover because of their fan base is absurd. Sure I wouldn’t want umpteen JoBro covers but I wouldn’t mind a Kelly Clarkson cover or an Entourage cover. You could mix the old with the new or the cookie cutter with the cutting edge and the legends and that would be fine. Just please not the same people over and over and over even if they are legends.

Hey Philip,

Go start your OWN magazine, and put whoever the heck you want on your covers!

Actions speak louder than words.

Although I haven’t read the piece yet, I wonder if the arduous rehearsing and recording of “Maxwell’s Silver Hammer” makes the shortlist as to why the Fabs broke up.

what the fuck

Glad to see the greatest band in the world making the cover again

I’m off to get my copy

Paul’s naff. John couldn’t stomach him one minute longer.

John was quoted as saying “The Beatles broke up because we all got tired of being side men for Paul”! John said he wanted to end the Beatles earlier but was talked out of it. Later, Paul took credit for the break up after being part of the group that had talked John into staying! Of course this is John’s side, and history shows John (God love him) had sort of a history of revising events to suit his purposes!

Hey Snooze,

Last I checked This was a public blog where people could state their own opinions! So I can type any observations I have. and I did. So get your own soapbox and go spew your insults on your own time. Let other people have their own say, whether they are elitist or commonplace. I have a right to express my opinion and you have yours, so let’s just keep it at that!

It’s easy, The Beatles broke up because Paul was annoying, George was cranky, John was on on drugs and had that ugly Bitch with him all the time, and Ringo was bored.

I’ve read every book on this.
McCartney was a great arranger as well as musician/writer. When they quit touring it gave him a natural dominance. White album, let it be, were both lennon attempts to get it away from him as genius level arranger. Finally he realized he couldn’t and quit. That’s what happened.

waaaaaa… if I owned Rolling Stone I would do stuff differently!

hey..a girl at the “Abbey Road on the River” Fest had a T-shirt that said “Blame Yoko”!

the Beatles didn’t break-up.. they QUIT …and became people.

the Dream IS over..

what the fuck!

Philip,

You make a suggestion to Rolling Stone about their covers and its awesome…

I make a suggestion to you, and I’m a jerk.

Okay.

Cover of Rolling Stone…? Not bad for a band who broke up 40 yrs ago. Their best cover has yet to be printed.

Why couldn’t the Beatles just have a break from each other and then come back together for particular projects instead of divorcing?
Isn’t that what the Stones have had to do?

they broke up because Lansbury was too much of a diva

The Beatles music awoke the senses of the freshest morning air, the brightly colored flower blossom in spring, the sweetest summer fruit, the richest autumn landscape and freshly fallen twinkling snow on a silent moonlit night. We long for it when it’s gone yet know it’s fleeting nature. Ah, to have grown up with Beatles music. Thank goodness Paul is still shares his special musical joy with the world, and Ringo too of course. And even though they’re gone, I am still fascinated listening to John’s (and Paul’s) splendid musical masterpieces and George’s spiritual sincerity.

What’s the point of re-analyzing something that can’t be changed? It’s been 40 years, half of the band is dead, I think we’re all better off just appreciating their music that they left us with. I’m pretty sure this is the one millionth article on the Beatles going “WHY, BEATLES, WHY?”, and frankly it’s just stupid. If we haven’t got a definite answer by now, then we never will, so stop wasting precious trees on pointless issues, RS. Why don’t you guys profile a good band who aren’t getting much press, huh? I agree with Philip, this magazine has gotten REALLY stale. You can predict who will be on their next cover just by checking what time of the year it is.

Yeah The Beatles

Snooze is immature and sucks dick

any ways the cover is sooo predictable

Hey RWT:

You don’t like Mick Jagger on the cover

I really don’t agree with what the writer of this article said about the later Beatles being their best work.

I was born in early 1965 but I feel that their early work like the album A Hard Day’s Night is just as great as Abbey Road just different!

Back in 1970 the question was being asked, “Who will be the next Beatles”? Great bands like Queen and the Police have come and gone, but none have taken the title of the worlds greatest band. The Beatles were as innovative as they were popular. And getting the balance between innovation and popularity is so difficult. But that is why the Beatles remain so cool and so respected.

I love the Beatles to death, but give it a fucking rest. 40 years man. 40 years. Please help the dying music industry by promoting new artists, not cashing in on old one that you know will sell issues.

“Great bands like Queen and the Police have come and gone, but none have taken the title of the worlds greatest band.”

Except for U2, and most deservedly so.

Buttbuddies to the highest degree.

They came full circle anybody out there still live with their brothers after they grew up?

it was enough and they were now individuals and family men and they HAD to separate to move forward

But history shows they were better as whole, which is why we are all sad and still talking about it

I sure aint sad. If they had a greater live legacy then maybe.

It’s an awful shame that these poor fellows disappeared into such obscurity after their band broke up. If they were just given a little more publicity and attention in their time we might still be talking about them 40 years later. Sad really.

40 years ago on this day, The Beatles were together for the last time, in Abbey Road studios to record the song I Want You (She’s So Heavy).

All you need is love.
Peace.

Live legacy? haha, the joke’s on you. What a stupid comment.

watch the “Rutles”. Prob the best explaination of why the greatest band ever disolved.

God i wish the beatles were still going it is sad that nobody my age likes them anymore i am 14 years old and am in to all the music from yhe sixties and am the only one in school who likes these guys

Beatles split up? Whot? Never noticed …

Here we have sentimentalists, Neo-critics, and the simply vulgar who want to tell their buddies they’ve been published. Thankfully we have “Corduroy” — succint, perhaps accurate, pungent, to say the least, and snickeringly funny.
Great books last forever. Great songs as well last a very long time. Great stories continue to interest and intrigue or we wouldn’t still be examining Caesar’s crossing of the Rubicon.
Don’t like another story about the Beatles? Don’t read it or boycott the music.
Oh, by the way, I remember the day they landed in America.
Didn’t particularly care for them or their music but find the story interesting and appreciate the talent required to compose music that continues to be played.

Beatles’ live legacy from 1966 to 1969 was almost non-existent, in the midst of their best studio work they vanished from the stage.

you know their album rubber soul is that really as good as everyone says is it worth it to buy

If you really love the Beatles, support new music and stop dwelling constantly on their old music.

They would

The readers who are opposed to the article are funny. They are so pro rock and roll and its new acts but they just can’t bear the fact that the Beatles are still a moving force in the universe. It’s just like that: don’t like it, don’t buy it. Or simply don’t bother posting to annoy the Beatles’ fans

The beatles music is alive and well after all of these years!

Just fyi – they did do a montage cover, I have it framed on my bedroom wall, it was in gold. I believe it was an anniversary edition. As far as the Beatles, they were human, I too have read all their books, Cythnia’s, Yoko’s, the reporters, and followed their music for years. They used to be my heros, however, they are human, and are falible. Just like the Stones, the Dead, Queen and many others.
They were brilliant musicians, and artists, I had to learn to accept them for what they were, are and always will be – if you are a true music/art lover.
In the words of the late, great artist/musician himself, “I was the walrus, but now I’m John,and so dear friends,you just have to carry on,the dream is over.”
It is our choice – to carry on their dream. “Living life in peace.”
They will be a legacy – and leave their mark on all musicians for generations to come. Without updated covers like this, future generations could potentially forget that they’re being influenced by the greatest artists in rock and roll history whether you like it or not!

Paul hated Allen Klein. Loved the fab 4.
Just release more outtakes! (anthology Vol 4)

I love the Beatles, but I agree with Philip. I would like to see Kelly Clarkson on the cover. She can rock and has never been on the cover. I might buy Rolling Stone if they put her on it.

My 09-03 issue is missing pages 93-96. Thus I don’t get to read the entire article. Ouch.

SgtPepper, when I was 14, 2 close friends and I, were the only people in school that liked The Beatles. 11 years after (I’m 25, now), mostly like their music. Teens, in average, have bad taste, some time to improve it is necessary…

phillip and anyone that believes that the beatles should not be on as many covers as they are, thats complete nonsense. they are (no matter what you are trying to lead people to believe) The greatest band of all time. all of your new “deserving artists” would be greatfull to lick the bottoms of the shoes of these guys. point out any band that was not heavily influenced by the beatles’ music, i challenge you. no band can claim that.

In a relatively short career, the Beatles wrote more great Rock and popular songs than anyone ever, by a mile,
To play and sing their songs is so joyful. And, you’ll learn some chords and rhythms you never heard before. I’m a music teacher, and my pile of Beatles songs is a whole separate course of study. They are so far beyond the Britney and ego rap boring drivel you promote, just to sell more magazines. That crap is an insult to serious musicians and listeners.