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Originally Posted by msLinds
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June 17, 2011
Paul McCartney Places Beatles Breakup Squarely on John Lennon
While Morrissey has come out swinging against the Queen of England, calling her the "ultimate dictator," Sir Paul McCartney has a different issue to take up with her Royal Highness -- he thinks his fellow bandmate in the Beatles, Ringo Starr, should be knighted. While all four Beatles enjoy MBE status (Member of the Order of the British Empire), only McCartney was knighted in a ceremony that took place in 1997. Speaking to Geoff Lloyd on Absolute Radio this week, McCartney joked that he would like to poke his head in the Queen's quarters and suggest that the only other living Beatle receive the same honor.Perhaps more significantly, NME reports that during the same interview, McCartney placed the blame for the Beatles' breakup squarely on John Lennon. "Basically me, George [Harrison] and Ringo said, 'Does this have to be final? Could we do a couple of gigs or can we think about this tomorrow?' But John was off with Yoko [Ono] and he was saying 'No, no, it's great -- I feel a release,' and all that. So that was kind of final."
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So, either Paul was quoted out of context or he's really stretching for some news to promote his tour. This is so OLD and we all know John was responsible for breaking up the Beatles because it was HIS band to begin with, lol! But George was, I believe, ready to go in his own direction and
All Things Must Pass is a great indication of that. I don't care for Paul rehashing stuff from Beatles history where key players aren't here to have their say. It's one of my biggest pet peeves with Paul McCartney in general.
