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Music Appreciation

mahatmakanejeeves

(64,358 posts) Thu Apr 10, 2025, 01:07 PM Apr 10

On this day, April 10, 1970, Paul McCartney announced that he was leaving The Beatles.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_10

• 1970 – Paul McCartney announces that he is leaving The Beatles for personal and professional reasons.

Wed Apr 10, 2024: On this day, April 10, 1970, Paul McCartney announced that he was leaving The Beatles.

Mon Apr 10, 2023: On this day, April 10, 1970, Paul McCartney announced that he was leaving The Beatles.

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On this day, April 10, 1970, Paul McCartney announced that he was leaving The Beatles. (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Apr 10 OP

Paul held that band together for as long as he could. Omnipresent Apr 10 #1

Every Reference To This Makes Me Think Of... ProfessorGAC Apr 10 #2

Omnipresent

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1. Paul held that band together for as long as he could.

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Thu Apr 10, 2025, 01:16 PM

Apr 10

Practically filling the B- side of their last album, ‘Abby Road’ with almost all of his songs.

ProfessorGAC

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2. Every Reference To This Makes Me Think Of...

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Thu Apr 10, 2025, 01:37 PM

Apr 10

...the movie Apollo 13, where the older daughter is angry & despondent because the Beatles were breaking up.
I was about that same age, so I could identify.
I was not in despair, but more like shock.
I was still doing the jazz piano thing, so The Beatles were 90% of what I knew about rock
So, it was a big deal to me, too.

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