# A "The New Beatles" Fantasy **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 12, 2008, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-the-new-beatles-fantasy/472423 "2008-11-12T21:32:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2008, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-the-new-beatles-fantasy/472423/1 "2008-11-12T21:32:24Z")
Probably will never happen, but just for the sake of discussion, what if Julian and Sean Lennon, James Louis McCartney, Dhani Harrison and Zak Starkey are holed up somewhere in England writing and making music together? Do you think it could work? Also, let’s not forget the daughters, Mary and Stella. Am I full of it? More than likely, but I’d still like to see it happen. Q ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2008, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-the-new-beatles-fantasy/472423/2 "2008-11-12T21:34:27Z")
Nature versus nurture in practice. 🙂 Sean Lennon and Julian Lennon have both released decent or semi-decent pop records so I’d say a collaboration would be worthwhile if not in a ‘New Beatles’ way. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2008, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-the-new-beatles-fantasy/472423/3 "2008-11-13T00:43:26Z")
Also, Zak Starkey has played on tour with his father, Ringo Starr, and been offered permanent membership in both The Who (he declined) and in Oasis (he had a falling out with Noel Gallagher). Another Beatles offspring who is also an accomplished musician in his own right. ---
**Author:** ![Terrifel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@Terrifel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrifel)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2008, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-the-new-beatles-fantasy/472423/4 "2008-11-13T01:05:13Z")
First order of business: 3 AM prank phone calls to Pete Best’s kids. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2008, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-the-new-beatles-fantasy/472423/5 "2008-11-13T01:56:15Z")
Okay to do a **ROTFLMFAO** @\*\* Terrifel\*\*? Oh my God, THAT was funny!!!😃 ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2008, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-the-new-beatles-fantasy/472423/6 "2008-11-13T05:12:28Z")
> [@Terrifel](#): > > First order of business: 3 AM prank phone calls to Pete Best’s kids. But we have to wait for Stu Sutcliffe’s kids to die first, don’t we? ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2008, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-the-new-beatles-fantasy/472423/7 "2008-11-13T05:31:12Z")
I saw Zak this last weekend with his buddies Pete and Roger. He is one KICK ASS drummer. The other Fantasy Beatles would have a hard time keeping up with him! 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2008, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-the-new-beatles-fantasy/472423/8 "2008-11-13T06:15:39Z")
Before this whole thing gets **too** out of hand… I thnk what we have to remember is that it was all “Kismet” for John, Paul, George and Ringo. By that I mean the time was “right” for them (The Beatles) to “happen”, and it is really _unfair_ of me to assign the same set of circumstances and expect the same talents to have been passed on by the four fathers to the children. They are not, after all, _clones_ for crying out loud! I am afraid that the OP was just an old man wishing to recreate his youth. A pipe dream. Nothing more, nothing less. But thanks for playing along. It was fun to think the kids would get together. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2008, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-the-new-beatles-fantasy/472423/9 "2008-11-13T11:33:46Z")
> [@Quasimodem](#): > > By that I mean the time was “right” for them (The Beatles) to “happen”, and it is really _unfair_ of me to assign the same set of circumstances and expect the same talents to have been passed on by the four fathers to the children. Exactly. They’d probably do well performing their fathers’ music, but I can’t see them doing anything original. JL, PMc and GH came of age together, and RS was a contemporary. They meshed. But their offspring were not raised together (I’m not even sure all of them have met all the others), and there’s little chance they could collaborate. (I thought Ringo has three kids?) ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2008, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-the-new-beatles-fantasy/472423/10 "2008-11-13T18:38:48Z")
> [@Rilchiam](#): > > (I thought Ringo has three kids?) He does, but I would hazard a guess that Zak is the only (other) professional musician in the family.