O/T - Lennon Vs McCartney

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  1. Ste

    Stephen Dawson Well-Known Member

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    The only single I've ever bought:

     
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    Yeah never really tried hard enough to get into his solo stuff. I should try again..
     
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    You mean if he wasn't a pacifist :p
     
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    I also don't think you can overlook Ringo Starr's work............far enough!:eek:
     
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    Lennon is definitely for the edgy cool kids and McCartney for your dad, my favorite Beatles songs were those by McCartney - Eleanor Rigby and Hey Jude. Wings were a bit naff, but actually songs like live and let die are really good still today. Lennon was a bit of a @rse - lets record a song about the brotherhood of man from my million pound mansion, and he let his wife scream nonsensically over records - didn't do much for me tbh. There a really terrible video of her and Lennon and Chuck Berry, its a real fist biter:



    I really loved Working Class Hero though.

    The new McCartney Album - McCartney III is really good btw, give it a listen.
     
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    Red or Blue?
     
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    Poor ringo. Well, I say poor ringo, actually the luckiest drummer that ever lived!
     
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    you missed the inverted commas round drummer! :D
     
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    Harrison did the best solo work imo. John was hit and miss but Paul I just can’t take to in his post Beatles career. Think his work really missed that dynamic with John that gave him the edge.
     
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    Have to say, Yoko’s presence during the Get Back film looked weird. Must have felt really uncomfortable. No real reason for her to be constantly just sat there, throughout the whole thing. Imagine going to work for a couple of weeks and taking your other half in. Odd.
     
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    Yeah, equally, Get Back doesn’t do him any favours. Just sat there like a crash test dummy, saying nothing throughout the whole thing, then hitting a drum every now and then. He was an exec producer for it as well.
     
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    There is usually at least a couple of gems on every album in my opinion. Band On The Run, Tug Of War, Flowers in The Dirt and Flaming Pie are pretty strong albums. Flaming Pie is a particular favourite if only because I bought it the same day we were in Barnsley celebrating promotion to the Premier League (seems several lifetimes ago!). Lennon's output in comparison is difficult to judge given he left us so early. I liked his first two or three solo albums, but by Walls and Bridges he was getting pretty inconsistent.
     
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    If you haven't properly delved you may not be in a position to really judge, in fairness. Greatest songwriter of the 20th century by the time he was 28 years old. Most people don't really rate Lennon to the same extent these days (although I'll always love him).
     
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    Which he later stated was aimed at himself rather than McCartney. Interestingly, most critics rate the first McCartney album and Ram very highly now, whereas is was critically panned at the time.
     
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    I reckon if you picked Lennon's top 10 solo songs from 1970-1980, they would still better McCartney's best 10 songs throughout his entire solo career, which is an extra 42 years. all down to opinion though innit
     
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    He (Lennon) was allegedly doing some pretty heavy heroin usage at the time.
     
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    Of course it is. And, as a very keen follower of both their solo careers, I would absolutely disagree with you.
     
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    I know it wasn't the original question, but I think All Things Must Pass is the best post Beatles album of the lot. Just a classic from start to finish.
     
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