Best Beatle
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Topic: Best Beatle
Posted By: Cygnus X-1
Subject: Best Beatle
Date Posted: March 30 2006 at 11:37
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I personaly like McCartney for his ballads. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Bodins/?chartstyle=DarkSide5Big"> 
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Posted By: Chipiron
Date Posted: March 30 2006 at 11:49
I've always been a fan of the most "underrated" ( ) Beatle, Mr. Harrison.------------- [IMG]http://www.belderrain.es/GIFs/tora.gif"> |
Posted By: eddietrooper
Date Posted: March 30 2006 at 11:51
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Well, for me the most creative was Mc Cartney as he wrote dozens of great songs, but I voted for Harrison because in the late years he wrote three of my favourite songs of all time: "Something", "Here Comes The Sun" and "While My Guitar Gently Weeps".
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Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: March 30 2006 at 11:58
Poor Ringo gets no love.  I voted for Paul, but it was tough between him and John. However, like eddietrooper said, George's late-Beatle compositions are among my favorites. |
Posted By: Chipiron
Date Posted: March 30 2006 at 12:23
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... and in the "after life" after Beatles, IMO, he had the most interesting career ------------- [IMG]http://www.belderrain.es/GIFs/tora.gif"> |
NaturalScience wrote:Posted By: daz2112
Date Posted: March 30 2006 at 12:30
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Lennon ------------- In the constellation of cygnus,There lurks a mysterious force...The black hole |
Posted By: memowakeman
Date Posted: March 30 2006 at 12:42
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who the hell voted for Ringo?? ------------- Follow me on twitter @memowakeman |
Posted By: Chipiron
Date Posted: March 30 2006 at 12:44
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Ringo is a prog fan, maybe ------------- [IMG]http://www.belderrain.es/GIFs/tora.gif"> |
Posted By: Firepuck
Date Posted: March 30 2006 at 12:49
Almost voted Paul until I read this and thought - yeah, "Something" and "Here Comes the Sun". Of all my 'Beatles' albums this Japanese pressing (the best of George Harrison) is the one that gets the most play. Simply amazing sound quality. http://www.jipangrecords.com.au/pages/coverimage.cfm?rec_id=450"> Side-One ------------- Kryten : "'Pub'? Ah yes, A meeting place where humans attempt to achieve advanced states of mental incompetence by the repeated consumption of fermented vegetable drinks." |
Posted By: Ounamahl
Date Posted: March 30 2006 at 12:57
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There is no best, but my favourite is McCartney (though I once looked like Harrison =))
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Posted By: Meddler
Date Posted: March 30 2006 at 13:11
Ahh! You're on to me! |
Posted By: ANDREW
Date Posted: March 30 2006 at 13:16
| John Lennon |
Posted By: earlyprog
Date Posted: March 30 2006 at 14:33
| Lennon got my vote without hesitation although I find Harrison quite proggy in the late 60's. |
Posted By: Kazz
Date Posted: March 30 2006 at 18:19
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Paul McCartney I think his compositions were the most superior and he certainly is the most skilled instrument wise. ------------- 
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Posted By: Ultaigh
Date Posted: March 30 2006 at 18:23
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John Lennon. But him and McCartney were both genius'...He was the
better song writer and Paul was better with the instumentation. ------------- 
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Posted By: Rust
Date Posted: March 30 2006 at 18:27
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I love Lennon's voice. Even when he isn't singing, he has such an interesting, great voice. Mabey a hint of Irish with mostly English. Whatever it is, I have always liked his voice the best so I vote for him. Ringo had a great voice as well. ------------- We got to pump the stuff to make us tough from the heart Its astart What we need is awareness we cant get careless Mental self defensive fitness Make everybody see in order to fight the powers that be |
Posted By: walrus
Date Posted: March 30 2006 at 18:36
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Lennon. Just 2 examples: a day in the life and i'm the walrus ------------- you and whose army? |
Posted By: Thyme Traveler
Date Posted: March 31 2006 at 02:09
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Where's Pete Best ? ------------- Fire up the flux capacitor ! We're taking this Delorean through all four dimensions. What is the future of prog ? Genesis reunion ? I'm not telling!That could upset the thyme/space continuum. |
Posted By: Oxygen Waster
Date Posted: March 31 2006 at 02:17
| I like Lennons' voice and writing the most out of everything about the Beatles. |
Posted By: dagrush
Date Posted: March 31 2006 at 02:18
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Where's Stuart Sutcliffe?
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Posted By: RoyalJelly
Date Posted: March 31 2006 at 02:29
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McCartney was a genius in his own way, but ended up producing some
appalingly silly filler as well. Lennon, to me, was not only a great composer and singer, but among the greatest artists of the last century, with Chaplin, Tarkovsky, Fellini, Picasso, Stravinsky, etc. |
Posted By: Zargus
Date Posted: March 31 2006 at 08:24
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Lennon was the one who wrote the best songs IMO. ------------- 
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Posted By: Zepology101
Date Posted: March 31 2006 at 11:53
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Posted By: The Wizard
Date Posted: April 02 2006 at 10:52
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For me it's Harrison. He had the best skills as a musician and was very spiritual. Plus he wrote Taxman, Here Comes the Sun, Within You Without You, Love to You, It's all to much, which is pretty much a list of my favorite Beatles tracks. -------------  
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Posted By: Publius84
Date Posted: April 02 2006 at 13:50
Volkswagen  ------------- I know what I like and I like what I know... Prog is in my heart, in my mind, in my soul... |
Posted By: DeepPhreeze
Date Posted: April 02 2006 at 16:47
Agreed. All Things Must Pass is a masterpiece. |
Posted By: YYZed
Date Posted: April 03 2006 at 18:44
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McCarteney- Excellent songwriter, as well as a very influential bassist. ------------- 
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Posted By: stan the man
Date Posted: April 03 2006 at 18:55
You pretty much summed it up. He was by far the best at his instrument in the band. ------------- true as a lobster in a pteredaktyl's underpants. 
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Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: April 04 2006 at 08:13
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Harrison for me the two other songwriter were more prolific and wrote together Harrison was more of a late bloomer and started writing alone. I believe he is the one that made Beatles album reach the sublime level after 67 ------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: April 04 2006 at 08:35
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McCartney... even if he a complete ass.. a totally underrated bassist, and that voice.... I can understand why women swoon to his voice, this from a self described tough guy and manly man, his voice is fabulous and has that smoldering sexual quality to it. Close second goes to George especially for the best album of the 70's that isn't completely run into the ground with radio airplay and roving groups of fanboys across the internet.. All Things Must Pass. What an album... ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: Phil
Date Posted: April 04 2006 at 08:42
| I think McCartney, just a shade ahead of Lennon! |
Posted By: ryba
Date Posted: April 04 2006 at 08:47
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paul was i think the best musician among them and still he is |
Posted By: Chipiron
Date Posted: April 04 2006 at 08:56
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Beware! There's a subtle subliminal message in your avatar.... ------------- [IMG]http://www.belderrain.es/GIFs/tora.gif"> |
Posted By: Bournestar
Date Posted: April 04 2006 at 16:04
| Very difficult to call between them all, but I voted for Harrison. Only because of his solo work (I grew up listening to My Sweet Lord and While My Guitar Gently Weeps...) and because he was a Travelin' Wilbury. |
Posted By: Sibbe
Date Posted: April 04 2006 at 17:10
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One more vote for George Harrison. He wrote many of my favourite Beatles songs plus in my opinion his solo material was best of all four. But I must admit that the one ex-Beatle solo album that I listen the most is Ringo's brilliant self titled album.
------------- "I came here for a party and what do I get? Nothing. Not even ice cream." |
Posted By: wolf0621
Date Posted: April 28 2006 at 16:41
| Pete Best...No wait, Stu Sutcliffe...Well actually, Ringo...Right, can't be Ringo...The other 3 then, each for different reasons... |
Posted By: Certif1ed
Date Posted: April 28 2006 at 17:59
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George Martin.
Although Ringo's contribution shouldn't be overlooked - he revolutionised the way drums are played; Drummers hold their sticks the way Ringo did to this day. Still, when Lennon was asked the question "Is Ringo the best drummer in the world?", his answer was "He's not even the best drummer in the Beatles". I have to say that I'm a big fan of Ringo's "less is more" style though. No-one did more than Paul to change the way that the bass was used in Rock music, bringing it from mere accompaniment to a foreground instrument. It was Paul who introduced Lennon to the music of Stockhausen, resulting in the experimental tape stuff on "I'm Only Sleeping", "Tomorrow Never Knows", "Rain", "Revolution #9" etc. Still, I dislike his Vaudeville tendencies and much prefer Lennon's darker sides - plus Lennon went off and recorded 3 albums worth of Stockhausen influenced experimental stuff with Yoko. So, to play the game, I'll settle for Lennon - but really I think that Martin was the greatest musician of the lot; Witness the string arrangements in Eleanor Rigby and many others, not to mention his keyboard playing and high-brow qualifications. But on the other hand, wasn't Pete the Best Beatle...? ------------- The important thing is not to stop questioning. |
Posted By: Bern
Date Posted: April 28 2006 at 18:11
I've been told that I look like Lennon a zillion times so he's my favorite Beatle. This situation was once ridiculous. Strangers were shouting at me from across streets : HEY MAN! You look like Lennon! (I don't even think I look like John Lennon)-------------  
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Posted By: Daydreamyng
Date Posted: January 26 2007 at 17:37
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I chose Paul. I'm just a Fool on the Hill. |
Posted By: progismylife
Date Posted: January 26 2007 at 17:42
| It's all about Lennon. That guy was a genius! |
Posted By: Chris H
Date Posted: January 26 2007 at 17:44
Yahoo! I second that second  ------------- Beauty will save the world. 
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Posted By: Fassbinder
Date Posted: January 27 2007 at 01:45
| About some 20 years ago I'd say McCartney, definitely. But now I just can't stand his cheesy melodies. I'm judging on the base of post- Rubber Soul albums, i.e. when the songwriting became individual. Sorry, I simply don't like Pop. Therefore I can vote only for Lennon or Harrison. Both are great, but I prefer (slightly) Lennon, maybe, due to the fact that he is a little bit proggier than Harrison (after all, I'm in the ProgRock site, I can't not to speak/think in the terms of Prog). |
Posted By: FragileDT
Date Posted: January 29 2007 at 23:32
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Wow, would have thought Lennon would be destroying in this thread. He is easily and without question, my favorite beatle. No comparison. ------------- One likes to believe In the freedom of music But glittering prizes And endless Compromises Shatter the illusion Of integrity |
Posted By: olzen
Date Posted: January 30 2007 at 10:55
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John Lennon, due to his musical genius and great humour! They were all brilliant, but ever since I saw A Hard Day's Night, John has been one of my biggest idols!
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Posted By: moodyxadi
Date Posted: January 30 2007 at 15:36
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Post-Beatles - Lennon, of course. short and good albums, solid pop-rock songs with social sensibility. McCartney is a great melodymaker; Lennon is more crude, but in the end I prefer his works. ------------- Bach, Ma, Bros, Déia, Dante. |
Posted By: sircosick
Date Posted: March 24 2007 at 01:12
| McCartney, because of his talent as a bassist and (it's personally) for his style of composition. |
Posted By: Revan
Date Posted: March 24 2007 at 10:11
he deserves no love ------------- 
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Posted By: Man Erg
Date Posted: March 24 2007 at 10:16
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George.His studies on the sitar and eastern religion steered the group toward their psych sound and the rest as they say... ------------- 
Do 'The Stanley' otherwise I'll thrash you with some rhubarb. |
Posted By: BroSpence
Date Posted: March 24 2007 at 17:30
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George, John, Ringo, Paul. Paul kind of....sucks. I mean McCartney was an OK album, and Ram was good. Overall though I do not like Paul. |
Posted By: Arrrghus
Date Posted: March 24 2007 at 17:31
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Paul Lennon, or John McCartney. Take your pick. ------------- 
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Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: March 24 2007 at 19:34
| Macca for me. Paul is close to being a musical genius. |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: March 24 2007 at 23:50
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John Lennon has a few distinct advantages over his partner in "pop" geniusness (yeah it's not really a word). One, he always came across as the "artist" of the group. Even though in the mid 60s Paul was the one out on the London "art" scene exploring. Two, Lennon was deemed to be the "political" one. Yet, & I'm paraphrasing the great Rock N Roll writer Lester Bangs who said that he couldn't genuflect at the temple of Rock revolutionaries such as Lennon & Jagger. Why, well simply put, this oxymoronic term - Multi-millionaire socialist. John & Paul donated to their own causes, but John didn't exactly give it all away, eh ... John made "important" music. Yes, like Double Fantasy. John, like Paul had his share of solo success & failures. The fact that he pulled himself out of the game for five years while Paul went on does explain some of the perceived quality issues. If you put out 20 albums & the other guy puts out 10 & you both have the same success ratio, guess who has the most "stinkers. John was the humanist philosopher, the peacenik, all you need is love guy. Paul was the shallow, shill of a songwriter, who wrote silly love songs. Well now, how many saints go on a year & a half long weekend, gallivanting with a 20 something mistress, leaving your beloved wife back home. Are we including John's miserable treatment of his first wife & child in our judgment ? Do we accept the public face over the private reality that he had, as we all do, many failings ? Paul made no bones about his non-interest in stirring up trouble with his music. He put out an early solo single about Ireland ,got sl*gged for it ( how dare you Paul, you're the cute fluffy lightweight one!) then went & did what very few other musicians could match - write excellent songs; not all of them were, but then we don't sl*g the old blues guys who kept on going til their death despite the fact that resulting albums rarely had anything to match their reputation sealing classics. John & Paul both had egos. John & Paul both had their very human faults. John & Paul both had their moments of brilliance during their Beatle years & solo careers, along with low points. But in our "pop" culture, Lennon has attained the status of sainthood, while Paul had to live on under that shadow, so how can he win ? Oh well, it could be worse. He could've replaced Peter Gabriel in Genesis. Just look at the denigration the some will spew over that subject as if they're making "objective" statements instead of "subjective" judgements ...
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Posted By: Roskisdyykkari
Date Posted: April 15 2007 at 05:59
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McCartney did some great rock songs, such as Helter Skelter, Magical Mystery Tour and of course Sgt. Pepper, but personally I prefer Lennon's more emotional and psychedelic songs, for example: Strawberry Fields Forever, A Day in the Life (well, it's mostly a Lennon-song), Lucy in the sky with diamonds etc. Paul's songs are usually just regular rockers, whereas Lennon did more progressive and complex songs. John Lennon was a true genius, and I admire him very much. ------------- And the sand-castle virtues are all swept away in the tidal destruction the moral melee. |