The Beatles - the solo works
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Topic: The Beatles - the solo works
Posted By: Cristi
Subject: The Beatles - the solo works
Date Posted: September 24 2006 at 14:23
What are your choices here? Tough choice ,right. I have to admit I have not listened to entire albums from Harrison or Starr, just a few songs ; it's just because i can't find their music .
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Posted By: tuxon
Date Posted: September 24 2006 at 14:44
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I like Paul's albums a lot.
Wings: At The Speed of Sound is beautifull. great music.
"Love doesn't come in a minute,
sometimes it doesn't come at all I only know that when I'm in it It isn't silly, no, it isn't silly, love isn't silly at all." But of course the real masterpieces are:
RAM
BAND ON THE RUN
FLOWERS IN THE DIRT
McCARTNEY
CHAOS AND CREATION IN THE BACKYARD
VENUS AND MARS
and then I don't even mention all the other classics. ------------- I'm always almost unlucky _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Id5ZcnjXSZaSMFMC Id5LM2q2jfqz3YxT |
- Paul McCartney, Wings Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: September 24 2006 at 15:17
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Ooh, that's a tough one. I think we discount Ringo's efforts for a start. "All Things Must Pass" is the best Beatle solo album, John Lennon's first 2 are great and McCartney has some great stuff amongst the not so great. Hmm, I guess I have to go for Sir P. |
Posted By: tdreamer
Date Posted: September 24 2006 at 17:07
| George Harrison. IMO he's so underated and was the best of them all when the Beatles split. He was also the most adventurous and although I like some Mcartney and Lennon George has always been my fave. |
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: September 25 2006 at 04:00
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None really.
This is part of Beatles magic, they were so much bigger than the straight sum of the individual parts or elements.
I think Harrison started out best, but quickly faded. Outside Wings I do not appreciate Maca and Lennon was erratic at best. ------------- 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: salmacis
Date Posted: September 25 2006 at 06:24
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Yeah, I think their solo careers were pretty weak, imo. Its only because of the achievements of The Beatles that a lot of their output sold anything as (McCartney's especially) it's mostly rather bland soft rock.
'All Things Must Pass' is by far the best, as perhaps it's because there was a wealth of stuff Harrison had to offer as he'd never got the chance before.
As for Lennon, there is hardly anything of worth bar 'Plastic Ono Band' and 'Imagine', save the odd single.
McCartney's first two albums- the eponymous and 'Ram'- have aged well as they lack the bombast of his work with Wings. 'Band On The Run' aside, I find little of worth in Wings.
And Ringo Starr?? I think it's better one doesn't comment.
I think Harrison gets my vote- he never released much as bad as McCartney or Lennon's worst works.
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Posted By: bhikkhu
Date Posted: September 25 2006 at 09:03
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I love Harrison's solo work, but it is very inconsistent. Even "All Things Must Pass" could be cut down to a double (vinyl) album. Paul's work is well known, but I've only been interested in having his latest albums. Ringo is a fun diversion. Lennon gets the vote for the outstanding "Plastic Ono Band," "Imagine," and "Walls and Bridges." Then you have to take in to account the best songs from "New York City," "Mind Games," and "Double Fantasy." ------------- a.k.a. H.T. http://riekels.wordpress.com" rel="nofollow - http://riekels.wordpress.com |
Posted By: Dragon Phoenix
Date Posted: September 25 2006 at 09:10
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1. Paul 2. John 3. George Although the best song amongst them is by Lennon (#9 dream). ------------- Blog this: http://artrock2006.blogspot.com |
Posted By: blbx93
Date Posted: September 25 2006 at 13:57
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As an avid Beatles fan this is a toughie. Ringo is out of the picture, but still have 3 solid choices. As much as I like All Things Must Pass, Harrison's other works are not nearly as complete. I enjoy Lennon and McCartney's music, but I find Lennon's music too depressing most of the time.
Paul McCartney would have to be the victor. Band on the Run, as well as his work with the wings are very good. Band on the Run is second only to All things must pass. McCartney has had the luxury of time though, and that is a little unfair, but his work is superior.
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Posted By: Certif1ed
Date Posted: September 25 2006 at 15:36
Ringo is the obvious choice - his voiceovers for "Thomas the Tank Engine are legendary  ------------- The important thing is not to stop questioning. |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: September 25 2006 at 15:38
Cynical.
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Certif1ed wrote:Posted By: Zoot Allures
Date Posted: September 25 2006 at 22:12
Uuuummmmm! I guess Paul
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Posted By: Kleynan
Date Posted: September 27 2006 at 09:20
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Yeah, Paul is my choice. Especially if you count Wings. Overall I think that all of their solo careers were pretty dissapointing. ------------- 
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Posted By: A'swepe
Date Posted: October 02 2006 at 10:33
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George Harrison - All Things Must Pass
Paul McCartney - McCartney & Ram
John's albums were always too angry for my taste although Imagine was very good. Double Fantasy had some good songs as well.
After Yoko got her hooks into him, he was never the same. At least Linda McCartney was unobtrusive musically (most of the time). ------------- David - Never doubt in the dark that which you believe to be true in the light. http://www.myspace.com/aardvarktxusa - Instrumental rock http://www.soundclick.com/aardvarktxusa |
Posted By: GentleSibarit
Date Posted: December 02 2007 at 03:29
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You cannot really understand Lennon's work without Ono's influence. She was an accomplished avant-garde artist (read about her and the fluxus art movement), plus she was no stranger to music as she was married to a Jazz musician before she wed Lennon. Her talent is hard to understand cos' it really touches the most arcane and obscure places of expression and should not be to distant for the eyes and sensibility of a prog head. "Revolution number nine" and the "two virgins" album are "Lennono's" work all the way. I don't read those works as poppish as most people see it.... I would dare to say that Ono is more akin to the prog world than any of the fabfour were.  For Ono's influence I go with Lennon's solo carreer. (ok kill me if you want) LOL ------------- How can I speak when I'm dry and my throat is burning? |
Posted By: jammun
Date Posted: December 02 2007 at 18:37
| No better album that McCartney's Ram. |
Posted By: The Doctor
Date Posted: December 02 2007 at 18:46
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Lennon all the way. I did enjoy some of McCartney's stuff too and some of Harrison's, but I love Lennon's work. Imagine (the album) is a masterpiece. ------------- I can understand your anger at me, but what did the horse I rode in on ever do to you? |
Posted By: laplace
Date Posted: December 02 2007 at 18:49
strongly agreed with this. I have no ideas why supposed prog-heads buy into the yoko hating nonsense. ------------- FREEDOM OF SPEECH GO TO HELL |
Posted By: Syzygy
Date Posted: December 02 2007 at 18:55
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Harrison gets my vote. John and Paul both released some excellent material, and even Ringo had his moments (largely thanks to input from his 3 ex bandmates) but George was the only one whose solo work exceeded expectations.
------------- 'Like so many of you I've got my doubts about how much to contribute to the already rich among us...' Robert Wyatt, Gloria Gloom |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: December 02 2007 at 19:31
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I think they all did their best solo work within the Beatles and it was always the Lennon songs that I admired the most. After the split, I'd say it was a close call between Harrison and Lennon, I never could cope with McCartney's solo stuff and there are too many songs I just cannot forgive him for. Back Off Boogaloo wins it for me as being the best solo single. (but I vote Lennon) ------------- What? |
Posted By: ghost_of_morphy
Date Posted: December 02 2007 at 20:53
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George gets my vote. |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: December 12 2007 at 19:18
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George Harrison.... anyone who hasn't heard All Things Must Pass is missing a truly .. special album. but McCartney runs a close second... micky loves him some McCartney solo..errr..Wings. That voice... and always a man whore for a Rick player ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: Nightfly
Date Posted: December 13 2007 at 10:29
| I couldn't really get excited about any solo albums. Sure they all had their moments, apart from Ringo but there was too much bland stuff IMO. |
Posted By: electricsilence
Date Posted: December 15 2007 at 11:19
| Lennon was the most consistent at producing quality material through out his carrer, with Imagine being one of the best rock albums ever. I haven't heard any Ringo really, Paul and Wings I mostly dislike, and the first Harrison albums were pretty good, but after Dark Horses he just bored me. |
Posted By: ES335
Date Posted: December 16 2007 at 19:15
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John all the way. And while John Lennon: Plastic Ono Band is a great album, Yoko Ono: Plastic Ono Band is an experimental masterpiece. |