Post-Beatles

manny wrote:

George Harrison, he was good pop songwriter who didn't really get a chance totally expand on these talents in The Beatles, and who could when you had a songwriters like Lennon/McCartney. "All Things Must Pass" is probably the best solo album by any of the Beatles IMO.

George is easily the most underrated and my personal favorite.

I'd have to say Paul. I've never been much of a John Lennon fan outside of his days with the Beatles. Like many out there, I can't stand the sight of Yoko Ono, and the wedge that she drove between these four great musicians. I think John and Yoko were into too many weird things post Beatles breakup, while Paul was writing great stuff with Wings.

Many will say that Paul is too sappy, and the music is a bit contrived. I say B.S to that! I think his song writing was an amalgamation of what was going on in the world. John's writing had too much tunnel vision connected to it. His music seemed to be surrounded with what was going in Vietnam, and involved everything that was cynical regarding the U.S/our position in the world, etc... Paul was definitely the eternal optimist, and unfortunately got crap for that. I say, whatever!

Ringo and George did their thing, and they did pretty good....though Ringo never saw much success beyond the 70's, while George had a little bit of a resurgence in the late 80's. Though I much prefer the music George was making in the 70's.

I think Paul is a great musician, even his sappy songs such as " Silly Love Songs" and " Say Say Say" have a killer bass lines.

John Lennon did write a lot of political songs but his other songs such as "Woman" "Watching the Wheel' and "Nobody told Me" are very moving songs.

As far fans blaming Yoko for the break up of the Beatles, I am sure her constant presence was not very welcomed or helped, but I have feeling these four men were tired of being the Beatles. The fact that they broke in 1970 seems right, they in sense belong to the 60's and I could not imagine them lasting beyond the 70's. They were music is timeless but they began and ended when they were meant to.

I would say Yoko might have been the straw that broke the camels back, I think they were having issues before Yoko came along...

John I think is a musicial genuis but a real shi* as a person from what ive read. Paul I really dig some of his stuff like "Band on the Run" George wrote my fav beatles tune well one of them "While my Guitar Gently Weeps" Ringo on the other hand IMO is the underrated Beatle Id like to check some of his post beatle stuff out, he seems really cool