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To: domani
McCartney was the only successful Beatle after the break-up. George nor John never came close to writing as many hits or selling as many records. Don’t get me wrong they were both great writers they just couldn’t keep up with Paul.

Would it be fair to say that George Harrison had a lot of material written while the Beatles were still officially together that got released early in his solo career? Getting his stuff onto Beatles albums was part of the problem since there's only so many tunes that get picked for album release. It seemed to me that he did have some early solo success -- just not as big as Paul's.

55 posted on 12/16/2008 12:05:50 PM PST by Tallguy ("The sh- t's chess, it ain't checkers!" -- Alonzo (Denzel Washington) in "Training Day")
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To: Tallguy

Yeah but Paul’s post Beatle stuff was largely crap in a major way. I mean enough to make you cringe.

Badfinger’s stuff was a million times better than Paul’s solo stuff. I mention Badfinger as they were on Apple and some people thought their tunes were Beatle cast off tunes.


59 posted on 12/16/2008 12:13:44 PM PST by Frantzie
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To: Tallguy

Absolutely! I stated my earlier post incorrectly. I should have said Paul was the most successful Post Beatle NOT the only successful Beatle. George and John both had success after the Beatles as did Ringo. Thanks for bringing that to my attention.


61 posted on 12/16/2008 12:17:50 PM PST by domani
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