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To: SaveFerris
> Actually I liked a couple or three Wings songs.

There were a few good ones, yes.

I have been a lifelong huge fan of Beatles music, I play guitar in a band that covers many Beatles songs, my life was forever changed on Feb 9, 1964, etc. And of course many of those songs were McCartney compositions. So I grant Paul that he was a hell of a great songwriter back in the day, and his bass playing has been an inspiration to me and countless others.

But after about 1968 his writing just got, in George's words, "fruity", and the stuff after that, while mostly technically competent, is just not interesting. sigh, sic transit.

I would have liked to see what John Lennon did in later life, after 1980. Minus the politics, of course. Musically he was really the better writer by far.

7 posted on 10/04/2023 3:30:27 PM PDT by dayglored (Strange Women Lying In Ponds Distributing Swords! Arthur Pendragon in 2024)
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To: dayglored

(Musically he was really the better writer by far.)

But his last choice of women.....

Instant Karma was amazing

Then it was “Days Like These” 😲🥺😮


8 posted on 10/04/2023 3:33:32 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: dayglored
I would have liked to see what John Lennon did in later life, after 1980. Minus the politics,

I've heard it said that Lennon liked Reagan, the two had met a few years earlier by chance during a Monday Night Football game, and Reagan spent a few minutes discussion the rules of football with John.

13 posted on 10/04/2023 3:45:31 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: dayglored

George stayed true to his rock roots while McCartney has always tried to be socially relevant. Just look at his collaborations with Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder and Kanye. Coming Up was his attempt at disco.

I think it was Bill Maher who had an interesting theory on their breakup was because Lennon was losing the battle for A side releases at the end.


33 posted on 10/04/2023 6:56:42 PM PDT by Mean Daddy (Every time Hillary lies, a demon gets its wings. - Windflier)
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