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To: NoRedTape
Lennon and Harrison were the true talents.

Sorry, you lost me right there. There's no way Harrison was in the same league as Lennon or McCartney. Several of his songs are plagiarized, and he was even sued for it. Lennon and McCartney were the creative force behind The Beatles.

McCartney could never stand on his own. Heck, even Ringo wrote "Yellow Submarine" which was more fun and has played more than anything I've heard from McCartney.

"Yellow Submarine"? You'd rank that alongside "All My Loving", "Can't Buy Me Love", "Yesterday", et al? even John, in an interview just before he died, said he wished he'd written "All My Loving". And Paul was the driving force behind Sgt. Pepper. Indeed, Paul's solo work is not as distinguished as his Beatles songs. I guess some people wanna build a world with Silly Love Songs. And what's wrong with that?

None of the Beatles were as successful in their solo careers (artistically) as they were as Beatles.

Bummer for Paul. Yes, he is a Wanker.

At least we agree on that-Sir Paul is a wanker. But we must not dismiss his brilliant songwriting and performances with The Beatles then just because he is a wanker now.

39 posted on 06/06/2010 10:51:26 AM PDT by Sans-Culotte ( Pray for Obama- Psalm 109:8)
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To: Sans-Culotte
Lennon was the leader. McCartney and Lennon did so many great songs together because John brought Paul UP many levels; Lennon motivated Paul.

After John's tragic murder, Paul was LOST. Wings and all subsequent songs were like bad dishwater jibberish, if you ask me. That's why I feel badly for Paul now. Loads of money and no connection to talent or reality. Very sad.

40 posted on 06/06/2010 10:34:42 PM PDT by NoRedTape
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