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For me it was always John - the better singer, the dark, troubled geniius, the better wordsmith. But Paul was the more stable one, and probably the nicer guy.
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I actually like Ringo's voice the most but he is a horrible writer... not to mention he can't actually sing that well, ie whenever Paul and John wrote a song for him they had to be very careful with the notes.
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SenojRetep, I was so with you on that one. It surprised me when Beatles member's names started getting mentioned. By the way, I am starting to really like Paul's writings, but I much perfer the other ones for shear unpolished faith. Wish we had more from them.
As for the Beatles? John until he got involved with Yoko and became Loco.
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A thousand times John. I've never understood how anyone could not say John. The world makes no sense to me. The world is full of strange alien creatures who say things like "Paul." And I have to think: Am *I* the crazy one?!
They were both at their best, though, together.
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From what I remember, Paul was the only one with any real musical training--and therefore wrote most of the music for the band. John was a lyricist with a pretty voice.
George's songs are my favorite on the whole, though.
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I don't think it's correct that Paul wrote most of the music for the band. Everything I've heard contradicts that, in the sense that it was mostly a joint effort, and any attempt to give one or the other credit for a specific role is probably flawed. There were a lot of songs mainly written by Paul, and a lot mainly written by John, but not really one moreso than the other, and a lot of songs were collaborations. I recently read a book about them that seemed relatively well-researched.
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quote:Originally posted by TL: A thousand times Paul. I've never understood how anyone could not say Paul. The world makes no sense to me. The world is full of strange alien creatures who say things like "John." And I have to think: Am *I* the crazy one?!
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"The world is split into two kinds of people, those who would go out for a drink with John Lennon, and those who'd choose Paul McCartney....After the Beatles came back from India, Lennon wrote Happiness Is a Warm Gun and McCartney wrote Ob-La-Di. End of argument." --Paul Bettany
Me...I'm a George guy. But happy 65th anyway, Paul!
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quote:"The world is split into two kinds of people, those who would go out for a drink with John Lennon, and those who'd choose Paul McCartney....After the Beatles came back from India, Lennon wrote Happiness Is a Warm Gun and McCartney wrote Ob-La-Di. End of argument." --Paul Bettany
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"There are two kinds of people in the world. The ones that think there are two kinds of people in the world, and the ones that know better."
And I vote George all the way. Second to that is Ringo, but only because he was the only one that wanted to take Nowhere Man on the sub.
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quote:"The world is split into two kinds of people, those who would go out for a drink with John Lennon, and those who'd choose Paul McCartney....After the Beatles came back from India, Lennon wrote Happiness Is a Warm Gun and McCartney wrote Ob-La-Di. End of argument." --Paul Bettany
quote:Originally posted by vonk: "There are two kinds of people in the world. The ones that think there are two kinds of people in the world, and the ones that know better."
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The first time I saw that line was, I think, in the early 90's. I believe it was in daily newspaper comic. Maybe 'Pickles'.
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Is Tom Robbins worth reading? I know, I know -- that might be a dumb question. But I'm looking for something to read and it suddenly occurs to me that he has a fairly awesome reputation. Any specific books?
(Also, just to stay on topic: John again.)
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