Whoa....don't accuse me of not being a Lennon guy . Although, now I look at that list and realize there's only a couple of Lennon tunes and they are mostly McCartney and a few George Harrison (underrated songwriter).
Strawberry Fields was on the list of 35 or so that I had before it got cut.
This thread got me looking around the YouTubes. I found this a little interesting.
I've always felt like McCartney is a lot more hollow of a songwriter than Lennon honestly. I still think that holds true when looking at their separate solo careers in which I think Lennon was faaaar better than Paul.
Probably the only two Lennon songs I've ever liked are "Come Together" and "Across the Universe". And "In my life". Did he write that?
I prefer McCartney. Lennon seems a bit out there. His songs make me want to try LSD.
Lennon made almost all of A Hard Day's Night. That album was revolutionary. Don't discount his talent. I do question his contribution, but not his ability. And with more and more distance, I'm more and more pissed at his aloofness and disconnection from the amazing work Paul was doing at the end.
Originally Posted by Sting
The effect Lennon and McCartney had on each other was evident as soon as they split up. Lennon wrote a lot of introspective garbage while McCartney penned a lot of cutesy-pie tunes that had all the lyrical depth of a four-year-old.
But while they were together, they were brilliant because each had won the respect of the other so Paul could tell John when his songs sounded like pretentious bullshit and John could tell Paul when his songs were just mindless pap so both tried harder at the insistence of the other to make better lyrics/music. Once separated, you got junk like "Instant Karma" and "Let 'Em In".
I miss the old Mile High Stadium.
Without starting a new thread, I wanted to explore another idea. Favorite musical moment among Beatles songs.
I'll make the case for "A Day in the Life" when there is the transition from the folksy Paul part ('woke up, fell out of bed...') at the very end ('somebody spoke and I went into a dream') to the faraway John drug/dream stupor of aaaahhhhhh aaah ah aaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhh, etc.
It's got everything good about the Beatles--Paul's pop songcraft, John's cerebration, storytelling lyrics, nice musical hooks, weird mystical romanticism, and tight multi-layered orchestral production.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoVHC0s_sZs#t=1063
Originally Posted by Sting
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