discipline318 posted:

TBHA posted:

They all are great. That's that, let's stop with the this one is better than that one... please?

Good call.

RhettButler posted:

TBHA posted:

RhettButler posted:

seeingred posted:

a lot of anti-mccartney sentiment in those considering he was the best beatle

I like McCartney a lot, seem him three times in fact and own almost everything he released post-Beatles, but...

Lennon was the best.

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^The best thing any Beatle ever released solo, better than anything the Beatles ever released in fact. "Mother," "Working Class Hero," "God," "Isolation," "I Found Out," etc. Every song on this album is nothing less than great.

My personal all-time favorite album, just ahead of The Fragile.

lol, Regardless of whether or not I agree or disagree with you, this is still merely opinion.

I love them all. John because he was so angry; Paul because he tempered John's anger so well and yes, because he was so sappy at times; George because if there was a spiritual center to The Beatles he was it; and Ringo, sweet Ringo who every so often would look at very angry, very bitter, very biting John Lennon and have the balls to say "It's crap!" and have John actually listen to him (and the other two Beatles would as well). Ringo the glue.

When they split up, they took their individual talents with them, but try and tell me that when John was alone in the studio listening to Phil Spector or whoever kiss his ass, that he didn't sit back for a second and think to himself how nice it would have been to have Paul there saying John this is great, but... add this or take away that, or George adding that perfect sitar bit ala Norwegian Wood, or even Ringo to honestly tell him - even with the threat of John's famous wrath - "It's crap!"

The same sits true for all of them alone. You can listen to the solo efforts and if you pay attention, you can hear the parts that lack the input of the others. The bits that fall... just... short, somehow. Just not quite perfect... almost, but not quite.

They all are great. That's that, let's stop with the this one is better than that one... please?

I agree with you to a large extent. I think what you write about what each member brought to the table is quite accurate. I also agree that the solo efforts of McCartney and later Harrison (his first album is brilliant) suffered from the lack of input from the others (I won't include Ringo as he didn't write any of the Beatles songs).

Still, (and you are totally correct, it is just an opinion) I think Plastic Ono Band is the best thing any member of the Beatles ever wrote, solo or while still a Beatle. As much as I like McCartney and recognize his musical genius, I don't think Plastic Ono Band would have been any better if he had contributed to it. In fact, it wouldn't have been as good. It's the rawest, most personal, and brutal album I've ever listened to, and it's perfect the way it is--Lennon at his very best.

As much as I love the Beatles, overall, I actually liked Lennon's solo stuff more. In general, although some of his albums are inconsistent, when they are good, to me personally, they are more satisfyingly than the Beatles. POB and Imagine are wonderful. Sometime in New York City kind of sucked, but Mind Games and Walls and Bridges are underrated efforts, especially the latter. Double Fantasy and the posthumous follow-up Milk and Honey saw some of Lennon's best work. "I Don't Want to Face it" and "Watchin' the Wheals" are as good as anything he wrote in the Beatles.

CharmlessMan posted:

WHO? TELL US!


Good God the ABBEY ROAD remaster sounds amazing. I'm hearing stuff I've never heard before

Rheebles posted:

Also I heard that apparently AC/DC are catching up and might take over The Beatles as the biggest band in the world, although I think the bloke who was interviewing Brian Johnson was probably just getting ahead of himself as The Beatles have sold 1.6 billion and AC/DC have sold 200million so I still think they have a long way to go to catch up.

TBHA posted:

Rheebles posted:

Also I heard that apparently AC/DC are catching up and might take over The Beatles as the biggest band in the world, although I think the bloke who was interviewing Brian Johnson was probably just getting ahead of himself as The Beatles have sold 1.6 billion and AC/DC have sold 200million so I still think they have a long way to go to catch up.

lol, Yeah, I'll hold my breath while that happens! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!

I didn't mention it in my other post Rheebles but Charlie is looking excedingly handsome here as of late! Have you seen Limelight? I cry, cry, cry at the end of that film.