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John Vs. Paul
It is the age old Beatles discussion: “John Lennon vs. Paul McCartney” Which songwriter was most important to their music? It’s my belief as a huge Beatles fan that the real answer is “both!” It may sound like a cop-out but I really believe it’s the best answer.
I’m definitely not one of those critics that goes out of his way to disparage the solo careers of Lennon and McCartney but I do think it’s quite obvious that they never reached the same amazing level on their own as they did together as The Beatles I think that’s pretty good evidence that there was something magical about their partnership that allowed their work together to to reach a level that has rarely been reached by other songwriters.
Many of The Beatles greatest recordings were those that Lennon & McCartney worked on together. Many of The Beatles early hit singles such as “She Loves You” and “I Want to Hold Your Hand” were written together and some of their best work such as “We Can Work It Out” were actually combinations of different bits that John & Paul wrote separately which were then added together to make a whole song.
And even when a song was mostly written by one or the other such as in the cases of “Hey Jude” and “Dear Prudence” there was still some important input by the other one.
For example with Paul’s songs like “Hey Jude” and “Getting Better” John would give Paul very helpful lyrical advice. John told Paul to keep a lyric in the song “Hey Jude” that Paul felt wasn’t clear enough. Lennon added the “it couldn’t get much worse” line to “Getting Better” which helped to offset the relentless positivity of the rest of the lyrics.
McCartney added some amazing bass parts to John’s songs such as “Dear Prudence,” “Rain,” & “Come Together.” Without the great bass parts on these songs, they’d be nowhere near as great!
The essential point that I’m trying to get across is that both Lennon & McCartney were necessary parts of what made The Beatles so timeless.
THE BEATLES WITH THE BEATLES PART 1
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