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Old 01-17-2015, 06:51 AM   #75 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Pet_Sounds View Post
"Twist and Shout", "She Said She Said", "Revolution", "Happiness Is a Warm Gun", "Dig a Pony", "Don't Let Me Down", even "Eight Days a Week" and "Ticket to Ride", for example, not to mention solo work like "Mother". McCartney can belt them out too, don't get me wrong ("Oh! Darling") but Lennon has a raw power and quality that he could never match.
None of these have the "raw power" that the McCartney songs I just mentioned do. "Twist and Shout" is possibly the exception, but even that's more lightweight.
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