It’s funny how the Beatles don’t get as much love around here as Floyd and Zepp, but when it was time to vote, they murder stomp the others
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Originally Posted by Alright
Sorry, can't do it
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Really, it’s not a question of who do you
like best, but a one about who
was - as objectively as you can - best
And as much as people can have different tastes, to say that Gilmour/Waters or Page/Plant were better songwriters, or better „songwriting teams” than Lennon-McCartney is fairly absurd
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Originally Posted by Eleanor Rigby 14
2000000 years later Waters-Gilmour and Page-Plant still don't have a single vote...
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And quite possibly in 2000000 they’ll be forgotten by posteriority, while Lennon/McCartney will still thrive.
It’s a bit like a Mozart/Salieri thing I think
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Originally Posted by Marie Monday
In the later years they did, but during the first half of their run their songwriting was definitely intertwined.
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Actually the Get Back documentary shows a different picture.
Like Lennon/McCartney were working together on „Gimme Some Truth” and „I’ve Got A Feeling”.
Taking what Lennon was saying after the break-up aside, it seems they didn’t change the process much in the later years.
Like, you can’t actually write a song together with someone else. You need to have an idea that your partner will develop on.
Another example would be „Come Together”. Lennon wrote the lyrics and chords, but it was McCartney who came up with the bassline (which is the most iconic element of that song). If that’s not writing in team, then I don’t know what is.
And like, yeah, sure, they probably spent more time together in the early years, but a quick fact check actually proves they complimented each other as songwriters all throughout.