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Originally Posted by boo boo
I don't think Georges solo stuff is better than Johns, but I agree that its better than Pauls. But I still think Wings have some really good stuff, and people give Paul way too much crap.
And I agree with jgd85 that John and Paul both made The Beatles what it was, so its stupid that so many Beatles fans are devided over somsething as stupid as "Whos the better songwriter?".
Paul could never write a song as powerful and engaging as Julia or as funny and complex as I Am The Walrus, at the same time John could never write a song as fun and addictive as Helter Skelter or as pretty as Blackbird. Their styles and subjects were so different, this is why they compliment each other perfectly.
And yes, George was an amazing songwriter too, its a shame that John and Paul held him back for so long.
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This is just true! Paul * did* write the = of John's Julia,Let It Be about Paul's nurse midwife Mary who died from breast cancer when Paul was only 14,and he had a dream 12 years after she died and he saw her alive in this vivid dream and she told him in the dream to just accept things as they are,and he says in his authorized biography Many Years From Now by Barry Miles,that when he woke up he thought how wonderful it was to see her again,When I Find Myself In Times Of Trouble Mother Mary Comes To Me,Speaking Words Of Wisdom Let It Be,And In My Hour Of Darkness She Is Standing Right In Front Of Me Speaking Words Of Wisdom Let It Be.
And Paul wrote Maxwell's Silver Hammer which is funny in a strange way,and Rocky Racoon,Uncle Albert etc on his popular 1971 very good album Ram that everyone loves even people who are not huge Paul fans! And John wrote Oh My Love,Love,If I Fell,I'll Be Back,Julia as you mentioned Woman,Beautiful Boy,Grow Old We Me etc. As The All Music Guide says that the critical party line often champions Lennon as the angry realist rocker and McCartney as the romantic baladeer,but this is a fallacy:each of them was capable in roughly equal measures,of ballsy all-out rock and romanticism. They say what is not in dispute is that they sparked each other to reach heights that they could not attain on their own.