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Originally Posted by Crowquill
What the bloody hell does his father have to do with how good of a musician Paul is? Being a super talented musician doesn't mean as much as being a good songwriter. Who's more known Bob Dylan or Steve Vai? Bob Dylan, who's the better musician? Well obviously Steve Vai, but does that make him better? Nope, George Harrison proved with his solo albums to be a much more capable songwriter than McCartney. He wrote a bunch of great songs sure but that's because he had Harrison and Lennon with him. Paul's solo career has been pretty laughable.
That's something that is completely subjective and isn't up for wikipedia to decide.
Okay...so they're both multi-instrumentalist. That puts them on a level playing field.
Rolling Stone is a joke and Harrison albums still sold more and are held in higher esteem by much more credible sources.
So what? All your little Beatles fun facts really don't mean much. Just because you're covered a lot doesn't make you better than somebody else. Green Day has been covered way more thank Frank Zappa are you going to go on and say Green Days better? Also All Things Must Pass was the most successful Beatles solo album ever.
And his opinion means what? Harrison is an excellent guitar player. He's the man who wrote While My Guitar Gently Weeps and though he didn't play it it's generally considered one of the best solos ever. McCartney didn't write a guitar piece that iconic did he?
Yeah I never said he played on them now did I?
I disagree with that, I think they're all rated pretty fairly guitarist wise.
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Paul McCartney has 13 Grammy's and an honorary doctorate in music from the Univesity of Sussex decades ago,and this!!!!
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