The Beatles - Who Do You Think Was The Best and Why

ianmc38

I've heard lots of different opinions from people on who they think was the best or most talented member of the Beatles.

Who do you think was the best and why?

jcoote

in fairness the beatles weren't that musically talented at all...

lennon and mccartney wrote some great lyrics and lyrical melodies thats all really imho.

i would say george was the most talented tho because he wrote alot of the trickier guitar stuff and seemed to have a greater influence in the later years.also his music after the beatles was so ****in good better than the others by far

so yeah george is the man

LOTTOWINNER

Paul "was" the most talented song-writer.
John was the best live performer.
George was an all round nice-guy
And Ringo was the luckiest man alive!

ianmc38

jcoote wrote:

in fairness the beatles weren't that musically talented at all...

LOL.

That must be one of the most ridiculous statements of all time.

MrJoeSoap

Ringo was the best.

Why? Thomas The Tank Engine.

MrJones

john was the most talented. the beatles were great because they complemented each other perfectly. john and paul were songwriters but wrote about totally different stuff(perfect example is -a day in the life).
george was a great guitarist and ringo wasnt bad. sounded great on yellow submarine too!
john could sing, write songs, play and he was a leader and outspoken as well.

Draupnir

jcoote wrote:

in fairness the beatles weren't that musically talented at all...

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jcoote

ianmc38 wrote:

LOL.

That must be one of the most ridiculous statements of all time.

i'm speaking from amusical point of view...most of their songs are very simple ie not complex

John

MrJoeSoap wrote:

Ringo was the best.

Why? Thomas The Tank Engine.

Beat me to it!

I can see Jcoote's point, the Beatles aren't exactly the epitome of complex musicianship but then again they never set out to be that. They wrote some great songs and were hugely influential. They didn't repeat the same formula over and over again (look at the difference between early Beatles and late Beatles, could be two different bands). I wouldn't put them anywhere on my favourite bands list but they do deserve a bit of respect for some great songs.

ZWEI_VIER_ZWEI

Beatles are tolerable I guess....George Harrison is probo my favourite...

deedee lepoopoo

The time signatures on some of McCartney's songs in particular were very unusual.

I think there was synergy within the whole band, but they also had some sparks of genius on the solo side. Harrisson was the best of them in his solo career IMO.

It's probably popular to discount The Beatles at the moment - but they were one of the greatest influences of popular music.

super_furry

George had the best solo album. All Things Must Pass is brilliant.

gracehopper

It's hard to say who the most talented was. My favourite however was john as he possessed great heart and wrote some great songs. He was a lot more interesting than paul mc but the latter probably had the better vocal ability.

tbh

my favourite was John, but I have to say, I don't think any of them would have been famous without the other three.

Doctor J

Ringo, if only for the way he said "GEAR!" in the Simpsons

MrJones

id say john lennon would have been famous anyways. he had a pretty successful
solo career after the beatle. i know he didnt have one unbelievable album like george harrison but he still came up with 20-30 class songs over the course of 4 or 5 albums.

tbh wrote:

my favourite was John, but I have to say, I don't think any of them would have been famous without the other three.

jcoote

deedee lepoopoo wrote:

The time signatures on some of McCartney's songs in particular were very unusual.

thats LSD for ya

quickbeam

Not particularily a fan of the Beatles, but I really like George's solo stuff, so I voted for him. Next would be John. Then Paul. Then .... well.

Boo-yah

Mc Cartney was the best songwriter.

egon spengler

lennon, his songs are more experimental and have more artistic integrity

Goodshape

John, with George not far behind in second.

I think the differece in quality between the Beatles stuff and any of their solo stuff shows that they all worked much better as a team than they did alone. You could say that Harrison is an exception here, although he was never giving too much of a chance to shine within the band - but when he was, his 'beatles' songs were again far better than his solo work imo.

Never cared for McCartney's song writing, in our out of the Beatles, but he was the pefect compliment to John.

Amazotheamazing

Paul, by some distance. Wrote the best songs, wrote the widest range of songs, was the better singer, better guitarist than John (according to John), better producer too. tried to keep the band fresh by introducing more instruments etc.

What Paul is lacking is the lyrical sense of John, Paul isn't a bad lyricist but his solo career is littered with good songs ruined by lazy lyrics.

Also, unlike John, George and Ringo, he never beat his wife. The other 3 have all confessed to beating theirs.

Bodhidharma

I dont really care who the most talented member was. They worked as a group so its irrelevant.

I liked Ringo best. Big nose, poor enough drummer, awful voice - still though, he was the man. I'd say he was a great laugh. I hope he outlives that w***er McCartney, he wants too be the only Beatle so badly.

The Stones RULE!

Mrs. MacGyver

Paul wa always my fave, brill songwriter, lovely personality, geat voice by far the most talented and attractive Beatle. He just had this charm about him and he did most of the compositions with John Lennon.

Jonny Arson

How the hell has John only got 5 votes out of 24 when he should have 24 votes out of 24???

Amazotheamazing

Zane from MTV2 wrote:

How the hell has John only got 5 votes out of 24 when he should have 24 votes out of 24???

People here prefer the music over the image?

quarryman

Paul. He just was.

ctrl-alt-delete

I voted for George, he has always been my favourite - apart from being a great singer and guitarist he also wrote 3 of (in my opinion) the best beatles songs, these being "something","while my guitar gently weeps" and "here comes the sun".

Charm Offensive

George Martin.

dream brother

Amazotheamazing wrote:

Also, unlike John, George and Ringo, he never beat his wife. The other 3 have all confessed to beating theirs.

Best quote of the day!

This is a tough one though cause without each other I think they wouldn't have that extra push to write the songs, but I have to say that I prefer John's songs more than the others. A day in the life and I'm only sleeping are great tunes to listen to.

nlgbbbblth

I think John.

In my opinion the best solo Beatle album is John's Sometime In New York City.