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Re: Best/Most Important Beatles member

boyd94 — Thu, 22 Dec 2016 10:53:48 GMT

Author: boyd94

Posted: 12/22/2016 15:53

John Lennon, only because I personally appreciate his penchant for the alternative and subversive to McCartney's pop sensibility.

I wouldn't like to say who the most 'important' member was. What metric are we even using?

Re: Best/Most Important Beatles member

RoundTheBend — Wed, 21 Dec 2016 22:50:49 GMT

Author: RoundTheBend

Posted: 12/22/2016 03:50

George Martin is my favorite Beatle... hehe. I think some of the "masterpieces" that The Beatles put together relied heavily on him.

Having said that it totally was a synergy thing because George Martin's compositions on Yellow Submarine are kind of boring, but so is a lot of post-Beatle stuff by "the greatest songwriters of all time". 🙄

I kid with that cause while I almost agree with that, it is a bit too black and white and peeps too excited about it can totally get carried away with their superlatives.

Re: Best/Most Important Beatles member

Fischman — Wed, 21 Dec 2016 15:01:20 GMT

Author: Fischman

Posted: 12/21/2016 20:01

George is the only one I like. I can tolerate Paul and barely tolerate Ringo.

Re: Best/Most Important Beatles member

Shadow23 — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 12:45:25 GMT

Author: Shadow23

Posted: 03/20/2013 16:45

There is no doubt that John was the best song-writer and singer and the one with the vision
There is no doubt that Paul wrote the greatest hits and he's almost as good as Lennon
There is no doubt that George wrote some of the best and most personal, incredible songs and his guitar playing is absolutely stunning.
But without Ringo there to make them relax and stop ripping each other's heads, I think Beatles would have split after A Hard Day's Night.
So my vote's on Ringo! He was the one who kept them together. Without Ringo, no Revolver, no Pepper, no Abbey Road, nothing past AHDN

John is my favoutire Beatle, but Ringo was - in an obscure way - the most important one...

The fifth Beatle is George Martin. You can't deny the influence he had on the songs. No, wait, the fifth Beatle is the Volkswagen Beetle behind George on the cover of Abbey Road 😁

As for Yoko Ono - please don't remind me about her...

Re: Best/Most Important Beatles member

MrFrogger — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 10:52:25 GMT

Author: MrFrogger

Posted: 03/20/2013 14:52

Robert Anton Wilson wrote:

Well Zooey Deschanel's character in 500 days of summer thinks Ringo is the best Beatles and she is much cuter than most music critics so its a shoe-in for me.

This

Re: Best/Most Important Beatles member

Robert Anton Wilson — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 08:46:26 GMT

Author: Robert Anton Wilson

Posted: 03/20/2013 12:46

Jasonconfused wrote:

Haha I know some members here hate the word, but Ringo having more votes than George is hipster-syndrome at its finest. It's absurd to think that Ringo was more important to the Beatles than George. I almost left off George and Ringo, since I thought it was reasonable to assume the two most important were Paul and John.

Well Zooey Deschanel's character in 500 days of summer thinks Ringo is the best Beatles and she is much cuter than most music critics so its a shoe-in for me.

Re: Best/Most Important Beatles member

Evandar — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 06:14:25 GMT

Author: Evandar

Posted: 03/20/2013 10:14

sethmadsen wrote:

I don't have the time to find out of someone corrected this, but George Harrison wrote Taxman.

I corrected him, but it doesn't hurt to hear it twice, I think. 😉

Re: Best/Most Important Beatles member

RoundTheBend — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 00:06:21 GMT

Author: RoundTheBend

Posted: 03/20/2013 04:06

I vote Paul...

While John had a punk rock edge to him, and George brought amazing qualities to the band, Paul really was the most talented of the group and I like his singing voice the most... I'm Down is a good example of his lead that I really like (the song isn't their best, but it showcases his vocals well).

Re: Best/Most Important Beatles member

RoundTheBend — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 00:04:43 GMT

Author: RoundTheBend

Posted: 03/20/2013 04:04

sheep21 wrote:

John Lennon.

He seemed like a cool guy, and he wrote Taxman, the song that got me into the Beatles(not my fav Beatles track anymore) and so he gets my vote.

As for fifth beatle, I would say Billy Preston because his work really lifted the game of the songs he was involved in.

As for Yoko, I couldn't really care less. I think with or without Yoko they would have broken up anyways, she just made the break up a bit quicker.

I don't have the time to find out of someone corrected this, but George Harrison wrote Taxman.

Re: Best/Most Important Beatles member

davidhuret — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 04:38:09 GMT

Author: davidhuret

Posted: 03/19/2013 08:38

Charicature wrote:

No, Ringo's the guy that got thrown in as drummer more or less the night before they flew to the U.S. to perform on the Ed Sullivan show when they unceremoniously and enigmatically dumped Pete Best...an event that STILL has never been explained by anyone in the know, only speculated at.

You're wrong. No opinion here, just check your facts- Ringo joined on August 16, 1962 to be precise.
The Ed Sullivan Show happened on February 9, 1964.
Thanx for making me look like a nerd here 😎

Re: Best/Most Important Beatles member

Evandar — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 16:49:54 GMT

Author: Evandar

Posted: 03/18/2013 20:49

Jasonconfused wrote:

Interesting. How are we defining talent? It's hard to say who had the most or least talent. Except for Ringo. Poor Ringo. He was the least talented. George was instrumentally the most proficient. Both Lennon and McCartney were amazing song-writers, but I do prefer Lennon's vocals. There's just a beautiful psychedelic quality to his voice.

George was great on his guitar (except for improvisation, seems like), no doubt, but I'd say he was no better than what Paul was on bass. He is also great on acoustic guitar, with his unique hybrid finger-picking/strumming skills.

Re: Best/Most Important Beatles member

Evandar — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 16:45:01 GMT

Author: Evandar

Posted: 03/18/2013 20:45

swedenman wrote:

Best: George Harrison. No contest. He may not have written many songs relative to the main two, but the tunes he penned were by far the best on Revolver, Sgt. Pepper, and the White Album. "Something" and "Here Comes the Sun" on Abbey Road are damn good, too. But seriously, "Within You Without You", "While My Guitar Gently Weeps", "Piggies", "Savoy Truffle"? McCartney and Lennon never wrote anything that came even close to those.

As for most important, that's more up for debate. I s'pose Lennon.

C'mon, Piggies and Savoy Truffle are very good songs, but rather towards the bottom half of Beatles songs. The rest you mentioned kick serious ass, though.

EDIT: Oh, and Harrison's "Love You To" is absolutely fantastic, yet I never hear anyone talk about it!

Re: Best/Most Important Beatles member

Evandar — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 16:41:59 GMT

Author: Evandar

Posted: 03/18/2013 20:41

sheep21 wrote:

John Lennon.

He seemed like a cool guy, and he wrote Taxman, the song that got me into the Beatles(not my fav Beatles track anymore) and so he gets my vote.

Well, he did not write Taxman, George Harrison did, just to make that clear. Great song, by the way.

This poll is impossible for me. Sure, my favourite is John Lennon most of the time. His voice was incredible, he wrote slightly more awesome songs than Paul, and he was the only of the four to release a solo album I find incredible, but without the other guys The Beatles would be pretty crap compared to what we got. John, Paul and George harmonizing together has got to be one of the most thrilling experiences in modern music. In addition they all wrote great songs. Ringo might be the least important member, certainly, but he really is underrated as a drummer. Many good drummers out there seem to think he's some kind of genius, and some actually have trouble replicating his feel and fills, for some reason. Personally I love the guy because he drums in so many different ways, and with so many different sounds throughout The Beatles' career, I can't help but be impressed by him.

In other words, I didn't vote.

Re: Best/Most Important Beatles member

Charicature — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 16:28:01 GMT

Author: Charicature

Posted: 03/18/2013 20:28

davidhuret wrote:

and Ringo is Ringo, the one that makes the drums sing.

Re: Best/Most Important Beatles member

Anonymous — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 15:40:33 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 03/18/2013 19:40

George. He's the unsung hero that held it all together. And every one of his songs is awesome. And he had the best post Beatles album.

Re: Best/Most Important Beatles member

davidhuret — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 06:05:42 GMT

Author: davidhuret

Posted: 03/18/2013 10:05

I can't vote: a four-legged horse needs all four legs to run the race.
Paul is music made flesh, George was and remains a spiritual guide for me, John was a genius, and Ringo is Ringo, the one that makes the drums sing.

Couldn't answer if my life depended on it.

Re: Best/Most Important Beatles member

Anonymous — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 09:39:47 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 03/17/2013 13:39

John Lennon was the 'genius' of the group, but Paul McCartney happened to be one of the greatest melodists of modern times.

Re: Best/Most Important Beatles member

thursdayeno — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 08:54:27 GMT

Author: thursdayeno

Posted: 03/17/2013 12:54

i like lennon a lot more

paul was probably more punctual

Re: Best/Most Important Beatles member

Charicature — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 08:50:26 GMT

Author: Charicature

Posted: 03/17/2013 12:50

I don't think there's any possibility to suggest McCartney was more important than Lennon nor vice-versa. Without those two the Beatles weren't the Beatles. Close behind was Harrison. Don't know that Ringo was all that critical, except as a conduit for the other members in later years when he was the only one they were all speaking to.

Re: Best/Most Important Beatles member

Anonymous — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 08:44:44 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 03/17/2013 12:44

Brian Jones.