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| Poll: Best/Most Important Beatle |
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| John Lennon |
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34% |
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| Paul McCartney |
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32% |
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| George Harrison |
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20% |
[9] |
| Ringo Starr |
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11% |
[5] |
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| Total Votes : 43 |
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Shadow23
Gender: Male
Age: 29
Location: Here, There and Everywhere 
- #61
- Posted: 03/20/2013 16:45
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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...
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Fischman
RockMonster, JazzMeister, Bluesboy,ClassicalMaster
Gender: Male
Location: Land of Enchantment 
- #62
- Posted: 12/21/2016 20:01
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George is the only one I like. I can tolerate Paul and barely tolerate Ringo.
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RoundTheBend
I miss the comfort in being sad
Location: Ground Control
- #63
- Posted: 12/22/2016 03:50
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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.
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- #64
- Posted: 12/22/2016 15:53
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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?
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