Lennon > Everything else

[pain cake]

I've been listening to a lot of beatles recently and John Lennon is the most amazing musician I have ever experienced. His lyrics are so deep and meaningful (much better than McCartney's hollow love songs to no one)

The song specifically I'm So Tired speaks to me, it artichulates perfectly what I'm going through right now (a very hard break up)

I wonder should I call you but I know what you would do

You'd say I'm putting you on

But it's no joke, it's doing me harm

You know I can't sleep, I can't stop my brain

You know it's three weeks, I'm going insane

You know I'd give you everything I've got for a little peace of mind

So everyone give Lennon some Love!

Edited June 27, 2007 by pain cake

[Lithium]

John's my favourite Beatle, such a brilliant lyricist.

[ffrankwhite]

theres a lot to be said for old Paulie y'know. for all of his lyrical forthrightness, Lennon needed the Macca whimsy and melody to balance things.

[pain cake]

theres a lot to be said for old Paulie y'know. for all of his lyrical forthrightness, Lennon needed the Macca whimsy and melody to balance things.

I'm not saying Paul was bad, damn he wrote some of the best songs of all time, I'm just saying all those songs with absolutely no heart got very very stale and John was most of the time fresh and full of soul

[ffrankwhite]

theres a lot to be said for old Paulie y'know. for all of his lyrical forthrightness, Lennon needed the Macca whimsy and melody to balance things.

I'm not saying Paul was bad, damn he wrote some of the best songs of all time, I'm just saying all those songs with absolutely no heart got very very stale and John was most of the time fresh and full of soul

isnt it so nice to agree and get along and oh, love really is all you need!!! nah, kidding, i agree with you, you're right.

[FunkyMonk]

I've always really loved Lennon's solo stuff far above the others too.

But you gotta cut Paul some slack, he did a heap of good work.

[Midnight Rambler]

I love mcartneys first solo album, but yeah lennons just somethin else. I watched imagine recently and it always brings a tear to my eye. there will never be anyone quit like him again.

[duff_mckagan21]

I've always really loved Lennon's solo stuff far above the others too.

But you gotta cut Paul some slack, he did a heap of good work.

Yeah absolutely. Paul is my favourite Beatle and is one of the greatest song writers/musicians of all time , however Lennon was a true legend who's status will never be matched again.

duff21

[ffrankwhite]

below is a list of the beatles work, now although most of these songs were written literally eyeball to eyeball and Lennon called it, they are listed under the heading of the person who wrote the most of it or had the original idea with differing degrees of input from the other so its a useful guide for anyone interested, not to turn this into a mccartney vs lennon thread because thats not the intention. just a useful little guide for those interested. and George in there too

JOHN LENNON

Misery

Please Please Me

Do You Want to Know A Secret?

There's A Place

It Won't Be Long

All I've Got to Do

Little Child

Not A Second Time

A Hard Day's Night

I Should Have Known Better

If I Fell

I'm Happy Just to Dance With You

Tell Me Why

Any Time At All

I'll Cry Instead

When I Get Home

You Can't Do That

I'll Be Back

No Reply

I'm A Loser

I Don't Want to Spoil the Party

Help!

You've Got to Hide Your Love Away

You're Gonna Lose that Girl

Ticket to Ride

It's Only Love

Norwegian Wood

Nowhere Man

The Word

Girl

In My Life*

Wait

Run For Your Life

I'm Only Sleeping

She Said, She Said

And Your Bird Can Sing

Dr. Robert

Tomorrow Never Knows

Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds

Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite

Good Morning, Good Morning

I Am the Walrus

Strawberry Fields Forever

All You Need is Love

Hey Bulldog

Dear Prudence

Glass Onion

Wild Honey Pie

The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill

Happiness is a Warm Gun

I'm So Tired

Julia

Yer Blues

Everybody's Got Something to Hide....

Sexy Sadie

Revolution 1

Cry Baby Cry

Revolution 9

Goodnight

Dig A Pony

Across the Universe

One After 909

Come Together

I Want You (She's So Heavy)

Because

Sun King

Mean Mr. Mustard

Polythene Pam

I'll Get You

This Boy

I Call Your Name

I Feel Fine

Yes It Is

Day Tripper

Rain

Don't Let Me Down

The Ballad of John and Yoko

PAUL MCCARTNEY

I Saw Her Standing There

Ask Me Why

Love Me Do

P.S. I Love You

All My Loving

Hold Me Tight

And I Love Her

Can't Buy Me Love

Things We Said Today

I'll Follow The Sun

Eight Days A Week

Every Little Thing

What You're Doing

The Night Before

Another Girl

Tell Me What You See

I've Just Seen A Face

Yesterday

Drive My Car

You Won't See Me

Michele

I'm Looking Through You

Eleanor Rigby

Here, There and Everywhere

Yellow Submarine

Good Day Sunshine

For No One

Got To Get You Into My Life

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Getting Better

Fixing A Hole

She's Leaving Home

When I'm 64

Lovely Rita

Sgt. Pepper (Reprise)

Magical Mystery Tour

Fool On the Hill

Your Mother Should Know

Hello Goodbye

Penny Lane

All Together Now

Back in the USSR

Ob-La-Di Ob-La-da

Martha My Dear

Blackbird

Rocky Raccoon

Why Don't We Do It In the Road?

I Will

Mother Nature's Son

Helter Skelter

Honey Pie

Let It Be

The Long and Winding Road

Get Back

Maxwell's Silver Hammer

Oh Darling!

You Never Give Me Your Money

She Came In Through the Bathroom Window

Golden Slumbers

Carry That Weight

The End

Her Majesty

She's A Woman

I'm Down

Paperback Writer

Lady Madonna

Hey Jude

Lennon-McCartney Collaborations

I Wanna Be Your Man

Baby's In Black

With A Little Help From My Friends

A Day In the Life

Birthday

Two Of Us

I've Got A Feeling

From Me To You

Thank You Girl

She Loves You

I Want to Hold Your Hand

We Can Work It Out

You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)

George Harrison

Don't Bother Me

I Need You

You Like Me Too Much

Think For Yourself

If I Needed Someone

Taxman

Love You Too

I Want to Tell You

Within You, Without You

Blue Jay Way

It's Only A Northern Song

It's All Too Much

While My Guitar Gently Weeps

Piggies

Long Long Long

Savoy Truffle

I Me Mine

For You Blue

Something

Here Comes the Sun

The Inner Light

Old Brown Shoe

Edited June 27, 2007 by ffrankwhite

[pain cake]

^ thanks man I always wanted to know who started/did most of what

[Chris Axl]

Lennon is o.k.

Paul is the best Beatle!

[pain cake]

Lennon is o.k.

Paul is the best Beatle!

Quiet you, you like the 80's