John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr.
Three of the four have been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for their solo careers, Lennon in '94, McCartney in '99, and Harrison in '04.
So based on their solo careers only, who do you think was the best musician and who was the worst?
For me it'd be:
1. John Lennon. His work in the Beatles was excellent, but solo, he's just incredible. His lyrics are so deep and clever, and he can create great melodies.
2. George Harrison. He was underrated as a guitarist, but he had a pretty successful solo career. I love his solo songs.
3. Paul McCartney. He was good in the Beatles, creating simple but melodic tunes, but as a solo artist, he began to decline. I don't care if he's one of the most successful artists even as a solo one, he just lost his touch....
4. Ringo Starr. Not that I don't care about him, but...I've never really heard his solo music before.
2007-08-01 19:38:00 · 10 answers · asked by Montag 5 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music ➔ Rock and Pop
Paul is number 1. He made lots of great albums with Wings in the 70s. The reason John didn't decline is he took a very long break, and just when he made his come back, he was murdered. None of the other Beatles worked near as hard as Paul.
#2. John. I know every ones loves John, he always made a statement with his solo work and everything. Ono Plastic Band and Imagine are great albums too, but that's all he did that was any good until Double Fantasy. But letting Yoko sing half the songs ruined that album.
#3. George, only because of Cloud 9
#4. Ringo I didn't like his solo stuff, although he did play drums on many different albums for other artists.
Howlin' Wolf, The London Howlin' Wolf Sessions (1970)
Doris Troy, Doris Troy (1970)
John Lennon, John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band (1970)
George Harrison, All Things Must Pass (1970)
Stephen Stills, Stephen Stills (1970)
The Concert for Bangla Desh (1971)
BB King, BB King In London (1971)
Peter Frampton, Wind of Change (1972)
George Harrison, Living In The Material World (1973)
Harry Nilsson, Pussy Cats (1974)
George Harrison, Dark Horse (1974)
Keith Moon, Two Sides of the Moon (1975)
The Last Waltz (1978)
Bob Dylan, Shot of Love (1981)
George Harrison, Somewhere in England (1981)
George Harrison, Cloud Nine (1987)
Stay Awake: Various Interpretations of Music from Vintage Disney Films (1988)
Tom Petty, Wildflowers (1994)
Paul McCartney, Tug of War (1982) and Flaming Pie (1997)
Electric Light Orchestra, Zoom (2001)
Liam Lynch, Fake Songs (2002)
Concert For George (2002)
2007-08-01 21:14:11 · answer #1 · answered by The Rock & Roll Doctor 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well, I think John Lennon did some great stuff but also some that wasn't that good (e.g. the rock n' roll album), he also did this huge break in 75-80 so I wouldn't say he was that productive music wise...Ringo wasn't productive as a singer either+he's not a good singer or a frontman...Paul's music was exactly as it was when he was with the beatles so there's no real difference although he has the most records...George however did some great music...So for me it goes:
1. George
2. John&Paul
3. Ringo
2007-08-01 21:19:19 · answer #2 · answered by ele 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1. George Harrison
2. John and Paul
3. Ringo
2007-08-02 02:56:16 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
George Harrison was hired for the band because he was a musician. Lennon and McCartney were good composers and writers, but initially inept at instruments other than piano, which had very low popularity in the early sixties. Starr was hired simply to fill in the format.
2007-08-01 21:31:20 · answer #4 · answered by gunny 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1. John Lennon- Imagine is the greatest song by him.
2. George- I just really like his voice better than everyone else's.
3. Paul- Jeez, he can write a song about anything. "Somebody's knocking at the door, Do me a favor, Won't you let em' in?" LOL!
4. Ringo- who really cares about Ringo? I mean, really?
2007-08-02 09:08:56 · answer #5 · answered by This Is Radio Clash 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1. Paul
2. John
3. George
4. Ringo
2007-08-02 00:26:51 · answer #6 · answered by Busan-man 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-01 05:55:01 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In order of best to worst for me:
1.Paul
2.John
3.Ringo
4.George(just don't like him)
2007-08-02 04:52:57 · answer #8 · answered by BoosGrammy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
my sister would say paul if she didnt already answer this and then john,george,then ringo.but she especially loved them when they were still together
2007-08-02 05:10:47 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh!.... Ringo Starr - no doubt..... He's such a cutie!!!....
2007-08-01 23:38:43 · answer #10 · answered by oleksander_havryliuk 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋