The Beatles

[sifi]

Macca without Lennon, kinda like Wise without Morcombe.

[ampersand]

who knows... it's not as if Paul isn't highly regarded by millions of fans, is it?

start a thread on it

as highly? i think not. he couldn't even sell out hampden in the summer

people don't talk about paul in the same way they do john. and i don't believe it's cos of musical superiority.

[Kowalski]

not enjoying todays lennon w*nkfest. wish he was still alive, then we could focus on better musicians.

Terrible fishing.

perspective is a good thing

#9 dream, 'the most beautiful song ever written? f**k off!

Who said it was?

[ampersand]

Who said it was?

okay, one of, mr pedant

and not really, i got me some catch!

[Kowalski]

christ, it's not that hard to get. being dead increases ones popularity and status.

people are talking as if lennon was the greatest songwriter to walk the earth. had mccartney been shot and not lennon, then roles would be reversed. pretty simple really. i try to judge music on the music, not the mortality of the performer.

It's all subjective but feel free to list who you think were better songwriters than John Lennon...

[Kowalski]

people don't talk about paul in the same way they do john. and i don't believe it's cos of musical superiority.

It's because of pish like the Frog Song and Mull of Kintyre.

[ampersand]

It's all subjective but feel free to list who you think were better songwriters than John Lennon...

paul mccartney

elton john

david bowie

jon anderson

joanna newsom

rufus wainwright

lets take rufus wainwright for example. would you say he's at least on a par with jeff buckley? yet who is plaudited more?

[ampersand]

It's because of pish like the Frog Song and Mull of Kintyre.

i'd like to have seen lennon not make pish in the 80's and 90's. is messi all of a sudden not as good cos he has a shite world cup?

[Cardboard Box City]

lets take rufus wainwright for example. would you say he's at least on a par with jeff buckley?

No.

[ampersand]

No.

so death plays no part in peoples perceptions?

[Kowalski]

paul mccartney

elton john

david bowie

jon anderson

joanna newsom

rufus wainwright

lets take rufus wainwright for example. would you say he's at least on a par with jeff buckley? yet who is plaudited more?

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[Cardboard Box City]

so death plays no part in peoples perceptions?

No, Rufus Wainwright isn't as good as Jeff Buckley, living or dead.

[ampersand]

No, Rufus Wainwright isn't as good as Jeff Buckley, living or dead.

which singer songwriter from the 90's/00's is better than jeff buckley?

[Kowalski]

which singer songwriter from the 90's/00's is better than jeff buckley?

Damon Albarn

[ampersand]

Define 'singer/songwriter' ...

one who writes songs, then sings them. i'm not talking james blunt/james morrison type. damon albarn would fit, like kowalski said.

[big joe]

It's because of pish like the Frog Song and Mull of Kintyre.

I thought we established The Frog Song was great?

[ampersand]

John was always the more popular of the two.

The reason there isn't a day to remember him, or anyone still alive, is because... they're still alive!... and still doing things which keep them in the news. Anniversarys, deaths or births usually, are all there is for dead people... that's how it works

point.....missed

[big joe]

which singer songwriter from the 90's/00's is better than jeff buckley?

Oh boy, this is an easy one.

Noel Gallagher - obviously.

Jarvis Cocker

Damon Albarn

Paul McCartney - yes, still.

Paul Weller

James Skelley

Beck

About a million others.

[Kowalski]

Do we have to have shite like Noel Gallagher and Rufus Wainwright clogging up a thread about The Beatles?

[ampersand]

Do we have to have shite like Noel Gallagher and Rufus Wainwright clogging up a thread about The Beatles?

better?

[Cardboard Box City]

Damon Albarn

[The Nal]

It's all subjective but feel free to list who you think were better songwriters than John Lennon...

elton john

jon anderson

joanna newsom

rufus wainwright

are you pissed?

I think the answer has to be yes. Maybe swap "pissed" with "clinically insane".

[ampersand]

I think the answer has to be yes. Maybe swap "pissed" with "clinically insane".

can't for the life of my find it. but in elton's greatest hits, it has a quote from lennon practically saying that he was the greatest songwriters of all time. guess lennon was insane too. next time i'm at my brothers, i'll grab the notes and get the quote.

[The Nal]

can't for the life of my find it. but in elton's greatest hits, it has a quote from lennon practically saying that he was the greatest songwriters of all time. guess lennon was insane too. next time i'm at my brothers, i'll grab the notes and get the quote.

Elton John isn't a better songwriter than Lennon. Thats all that needs to be said.

[ampersand]

Elton John isn't a better songwriter than Lennon. Thats all that needs to be said.

elton john dies in 1979 and you would all be looking at him differently. i have no doubt in my mind about this.

he's not a great song-writer ...full stop

he writes the tunes

so he doesn't write the vocal melodies? does this mean that geddy lee and alex lifeson aren't songwriters either?