Can only assume Ringo Starrâs albums are like listening to the Tellytubbies or something
Itâs on the Deluxe Edition of Pure McCartney too. Absolute shambles, Fuming, like.
I like Lennonâs early heroin-y rockers but find literally everything else he did quite turgid and rubbish. Hold On is a nice tune tho, 2.
Macca is funny because heâs obvs remains the most culturally omnipresent Beatle but a lot of his music teeters in doesnât exist territory for me - itâs true there is just something sort of off about a lot of it. However, the first 2 âMcCartneyâ records are sweet, and my current housemate has a habit of blasting out Silly Love Songs from his bedroom which I have to say I actually enjoy⊠reckon Wings are due a post-ironic reappraisal soon. 3.
George - his backlog of songs written with the Beatles are obviously killer, shame he stopped giving a shit afterwards. Quite like how every 10 years thereâs a new version of All Things Must Pass where theyâve sanded off just a little bit more of the Phil Spector noise, but they never quite get there. Maybe one day. 4 for the initial handful of truly Beatles-quality tunes.
I cannot seriously engage with discussion of Ringoâs solo output .
donât know most of the songs so had to vote based on their simpsons appearances
ringo - 5, george / paul - 4, john - coward, wasnât even on simpsons 1/5
Good system imo
I think Boyhood was probably over-rated but Iâll always thank it for helping me change my mind about The Beatles and getting into Maccaâs solo stuff.
Honestly none of them are any better than a generous 4 are they? A few great songs each (except Ringo) and a lot of forgettable filler and quite a bit of embarrassing tosh.
Given how epoch-shapingly amazing The Beatles were thatâs the best possible illustration possible of the mysterious alchemy that sometimes happens within the mixing of a particular group of people at a particular place and time. Their brilliance came in the points where they met, and they restrained each otherâs worst tendencies (McCartneyâs sentimentality, Lennonâs self-indulgence, Harrisonâs derivativness).
George, Paul and John have three great solo records each I reckon
George - All Things Must Pass, George Harrison, Brainwashed
Paul - RAM, Wild Life, Band On The Run
John - Plastic Ono Band, Imagine, Double Fantasy
And Ringoâs a lovely boy who probably drummed on most of the above
Interesting that I love both George and Johnâs farewells, maybe Paul will squeeze out another great one before he pops it. Overall heâs made the most good stuff because of his longevity. And McCartney II probably belongs in the list above but spoils my three each idea
Havenât enjoyed any single one of any of their songs
Correct opinion
Macca and Ringo get a 5. Macca because thereâs some great music there, and even when itâs not that great itâs often interesting at least. Ram is a fucking brilliant album, and Wings have some tunes.
Ringo gets 5 for this - the greatest of all the post-Beatles output
Paul Mccartney is a ride
Best George song is âTry Some Buy Someâ (from the brilliant âLiving in a Material Worldâ though recorded during the âAll Things Must Passâ sessions)
Best John song is âGodâ (Though Cold Turkey & Whatever Gets You Through the Night are bangers & obviously that Marrakesh song that turned out to be Jealous Guy is a tune)
Best Paul - thereâs just so much good stuff, even the cheesy stuff is great (like âMy Loveâ & âLet âem inâ)
Ringo - meh
Thereâs obviously loads of covers of Beatlesâ tunes but two of the best solo Beatlesâ covers are these reggae reworkings. Just blissful - and quite a reflection on the songwriting skills involved
Ticket to Ride
âIâd like a Ticket to Ride, a Ticket to Ride Paul McCartney that is!â
Nice Beetles reference
Yay, so glad HGATR is back, and with a quadruple-header to boot (if you count Ringo)!
Agree that none of them deserve more than a 3, which is a shame considering the sheer quality control and creativity they all had in the 60s.
Johnâs solo stuff is probably the most interesting to me, as he was writing incredibly candid material from a pretty unique vantage point as a world-famous ex-Beatle - stuff like âGodâ and âMotherâ and âHow Do You Sleepâ which was in turn vulnerable and absolutely scathing. The man was an arse, admittedly, and his musical output nosedived once the '70s ended.
Paul wrote some bangers but also some of the worst music by anyone ever, never wrote a consistently great album afaik, and even the Best Of tracklisting up-thread is spotty. I am grateful for him occasionally going off-script and coming out with stuff like this though. Also, seems a bit harsh to bring up his embarrassing children in a thread ranking his post-Beatles output
George wrote the best post-Beatles album, but I can count his memorable songs after that on the fingers of one hand, it all seems very insular and self-absorbed to me. Happy to be proven wrong here though!
Ringo can have a 3 for Thomas the Tank Engine and Ringo Remembers, but you canât make me listen to his music.
Best solo Beatle song: Nobody Loves You When Youâre Down and Out
Best solo Beatle album: All Things Must Pass
Worst solo Beatle song: The Girl Is Mine, if that counts
Seems slightly harsh