The 10 greatest Beatles solo songs of all time
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The 10 greatest Beatles solo songs of all time
with thanks & love to
Barbara, Cynthia, Linda, Maureen, Nancy, Olivia, Patti, & Yoko
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Pretty fair Top Ten in my opinion except for Imagine being #1. Of course, Band On The Run should be much higher. Totally agree with All Things Must Pass; my all time favorite George Harrison song. And would have Jet in the Top Ten instead of Live and Let Die. Always absolutely love Photograph. Still remember when I first heard the song; my Dad and I totally thought it was a new Beatles tune. Anyway, a fun Top Ten. Tells me that The Beatles would have kicked some butt in the 70's!!
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What I want to know is why they have a video for Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey instead of Instant Karma?!
My favorite solos were listed, Maybe I'm Amazed would have been #1 for me. I like Instant Karma better than Imagine. What Is Life is favorite George solo, and Photograph favorite Ringo solo.
Would not have picked My Sweet Lord or Working Class Hero. Not sure what George song I would have substituted (maybe All Those Years Ago), but would have picked Woman by John.
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It Don't Come Easy should be on the list, fairly high up in my opinion.
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Absolutely horrible list. Complete garbage. Nothing after 1973?
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TommyC909 wrote:
Absolutely horrible list. Complete garbage. Nothing after 1973?
Tell us how you really feel Tommy.
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jimmix wrote:
The 10 greatest Beatles solo songs of all time
with thanks & love to
Barbara, Cynthia, Linda, Maureen, Nancy, Olivia, Patti, & Yoko
If you are talking their most popular songs than ok this list is fine for the most part. Saying "Live and Let Die" is one of McCartney's "best" solo songs means you have not listened to his music in 40 years.
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Brian Sullivan wrote:
It Don't Come Easy should be on the list, fairly high up in my opinion.
I agree, very good song and underrated.
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Yankeefan2 wrote:
jimmix wrote:
The 10 greatest Beatles solo songs of all time
with thanks & love to
Barbara, Cynthia, Linda, Maureen, Nancy, Olivia, Patti, & Yoko
If you are talking their most popular songs than ok this list is fine for the most part. Saying "Live and Let Die" is one of McCartney's "best" solo songs means you have not listened to his music in 40 years.
Agreed, maybe they were a big fireworks fan
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Music Lists (Best of etc) are totally subjective but on the whole I think this is a pretty good list. From a standpoint of fairness, I think the writer or writers of this list were thinking that they would only include songs (in this case the top 10) that were written during the years that all 4 of them were alive. So none of songs on this list were released after 1980. Of course, this list also coincides at a time (mainly early 70's) when all 4 of them had hit albums.
On the other hand, this list is most unfair to Paul. Since John died in 1980 and using the "all of them alive criteria" this list totally ignores all the songs that Paul wrote after December 1980. We are talking about 40 plus years. Same could be true that this list is unfair to Ringo. While Ringo has been very prolific after 1980 himself, Ringo's Solo albums have never received the accolades that Paul's have. For that reason, I think using the "all of them alive" criteria have been most unfair to Paul.
The reason I think that this list is a pretty good one is because the 3 Paul songs here are great songs especially "Maybe I'm Amazed" and "Band on the Run". If you only pick 3 Paul songs from the 70's period, I would probably pick the same ones. Where I have a problem with the list is "only" including that specific era (the 70's). Yes, MIA and BOTR are fantastic songs, but I think Paul has had many great songs after 1980 that are equally as good. When you think about it, Paul has had several albums after 1980 that have been nominated for Grammy Awards like Tug of War, Flaming Pie, Chaos and Creation and Memory Almost Full. So I think songs like Wanderlust, Here Today, Little Willow, Beautiful Night, Calico Skies, Too Much Rain, Riding to Vanity Fair, Only Mama Knows, House of Wax etc. are on the same level as MIA and BOTR.
In summary, this brings up the problem with "Best of" lists. It is too subjective. One thing for sure, the overwhelming benefit of the Beatles breaking up is that all 4 of them have had great songs in their Solo careers. Paul was certainly no exception. I think his Solo stuff after 1980 is so underrated and years from now they will be appreciated much more.
