I'm in!

McCartney B Ram A Wild Life C Red Rose Speedway B Band on the Run A* Venus and Mars A Wings at the Speed of Sound C London Town A Back to the Egg A* McCartney II D Tug of War A Pipes of Peace B Give My Regards to Broad Street [ST] A Press to Play B Flowers in the Dirt A Off the Ground B Flaming Pie A* Driving Rain A Chaos and Creation in the Backyard A Memory Almost Full A* Electric Arguments B

Hm, I'm not a huge fan of 'McCartney II'

Yes, it's hilarious that we're even discussing the idea George stole his greatest songs. Just like Paul is Dead and Ringo wrote 'Hey Jude' right?

"I've never known two people that love each other so much, and don't even realise it." - Eric Clapton, about Paul and George.

At the end of the day we should remember the following: - Paul was there for George when he died. As somebody else said, the fact it was Paul speaks volumes. George had a lot of friends in music, film, religion? but it must have been that brotherly bond that meant the most in the end. - George asked Paul to be his best man in 1966 ahead of his own brothers, ahead of John or Ringo. George was the only Beatle invited to Pauls? wedding in 1969. - Paul and George were the first Beatles to be friends. They had a relationship before there was ever a band to speak of; they didn?t just come together for the sake of the group. (In many ways this could be a reason for some of the troubles at the end of the Beatles, is that a friendship had turned into profession. I?ve heard many other artists talk about that being hard. Also the insult to injury that Paul so often spoke of the wondrous Lennon/McCartney collaboration and it?s often overlooked (even by Paul) that actually he and George learned guitar together and played together first. It would hurt that Paul replaced his music-buddy with John.) - George said PLENTY of nice things about Paul in that ?sticky? 70s/mid80s period, which all gets ignored or forgotten. He complimented songs on Paul?s first album which is more than John/Ringo ever did. He openly talked about how generous Paul was on his songs, and how good some of his contributions were. According to George, they were hanging out and going out as friends again by the 80s, but it?s also noted that George attended a number of Pauls? concerts in the 70s, and was at the ?Band on the Run? launch party. Paul also attended Georges? ?Dark Horse? concert. To me, their relationship is very complex, yes. But ultimately it can be summed up quite basically: I think they really were like brothers. Those two perhaps even more so than any of the other Beatles. George did say some quite cutting things about Paul publically in the 70s, but his dry Liverpudlian sense of humour can often be misinterpreted, especially on paper. It?s a northern thing to get at each other like that, particularly the famous ?probably cos he?s got none of his own? quote. Come on, he didn?t really mean that! Paul was more polite, yes, and more of a PR, but I?m sure he made his fair share of snipes in private. Like said, at the end of the day a lot of it comes down to hurt. George was hurt by Paul for the suing incident and his refusal of the ?Concert for Bangladesh?. Paul was very hurt by Georges? ?I wouldn?t work with Paul? quote in 1974. Hurt is the main thing that leads to bitterness, but they wouldn?t be quite so intensely hurt if there wasn?t such an intensely loving relationship to cause the sting in the first place.

Does anyone have a link to that other Beatles comedy sketch, where Paul is claiming to be the leader of the Beatles and starts shouting, 'Who's yer daddy!? Who's yer daddy?!!' and John's all terrified; "You are Paul!!". And it ends with Paul screaming at them, 'Get on the fucking roof!!!!"

kapoo:

The Beatles in 'Walk Hard: the Dewey Cox Story'. this is hilarious

BRILLIANT!!!

I think the fact that 'Yoko pissed him off and he took it out on Paul' in that 1969 argument pretty much backs up what John said: "We took it out on each other cos we were the only ones each other had." It's like with families. Unfortunately in life, we hurt those that are closest to us, and we feel comfortable enough with to hurt. Sad but true. I think Paul and Georges' post-Beatles relationship was complex, and there's probably stuff that we don't know. After all, you're right; Paul contributed loads to Georges' songs, and John often contributed nothing. I'm sure there has to be something else that George resented that he maybe didn't speak about. In an interview Patti was asked 'Which Beatle was George closest to?' and she replied, 'I'm not sure. Probably Paul. No, all of them really.', and it was after all Paul that George asked to be best man in 1966, ahead of his own brothers. I think George was mostly bitter about the suing malarky actually. I think it was all a mixture of hurt and miscommunications. In the 80s there's that interview with George where he says, 'People try and make out that there are problems, but at the end of the day I love him, he's my mate, and that's all there is to it.' As long as they knew the other one loved them, that's all that matters.

Did anybody film the "Scrambled Eggs" bit? Please, if you did, please let me know!!