The more I listen to the Beatles over the years, I am convinced that Lennon simply rode on Paul’s coattails.
Harrison too. Lousy gutarist, couldn’t sing, more insipid lyrics.
I am convinced that Lennon simply rode on Paul’s coattails.
I guess that is what marginal artists do.
“The more I listen to the Beatles over the years, I am convinced that Lennon simply rode on Paul’s coattails.”
I agree. I’m a huge Beatles fan and I’ve always thought that John was way over blown. He’s not as good as many have praised him to be. I don’t think he was the “brainy” one.
I always liked the songs written by Paul and George. Paul’s were usually simple love songs and songs about people. George was on a quest to find God in his songs. He was looking for enlightenment.
Hell, even the songs of Ringo had more humanity in them than those written by John. John seemed to always be trying to live up to the “genius” label that so many tried to attach to his writings. I guess I never saw it myself.
I liked John, but I never saw him as a genius or as the best song writer of the bunch.
How John treated his wife and son (Cynthia and Julian) turned me off of anything John had to say about love and people. How could a man who abandoned his son be a voice for how to love one another?
He could play with words to make a song catchy, but his ability to preach ideas to us was drowned out by his own behavior towards his first wife and son.