Who's your favorite Beatle? (1 Viewer)

[nousername]

Vote here!
Mine is John Lennon...
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[Jeff_A]

John Lennon will always be my favorite. From the moment I first heard the song A Hard Day's Night, I knew one Beatle was tougher than the others.
I don't need no stinkin' SILLY LOVE SONGS!

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[george kaplan]

For me it's pretty much a tie between John and Paul with George every so close and Ringo a distant fourth, but if forced to choose, I'd pick John.
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[Cees Alons]

Funny.
These sort of polls were common in the sixties (almost 40 years ago, folks). Not on the Internet of course!

Other important questions were: are you more a fan of The Beatles or The Rolling Stones (they were considered almost incompatible), who do you fancy more: Marianne Faithful (= Stones - As Tears Go By) or Mary Hopkin (=Beatles - Those Were the Days, Knock Knock Who's There), and many more.
And that was even before Yoko Ono succeeded in splitting The Beatles apart...
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[Reginald Trent]

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[Richard Travale]

Stu Sutcliffe is/was/will always be my favourite Beatle.
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[Scott W.]

John Lennon.
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[Rob Tomlin]

I don't need no stinkin' SILLY LOVE SONGS!

The biggest misconception of the Beatles ever, in my opinion, is that John wrote all the rockers, and Paul wrote all the slow love songs! This is simply not true.
In fact, John and Paul each wrote their share of "love songs" and "rockers", and the percentage was virtually the same.
Remember John's "Dear Prudence", and "All You Need Is Love" just to name a couple?
And how about Paul's "Helter Skelter" and "Why Don't We Do It In The Road?"
I always thought that picking a favorite Beatle was an impossible task. The Beatles would not be The Beatles if you took any one of them away! (yes, even Ringo!)
Therefore, I do not have a favorite Beatle. You cannot seperate them. If you want to compare their careers after they broke up, thats different.
Anyway.....THE BEATLES FOREVER!!!!

 

[Jason Whyte]

John Lennon.
Jay

 

[Sam C]

Clarence ... He was the 5th Beatle ... He was the dominate one ...

 

[Jeff_A]

I always thought that picking a favorite Beatle was an impossible task. The Beatles would not be The Beatles if you took any one of them away! (yes, even Ringo!)
Therefore, I do not have a favorite Beatle. You cannot seperate them. If you want to compare their careers after they broke up, thats different.

So why are you participating in this thread?

 

[Nick Sievers]

John Lennon, by far. With Paul last.

 

[Tommy G]

I know I will certainly be in the minority but I liked George the best. I thought he was an underrated guitarist and I liked his songs best.

 

[Brian Perry]

Paul McCartney

 

[Seth Paxton]

I've always slightly preferred Lennon's style to Paul's, signing/songwriting that is.
But it's darn close. No knock on George who is excellent as well.
My hard and fast rule is to NEVER, EVER listen to the musical opinions of someone who says that there is not a single Beatles song that they like. That's either BS or the person is a musical idiot.
You don't have to love the band, but not unlike CCR the Beatles "Wrote a Song for Everyone" (although in a different meaning ).
Stones/Beatles/Zep - I'm never quite sure which I put on top, but I usually see it as a range of songwriting (Beatles) to performance (Zep) with the Stones the compromise. IMO you can't go wrong with loving any of the 3.

 

[Kristian]

I can't choose between John and Paul. They're both equally great in my mind.

 

[Rain]

In terms of the Beatles, I agree that all 4 of them made it special. Even removing Ringo from the equasion would have changed alot.

However, in terms of later solo work, I'd pick John, with Paul as a close second.

 

[Mark Dubbelboer]

Paul for me

 

[ChrisV]

Lennon

 

[Jack Briggs]

Who else? John Lennon, of course.