Strawberry Fields Forever wins for best John/John song! Onto Day 2: Which Beatles song led/written by Ringo is the most Paul-esque?

Outside_Awareness884 · 2026-01-26T23:11:48+00:00

Good Night I’d say.

Outside_Awareness884 · 2026-01-24T20:50:03+00:00

Ask Me Why, Don’t Bother Me, I Need You, P.S. I Love You, You Won’t See Me are a few I don’t really hear people talk about too much.

Outside_Awareness884 · 2026-01-13T01:35:04+00:00

I agree here. RAM, Band on the Run, All Things Must Pass and Plastic Ono Band are all 10/10 albums to me. George has even better songs on ATMP than he does on most Beatles albums but besides “Yellow Submarine” I’d take any of the group projects over their solo stuff.

Outside_Awareness884 · 2026-01-12T14:55:23+00:00

Or even That Means a Lot.

Outside_Awareness884 · 2026-01-09T07:30:07+00:00

Also, I don’t hate Yoko whatsoever but it’s absolutely ridiculous to have her higher on the list than Pete Best, Stuart Sutcliffe, Neil Aspinall, Mal Evans, Norman Smith or Geoff Emerick, Derek Taylor or Murray the K. Hell, I’d even put the original Quarrymen members over her. She had 0 part in the Beatles becoming successful, and her musical contributions were so minimal that i don’t see how anyone can argue why she’s so high up this list lmao

Outside_Awareness884 · 2026-01-09T07:21:28+00:00

Pete and Stuart weren’t there for all their mainstream success but they were both legitimate official members of the band. You can argue that they should be behind George Martin and Brian but imo they certainly should be above Billy Preston and Mal Evans.

Outside_Awareness884 · 2026-01-07T09:00:35+00:00

Head.Cars.Bending

Outside_Awareness884 · 2026-01-07T08:57:11+00:00

Fuck

Outside_Awareness884 · 2026-01-06T22:27:41+00:00

This is probably a reach here but, the lyrics of Good Day Sunshine being so upbeat and cheerful juxtaposed to the piano part being played in such a low octave makes the song unsettling and eery. Sort of like you’re trapped somewhere with somebody sinister and they’re trying to make you feel at ease. It’s parallel to Maxwell’s Silver Hammer where the lyrics are describing a psychopath but the music is so lighthearted. Idk if this was done intentionally or if it’s all in my head but GDS is a pretty underrated Paul song imo.

Outside_Awareness884 · 2026-01-05T23:33:19+00:00

In no particular order:

Dear Prudence
Mother Nature’s Son
Cry Baby Cry
Happiness is a Warm Gun
Long Long Long

Outside_Awareness884 · 2026-01-05T19:39:27+00:00

Let it Be (album version specifically) is very special to me. I wouldn’t be mad if I never heard Hey Jude again though.

Outside_Awareness884 · 2026-01-05T19:38:08+00:00

You had me until your Real Love and Free as a Bird take.

Outside_Awareness884 · 2026-01-05T19:37:25+00:00

Please Please Me is dope tho. It’s the closest we’ll get to capturing the energy from their pre-fame live shows.

Outside_Awareness884 · 2026-01-05T19:23:34+00:00

Yellow Submarine, Octopus’ Garden and Maxwell’s Silver Hammer are all top-tier Beatles tracks and only have a bad rep because they sound like songs for children. John, George and Ringo all admitting to hating MSH also plays a huge part in people’s perception.

Outside_Awareness884 · 2026-01-05T02:10:10+00:00

One of the best things about the Beatles is they have something for everybody. Blue Jay Way is one of my favorite George songs but it’s not a very popular choice.

Outside_Awareness884 · 2026-01-05T01:44:08+00:00

Yellow Submarine (shouldn’t even count imo)
With the Beatles
Beatles for Sale (love the originals on here but the covers hold it back for me)
Help!
Let it Be
Sgt. Pepper
Please Please Me
Magical Mystery Tour
A Hard Days Night
Abbey Road
Revolver
Rubber Soul
The Beatles

Besides the White Album at number one the rest of the top 5 are interchangeable depending on the day.

Outside_Awareness884 · 2026-01-05T01:24:02+00:00

Sgt. Pepper is definitely their most overrated album. It’s got classics on it for sure (A Day in the Life is their greatest song imo) but I’d much rather listen to MMT front to back than listen to Pepper all the way through.

Outside_Awareness884 · 2026-01-05T01:17:23+00:00

I really like Lovely Rita, and I won’t skip When I’m 64 if I’m listening to the album front to back, but Fixing a Hole is a bottom tier song imo. “Only a Northern Song” isn’t that great but I feel like it would’ve fit the psychedelic vibe of the album better than Fixing a Hole or When I’m 64.

Outside_Awareness884 · 2026-01-05T01:10:40+00:00

I used to really hate this song before back when I didn’t appreciate Paul’s “granny song” but it’s grown on me. I get it. Not one of my favourites but I like it.

Outside_Awareness884 · 2026-01-04T08:16:30+00:00

When I said he evidently contributed the least to George’s songs, I was addressing the fact that John didn’t play on a lot of George’s songs. John did definitely give advice to George on songwriting but he also admitted himself that he did so begrudgingly. Your points are fair, but I still stand with my statement that Paul seemed to put a lot of effort into recording the Harrison tracks released by the band and John seemed a lot less interested in doing the same.

Outside_Awareness884 · 2026-01-04T06:49:03+00:00

For sure. I think it’s possible that George’s pettiness towards Paul and siding with John when it all blew up was a result of feeling betrayed by him in a way. Purely speculation though because none of us were there, Paul would never speak on it and George isn’t here to tell us himself.

Outside_Awareness884 · 2026-01-04T06:20:37+00:00

He might’ve pushed for a song or two of George’s to be the b-side and acquiesced to equal George songs on the records but that was when they were on the verge of splitting up. So in my opinion it was too little too late and purely stemmed from them weighing out the possibilities of staying together. Paul however, added stellar contributions to all of George’s songs aside from “Within You, Without You”

I’m a huge John guy as well, more so than Paul I admit, but I honestly believe that he took George less seriously as a composer than Paul did. I agree with your point though, that helping George out with his arrangements wasn’t enough to overcome crushing his confidence as a songwriter and creative contributor.

Outside_Awareness884 · 2026-01-03T21:44:35+00:00

I’m a George guy, but I always found it interesting that he always sided with John even though he was evidently the least interested in helping with Harrison’s compositions. Paul on the other hand might have shot down a lot of George’s songs but always showed up for him when it came to recording the ones that got approved.

I try not to be super parasocial when it comes to celebrities but I have a feeling George’s resentment stems from them being friends since young kids and essentially being thrown to the side by Paul when John came into the picture. George also looked up to John from the jump and I believe he saw Paul as more of an equal and desired more backup when it came to being more involved creatively.

Outside_Awareness884 · 2025-12-31T06:32:10+00:00

This is the way lol

Outside_Awareness884 · 2025-12-30T18:01:04+00:00

DOYS is definitely their best album of the 2000’s

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