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Poll Question: Which one was the most important?
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    Posted: July 25 2014 at 10:15
What or who is of importance in a band? The composer? The lyricist? The funny one? The rhythm section? The lead guitarist? The management? The families of the musicians? The musical influences? Well, I don't know and thus have difficulties voting in this poll. When in a band like the Beatles you have at least two alpha males (John and Paul), the whole thing can't function without relaxing elements (George and Ringo).
 
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I cannot vote, because the very alchemy between them defined the particular dynamics of the band. George Martin was also a key man...
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Known as Pop hack now, McCartney's contributions to the later day Beatles should not be under estimated. With Lennon's interest in the group waning in the last years for reasons too numerous to list here, McCartney's force of will kept the group together until 1970, he single handily wrote every worthy track on the Let It Be Album (Across The Universe was written in 1967 and shelved) and it was McCartney's idea to create the side 2 medley of Abbey Road (their progressive milestone) when Lennon could only come up with song fragments. Lennon may have led off with Strawberry Fields and a Day In The Life, but even the Sgt. Pepper's album concept was McCartney's. So I go with McCartney

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Paul is the winner here, and "Fun Fact!" i share the same birthday as him, but 57 years apart of course. and that is also 11 days from now, woohoo!!! Big smile
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John Lennon
When he rides, my fears subside.
For darkness turns once more to light.
Through the skies, his white horse flies.
To find a land beyond the night.
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Can't pick. Not to be "that guy," but I don't feel comfortable saying there was a dispensable member of the band. Their identity was built on the foundation of what they all collectively brought to the table. Neil Peart or Bill Bruford would have been wildly inappropriate in these contexts, for example, as their more busy and bombastic approaches would have stifled the integrity of the songs as they were intended.

Each one of them was important in their own right, and I can't in clear conscience write off an artist.
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^ Yes.

Originally posted by chopper chopper wrote:

Originally posted by King Crimson776 King Crimson776 wrote:

At gunpoint, John. 
 
Rather unfortunate choice of phrase there, I feel.
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Yeah, it's almost like his death was the last thing on my mind and I was purely thinking about their music.
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Originally posted by King Crimson776 King Crimson776 wrote:

At gunpoint, John. 
 
Rather unfortunate choice of phrase there, I feel.
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At gunpoint, John. Paul may have been more fundamental but John had a magic to his songs. Then again, that magic only worked with all of them, and in fact Paul's Beatle tunes have some magic to them as well. When they went solo, they made good music still, but that singular magic was gone.


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Lennon.....after all it was always John, Paul. George, and Ringo.
 
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Lennon - he's the real experimentalism behind it for me. McCartney came up with some great melodies but yeah Smile
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Paul is most inventive of them all, and hi's a greatest composer.

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Paul is probably more gifted musically and more prolific however John seemed to have an innate sense of melody and song structure. Also I think John helped to keep Paul in line and kept him from taking himself too seriously. I think without John, Paul would have been more of a dictator than 1 of 4 members of the Beatles.
However if one had been not in the Beatles I don't think the Beatles would have risen to such heights.
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Points: 16952 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 16 2013 at 20:39
Lennon has always been my favorite, and in my opinion - the most important/cool/best/talented/whatever
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Points: 3145 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 16 2013 at 20:37
Originally posted by Sumdeus Sumdeus wrote:

Lennon is definitely the butter. George is my favorite though.


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Edited by ProgMetaller2112 - January 16 2013 at 20:38
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Most important? Certainly Paul. Without him, they would have probably split up in 1968 or something. My favorite? Also Paul.
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Lennon is definitely the butter. George is my favorite though.
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All except Ringo, no offense to Ringo
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