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    Posted: June 18 2009 at 13:05

Just for the Record.....  While My Guitart Gently Weeps,  Something, TaxMan  etc are all Beatles songs even though they appear on the Best of George Harrison.... so you shouldn't pick them!



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John Lennon - I Don't Want to Be a Soldier.

I have to admit though that I've only heard their solo albums here and there.
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Hard for me to say which one, but it would definitely be a George Harrison tune.  I'll ist my faves here, and then choose #1:
 
Beware of Darkness
All Things Must Pass
Isn't it a Pity (which I don't think is about the Beatles - listen for the larger context and it becomes 10x more powerful)
Any Road (despite the fact I always hear it in the grocery store, it's still a great song)
Marwa Blues
Brainwashed
 
As those who know can tell, I'm big on his first and last albums.
 
And the winner is:  Isn't It a Pity - for that larger context of humankind's inhumanity to other humans, the beauty of the song, and not for the Hey Jude redux.  Clap 
 
What a great loss to the world of music.  Cry
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Most solo efforts cannot be measured against the Beatles songs from their best period. But all of them have created some good songs. My favourite is John Lennon's Working Class Hero. Live and Let DIe comes second.

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Paul McCartney - Maybe I'm Amazed
Vinyl just sounds better!!

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Run of the Mill- George Harrison
 
In fact, I would say I prefer the entire All Things Must Pass album over any other solo material

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Gonna have to say Imagine
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McCartney's Monkberry Moon Delight, followed closely by Lennon's Gimme Some Truth.
Can you tell me where we're headin'?
Lincoln County Road or Armageddon.
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My Sweet Lord by George Harrison for 2 reasons.  One, I like the song and two, out of sympathy.  After all it cost him a shedload of money.
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Mind Games - Lennon, Can't stand most of Pauls solo stuff.
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I have to say I think Harrison did the most solid and inspired post-Beatles work, I'd probably say 'Bangladesh'.. few of the songs on the list are my favorites, for John it'd be 'How Do You Sleep?' or 'Instant Karma', and Paul had some very good stuff with his debut and Wings

  
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I really like Paul McCartney and Wings. Their music seems to be in the realm of Art Rock/Prog-Related to me. The structure of a lot of their songs was unique.

I said Band on the Run because I really love that song. I'm not entirely sure why, but I know I love how Paul sings in sort of a whine during the third part.
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Other John.   John's best work (Plastic Ono Band) is not represented.  
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Ringo, although not as prolific a songwriter, gets only 4 listings? Thumbs Down Gonna give it up for him then:
"I'm The Greatest".
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Originally posted by Bitterblogger Bitterblogger wrote:

Ringo, although not as prolific a songwriter, gets only 4 listings? Thumbs Down Gonna give it up for him then:
"I'm The Greatest".
Lennon wrote that.
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I'm a big McCarney/Wings fan.

I'll go for Jet
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During the Beatles period I always favored songs by John. After the split I still preferred John's music over the other solo efforts. Working Class Hero and How Do You Sleep are two favorites. But I don't like the live songs with Yoko doing goat noises.  
In the mid seventies I saw the Wings Over America concert at the Forum and was surprised at how much I liked the show. But it did not change the fact that I preferred John's solo work.
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Toss up between Lennon's "Gimme Some Truth" And Harrison's "What is Life". I went for the latter.
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