which beatle had the best career after the split?

[billi vanilli]

i'd say paul or george... but i know that the vast majority of people will say john.

i just really love 'all things must pass'... and wings had a lot of really catchy songs, as well as 'band on the run,' a really great album imo.

who do you think had the best career post-split?

[SideshowTim]

while john's career hasn't been the longest of the three i think he made better quality music in that ten years than any of the others have in the last 30.

[Kuje]

John. The Majority of Paul's stuff is terrible.

[Toli]

Yeah I prefer Johns music out of the others but I think Paul has had more of a career. You know John being dead, and all.

[Kuje]

Longest doesn't equal best though, I assume the original question meant in terms of quality not money.

[jim]

I think the three of them had fairly mediocre careers after the Beatles. John probably wrote the best, but he only released a handful of really great songs and a couple of dull albums. I've never been able to stand McCartney's stuff. Band On The Run wasnt bad, but he's mostly made cheesy fluff. Harrison's stuff isnt good or bad, its just bland. His best post-Beatles albums are the Wilburys. Just my opinions mind, but Im sure the general consensus is that none of them came close to what they achieved with the Beatles.

[George]

I'ma go with Paul. I quite like his music. I'm gonna get kicked for this, no doubt, but I stand by my statement.

[Rnymd]

George Harrison. None were outstanding, but I enjoyed Harrison's music most. Lennon was fair, McCartney was mediocre.

[Willmak5389]

Paul.

Wings and solo stuff was still big even though he broke up with the Beatles.

[grissom]

I'ma go with Paul. I quite like his music. I'm gonna get kicked for this, no doubt, but I stand by my statement.
I'd actually agree with you there. Wings definitely had some good songs, and his solo stuff isn't bad either

[Lounge Fly]

Paul.

Wings and solo stuff was still big even though he broke up with the Beatles.

i have one thing to say: the frog chorus


..all things must pass was prob the best post beatles solo album, then imagine. lennon carried the beatles torch after..

[skittlebrau]

If you want to look at it from strictly a sales and mass popularity point of view, Paul. If you want to look at it from a songwriting and album output point of view, John.

George had some good stuff, too, but after All Things Must Pass, each album just got more and more bland (with one or two half-decent songs from each). Although he did have more success as a songwriter for films later in life. And his stint in The Traveling Wilbury's wasn't too shabby, either (although you had creative input from the others, too).

Ringo...yeah.

And I know dissing Paul's work with Wings and/or solo work is completely false. I know you all can't resist singing "Silly Love Songs" or some other Wings song when no one's around because let's face it, Paul's songs are catchy as hell. Don't deny.

[America: Fuck Yea!]

If you want to look at it from strictly a sales and mass popularity point of view, Paul. If you want to look at it from a songwriting and album output point of view, John.

George had some good stuff, too, but after All Things Must Pass, each album just got more and more bland (with one or two half-decent songs from each). Although he did have more success as a songwriter for films later in life. And his stint in The Traveling Wilbury's wasn't too shabby, either (although you had creative input from the others, too).

Ringo...yeah.

And I know dissing Paul's work with Wings and/or solo work is completely false. I know you all can't resist singing "Silly Love Songs" or some other Wings song when no one's around because let's face it, Paul's songs are catchy as hell. Don't deny.


I agree with every word of this post.

John is my vote.

[Kamerica]

why isn't george getting more votes? he produced by far the most quality music after the split.

[Lounge Fly]

mccartney is far & away most embarrassing

[:bang:]

george

[Homer J Brannigan]

John. But George had some very good stuff too.

[The mayor of Albuquerque]

John - a few great songs, not much else. Being a well-known recluse is not a career.
George - a couple decent songs, not much else.
Ringo - one memorable song, a couple small side projects.
Paul - Several good songs, a couple well recieved tours, music icon status. Even after that dumbass "Freedom" song, I have to say Paul.
Of course, I listen to John's solo stuff more than any of the others.

[Ihaveblink]

Liam

[Wasteland]

Hey, everybody forgot the great career Ringo had as Mr. Conductor on Shining Time Station.

If John had lived past 1980, he would be the greatest. He would have put out more albums that would have been great. But I have to go with Paul.

[Rich Uncle Skeleton]

Hey, everybody forgot the great career Ringo had as Mr. Conductor on Shining Time Station.
And the narrator of Thomas the Tank Engine. What a great show that was!

[Talking Pie]

And I know dissing Paul's work with Wings and/or solo work is completely false. I know you all can't resist singing "Silly Love Songs" or some other Wings song when no one's around because let's face it, Paul's songs are catchy as hell. Don't deny.

That "Say,Say,Say" duet with Michael Jackson is a big guilty pleasure for me. In order from 1st to last:

John
Paul
George
Ringo

[conor.]

lennon

[Faaip de Oiad]

John’s music was just too damn good, to bad good things never last.

[George Cauldron]

I like John Lennon's solo work quite a bit, but prefer Paul McCartney's solo stuff. I know it's nowhere near as good as the Beatles, but we're comparing him by the high standards that he himself had already set.

And "We All Stand Together" was my favourite childhood song. I had a video of Rupert Bear watching the frog chorus and I'd play it over and over again.

[box elder]

i'd have to go with john. don't get me wrong, i like a lot of what paul and george did, but Plastic Ono Band is such a superior album to anything else any of them did post-Beatles, that that alone pushes him over the top.

[Larson Something]

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Need I say more?

[Ivan]

John.

I got Paul's Driving Rain album and that was real shitty and then I got John's Double Fantasy and even with Yoko's atrocious voice it's a way better album.

[Thats A Paddlin]

If you want to look at it from strictly a sales and mass popularity point of view, Paul. If you want to look at it from a songwriting and album output point of view, John.


That pretty much says it all,
Paul's greatest post Beatles song was "Maybe Im Amazed", which is a really great song, but John's best was "Imagine", which is one of the greatest songs ever recorded. So im going with John.

[torgo]

all things must pass is just slightly better than plastic ono band in my book, but i'd give the edge to john overall

have any of you heard george harrison's "electronic sound (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:uitxlfde5cqo)"? like academic moog music released on zapple before the beatles broke up. really neat stuff

[America: Fuck Yea!]

i'd have to go with john. don't get me wrong, i like a lot of what paul and george did, but Plastic Ono Band is such a superior album to anything else any of them did post-Beatles, that that alone pushes him over the top.


Plastic Ono Band is my favorite album of all time. Dead serious.

[Rowdy]

I've heard all of the solo studio albums and have all of them on my Ipod.............

1. John - Even the worst releases (Sometime In New York City/Mind Games/Rock 'N Roll) still have a lot of highlights.

2. George - Lots of very strong albums, along with some pleasant but not classic recordings (particularly the ones released on Dark Horse records)

3. Paul - I absolutely love everything he did in the 70's. After that, it's mostly a bunch of misses, although Flaming Pie was superb.

4. Ringo - Shocking at all?

and if I were to do a top ten:

1. John Lennon - Plastic Ono Band
2. George Harrison - All Things Must Pass
3. John Lennon - Imagine
4. George Harrison - Brainwashed
5. Paul McCartney/Wings - Band On The Run
6. Paul McCartney - Flaming Pie
7. George Harrison - Living In The Material World
8. John Lennon/Yoko Ono - Double Fantasy
9. John Lennon - Walls and Bridges
10. Paul McCartney - Ram