22 comments on “Composer and singer of the Beatles’ songs”

1. Never realized how many songs John sang, him and Paul sound similar to me on some songs

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   1. Not to dis Paul! Everyone says John Lennon didn’t write as many songs as Paul, And his material was below par!!! Poppycock! She so heavy is testament to what he could do! And that alone speaks volumes!! They we’re a great team, and John! With no disrespect to Paul could hold his any time any place

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2. Where the hell is Sargent peppers

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   1. Oh, found it nvm
      Sorry

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3. If not in the Beatles, Harrison would have been a star with « here comes the sun », « something » or « my guitar gently weeps ». What a team.

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   1. I just posted a comment about George Harrison. He was amazing, and I also like his solo career. Do you know “Give me love”? It’s so sweet.

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      1. George’s work is terrific ! I love “Give Me Love”

4. I dispute that McCartney is the main composer of “Every Little Thing”, “Tell Me What You See” and “Eight Days a Week”. Not only does Lennon sing lead on these songs, but they all have Lennon’s songwriting essence about them.

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   1. I should ammend my comment with:
      The verses of “Every Little Thing” is pure Lennon, whereas, I admit, the chorus may be McCartney’s.

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      1. Thank you Scott ! I do agree that John’s songwriting is somehow present in all of those !
         Tell Me What You See – Paul said, “I seem to remember it as mine. I would claim it as a 60-40 but it might have been totally me.” and John, in his interviews with Playboy said that was written completely by Paul.
         Eight Days a Week is probably a 50/50, based on Paul’s inspiration
         Every Little Thing is by Paul, who is not the lead singer. Strange… but true

      2. Wait a moment! A half of Beatles for Sale (including NoReply, Eight Days a Week and Every Little Thing) is sung by John AND Paul in the unison. Look carefully through a stereo headphone and you will recognise Paul’s timber mimicking John’s. So there is NO exception about the rule composer(s) = singer(s)

      3. A good reason to listen again ! 😉

5. hey! trying again to leave a comment here. I just found out that George wrote “I me mine”, which I think is one of the most sensible Beatle’s songs. No wonder he was into the zen deal… it seams that John didn’t even record the track with the band! Well, I’m just trilled to discover some new facts about the greatest band of all times (don’t you all agree??)

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   1. In the late work of the Beatles (1969 expecially) John wasn’t always there at the sessions. “I Me Mine” was (re)recorded in 1970 to complete the release of Let It Be (disc) because the song was in the movie. And John did’t took part at the final recordings..

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6. And there’s something else: whoever says Paul is superficial has to remember he wrote fucking Le it be!!! You can sing that in a church, for God’s sake! It’s simply amazing. <3

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7. John was amazing

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8. Always liked the Beatles but was not a fan too much. (Radio listener) However, in my re- entry into playing the guitar I have been getting into the Beatles music pretty heavy lately.
   I have been watching old videos of songs.
   Can’t buy me love is listed above as a McCartney song and as McCartney singer but the video shows John singing intro, first verse then Paul singing second verse then both for chorus ending with John singing third verse twice
   So just wanted to give a heads up
   I thank you for the list
   I was looking because my voice fits John better than Paul…..
   My guitar playing matches Ringo

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   1. Thanks for your comment.
      You’ve probably watched this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srwxJUXPHvE in which John sings lip-sync, while is actually Paul who sings.
      Watch instead NME Poll Winners’ Concert (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxha1IUsSPI) where you can see Paul singing. A great performance !
      In A Hard Day’s Night movie the song is played while the Beatles escape their manager, so no one is really singing 😉

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9. You have an error on “Beatles for Sale”. The song should be “No Reply ” not “No Replay”.

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   1. !! Thank you !

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10. I did not know George wrote Piggies… I thought that was Lennon and surprised about the tunes on Abbey Road – they all flow so well together. A lot of surprises here.

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11. :thumbsup:

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