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Post by strat-0 on Sept 22, 2005 19:10:44 GMT -5
I have to admit I'm a little fuzzy on who wrote what, unless it's pretty obvious. The 'Lennon/McCartney' byline also helps to confuse whom did what for me.
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Post by phil on Sept 22, 2005 19:12:07 GMT -5
The lead singer is usualy the song's writer ...
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Post by phil on Sept 22, 2005 19:15:28 GMT -5
Quizz question : Who wrote the most "Beatles" tunes ...?
Paul or John ...
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Post by maarts on Sept 22, 2005 19:22:52 GMT -5
John- 263
Paul- 249
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Post by Kensterberg on Sept 22, 2005 19:23:10 GMT -5
I'm gonna guess it was John ... just b/c he seemed to pen more stuff prior to Rubber Soul. Of course, early on they really did write together, it wasn't until very late '64 and into '65 that you could really peg songs as being "John" or "Paul" rather than "Lennon/McCartney." Unless they were really all ghost written by Ringo!  |
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Post by strat-0 on Sept 22, 2005 19:28:07 GMT -5
We all live in a yellow submarine, yellow submarine, yellow submarine!
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Post by phil on Sept 22, 2005 19:32:15 GMT -5
RINGO'S DA MAN !!
Maarts ~ Where did you get those numbers !?!
The Beatles recorded 212 songs officialy...
187 of their own compositions and 25 covers.
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Post by maarts on Sept 22, 2005 19:35:46 GMT -5
Err...nowhere.
Just had a bluff at the pot ;D
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Post by strat-0 on Sept 22, 2005 19:49:19 GMT -5
He's all in, folks! But, alas, the bluff is called!
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Post by Galactus on Sept 22, 2005 19:53:31 GMT -5
According to the book Beatlesongs, an extremely interesting read if you haven't checked it out...it goes album by album and using interviews tries to establish who wrote what...
Lennon- 84.55
McCartney- 73.65
Harrison- 22.15
Starr- 2.7
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Post by Galactus on Sept 22, 2005 19:56:56 GMT -5
The gap is that Lennon wrote about 2/3 of A Hard Day's Night by himself.
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Post by Galactus on Sept 22, 2005 20:02:19 GMT -5
Both Carl Perkins and Larry Williams have more writting credits on Beatles albums then Ringo.
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Post by strat-0 on Sept 22, 2005 20:08:31 GMT -5
Well, yeah, but can I get a little help from my friends, here?
I mean, all I've got is this photograph...
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Post by Kensterberg on Sept 22, 2005 20:24:03 GMT -5
Ringo's two songs aren't bad ... Don't Pass Me Buy & Octopuses Garden. And look at his performances on other cuts ... With a Little Help From My Friends is one of the high points of Sgt. Pepper; Yellow Submarine is a classic; his vocals on Boys are absolutely hysterical (who better to cover a US girl-group hit?); and his countryish turns (i.e. Honey Don't) are at worst credible. And he recorded at least a handful of classic cuts after the group's demise: Photograph is good enough to be a grade-A Beatles tune; Sixteen is a great cover; and I'm the Greatest stands as one of Lennon's finest post-Beatles moments.
In other words: RINGO ROCKS!
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Post by Galactus on Sept 22, 2005 20:35:56 GMT -5
He also gets-
.25 on Dig It
.2 of What Goes On (help on the "middle eight" though in Beatles lingo the middle eight is pretty much anything that's not the chorus or the verse)
& .25 on Flying
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