Who was the greatest Beatle?

[Drake Tungsten]

I consider "Yesterday" to be a better song that "Imagine."

[Whaleboy]

Yesterday was too easily parodied to be taken seriously, for example, the STD version:

Leprosy, all my skin is falling off of me,
I'm not half the man I used to be,
Oh how did I get leprosy?

Syphillis, it all it started with a simple kiss....

Why'd she have VD
I don't know,
She wouldn't say

And so forth

[Imran Siddiqui]

Because you can parody it you consider it a worse song? Interesting judgement .

[Agathon]

Originally posted by elijah

Agathon: Wasn't it actually called "She was just seventeen"? *consults the Anthology album*

It's just a rocked up version of "Saints" they cooked up while they were playing in Hamburg.

Think about it

"I never danced with another oooooohhhh, when I saw her standing there"

Compare (at the same tempo)

"Oh Lord I want to be in that number ooohhhh, when the Saints go marching in".

See.

[Whaleboy]

Yes.

It applies to "Stairway to heaven", "Barbie girl" and "Its only rock and roll".

[Whaleboy]

Agathon: I never noticed that. Its a completely different key with some chord variations, but more or less the same!!

[yavoon]

I love lennon but its devil's advocate time.

"imagine no posessions"

its great to imagine it, but lennon sure as hell didn't practice it!

forgive me mr. lennon.

[Whaleboy]

I guess he was talking about different contexts. In his life, the chances of Imagine being realised were practically nil, so upon realising that it would take way longer than his lifetime, he decided to not put himself out, just for the sake of it.

I'm speculating of course, but it seems in keeping with his character, and with "Let it be".

[Drake Tungsten]

Yesterday was too easily parodied to be taken seriously, for example, the STD version:

Imagine you have gonorrhea
it's easy if you try
go into the bathroom
pretend you're pissing fire

Imagine all the people
taking leaks in pain

Ahahaaa

You make think I'm a liar
But I've had the clap before
You can have it if you want it
Just go visit the local whore

[Whaleboy]

I really must revise my method of judging songs.

[Imran Siddiqui]

I'm speculating of course, but it seems in keeping with his character, and with "Let it be".

Let it Be was a Paul song .

[Agathon]

Originally posted by elijah
Agathon: I never noticed that. Its a completely different key with some chord variations, but more or less the same!!

McCartney admits it. I remember him on television showing how he came up with it.

[Agathon]

Originally posted by Drake Tungsten

Yesterday was too easily parodied to be taken seriously, for example, the STD version:

Imagine you have gonorrhea
it's easy if you try
go into the bathroom
pretend you're pissing fire

Imagine all the people
taking leaks in pain

Ahahaaa

You make think I'm a liar
But I've had to clap before
You can have it if you want it
Just go visit the local whore

Excellent.

[Whaleboy]

Let it Be was a Paul song

Shut up jk

IIRC it was a joint song, and John wrote the lyrics.

[Imran Siddiqui]

A lot of them were joint songs... it's what made the Beatles great.