Paul McCartney was the worst Beatle

[burningspear]

Super hot take and I know a bunch of you are going to shit on me for it but I was listening to some old music and it dawned on me that I've never heard a Paul McCartney song that I liked. Except for Say say say, which the one he did with Michael Jackson. And then there are a few Beatles songs I like too, but obviously those were collaborations with the other band members.

But his solo work is shit. Simply having a wonderful Christmas time is one of the most annoying and repetitive songs ever. Live and let die is so bad that I can't even enjoy the guns 'n roses cover of it, even though I love GNR. Band on the run has one good riff during the "if I ever get out of here" part, but then he ruins it by completely changing it into a different song that's very bland. He should've made that one guitar riff into it's own song, but he ruined it.

And I find a play list online of Paul's greatest hits and I listened just looking for one song I like and I can't find it.

Music is subjective and all that but it's strange that everyone thinks he was maybe the best Beatle (although many say it was Lennon), whereas I can't find a single good song.

There are solo songs from the other 3 that I really enjoy, even Ringo. But Paul just doesn't do it for me.

Ok now go ahead, tell me I'm crazy.

Agreed, John has to temper his corniness, it all came out when solo.
Some people dont seem to understand subjective? We've all heard the songs.

 

[Madmick]

The Paul McCartney/Michael Jackson songs are ass, lets just be honest. If we're including collaborations then everything George Harrison did with the Traveling Wilburys is so much better.

One can't dismiss them as mere collaborations. They're songs that he either co-wrote (ex. The Girl is Mine) or wrote all by himself (ex. Say Say Say; Ebony and Ivory).

And I'll take McCartney's solo hits over these Traveling Wilbury collaborations with Ringo any day. They're fine, but pedestrian and forgettable in comparison. Nothing in them stands out compared to the raw emotion you get in Maybe I'm Amazed, and the melodies don't have any of the enduring earworm power like you find in Junk or Ebony and Ivory.

 

[Yoricks Wisdom]

Linda was great.

 

[Ibm]

The Hingos is good.

 

[Sweater of AV]

John was the best songwriter. Paul and George are quite different with respect to songwriting, but both were great. It's hard to rate one over the other. No way Ringo is above Paul imho, but to each their own.

 

[Lycandroid]

Paul
John
George
Ringo

 

[Madmick]

Paul's the best songwriter. He was the best singer and the best songwriter. We can see that if we distill the individually credited or primary credited hits. He was the greatest Beatle.


Paul McCartney, The Beatles (US Top 100 Charting Hits)

1. All My Loving
2. And I Love Her
3. Back in the USSR
4. Blackbird
5. Can’t Buy Me Love
6. Drive My Car
7. Eleanor Rigby
8. Get Back
9. Got to Get You Into My Life
10. Golden Slumbers
11. Hello, Goodbye
12. Hey Jude
13. I Wanna Be Your Man
14. I'll Follow the Sun
15. Lady Madonna
16. Let It Be
17. Magical Mystery Tour
18. Maxwell’s Silver Hammer
19. Michelle
20. Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
21. Paperback Writer
22. Penny Lane
23. P.S. I Love You
24. Rocky Raccoon
25. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
26. She's a Woman
27. The Long and Winding Road
28. When I’m Sixty-Four
29. (I Get High) With a Little Help from My Friends
30. Yellow Submarine
31. Yesterday

John Lennon, The Beatles (US Top 100 Charting Hits)

1. A Hard Day’s Night
2. All You Need Is Love
3. Come Together
4. Day Tripper
5. Dear Prudence
6. Don’t Let Me Down
7. Free as a Bird
8. I Am the Walrus
9. I Call Your Name
10. I Don’t Want to Spoil the Party
11. I Feel Fine
12. If I Fell
13. I’ll Cry Instead
14. I’m a Loser
15. I’m Only Sleeping
16. In My Life
17. I Should Have Known Better
18. Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
19. Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)
20. Nowhere Man
21. Please Please Me
22. Rain
23. Real Love
24. Revolution
25. Strawberry Fields Forever
26. The Ballad of John and Yoko
27. Ticket to Ride
28. Yes It Is
29. You Can't Do That

Paul McCartney, Other Works (US Top 100 Charting Hits, or #1 in UK)

1. Another Day
2. Band on the Run
3. Coming Up
4. Dance Tonight
5. Ebony & Ivory ft. Stevie Wonder
6. Getting Closer / Baby's Request
7. Give Ireland Back to the Irish
8. Goodnight Tonight
9. Figure of Eight
10. Freedom
11. Helen Wheels
12. Hi Hi Hi / C Moon
13. I've Had Enough
14. Jet
15. Junior's Farm
16. Let 'Em In
17. Listen to What the Man Said
18. Live and Let Die
19. Letting Go
20. London Town
21. Maybe I'm Amazed
22. My Brave Face
23. My Love
24. Mull of Kintyre [#1 UK]
25. No More Lonely Nights
26. Only One ft. by Kanye West
27. Pipes of Peace [#1 UK]
28. Press
29. Sally G
30. Say Say Say ft. Michael Jackson
31. Silly Love Songs
32. Stranglehold
33. Take It Away
34. The Girl is Mine (ft. by Michael Jackson)
35. The World Tonight
36. This One
37. Tug of War
38. Uncle Albert / Admiral Halsey ft. Linda McCartney
39. Venus & Mars / Rock Show
40. With a Little Luck
41. Wonderful Christmastime

John Lennon, Other Works (Top 100 Charting US Hits, or UK #1's)

1. #9 Dream
2. Cold Turkey
3. Dream
4. Give Peace a Chance
5. Happy Xmas (War is Over)
6. I'm Stepping Out
7. Imagine [#1 UK]
8. Instant Karma (We All Shine On)
9. Jealous Guy
10. (Just Like) Starting Over
11. Mind Games
12. Mother
13. Nobody Told Me
14. Power to the People
15. Watching the Wheel
16. Whatever Gets You Thru the Night ft. Elton John
17. Woman [#1 UK]
18. Woman is the N*****r of the World

Key:
Bold = #1 Hit

 

[LeonardoBjj]

- I dont like The Beatles, and i am a huge boy band fan. But i like his solo work, for me as a person that only apreciates music, his solo work seens superior to when Paul was in the band. Also he came here last year, and was incredably nice.

 

[Kevster]

It was surely original bassist Stuart Sutcliffe (cheating a bit), would need to invent a new word for how silly it is to say McCartney.

 

[Leonard Haid]

"The worst Beatle" is to me like the worst player on the Minnesota Vikings' defensive line in the 1970s. Even the worst one was pretty effing amazing.

 

[Andy Capp]

I don't know if I've ever "liked" a single post of yours in the WR but this is right on the money.

 

[Kingz]

I couldn’t disagree more

Paul not only wrote the highest proportion of the absolute best Beatles songs. He also had the best non-Beatles catalog. And that’s from somebody who loves Harrison’s solo output and definitely respects the absolute highs of Lennons(though John released a lot of dogshit solo)

Paul wrote “She Came in Through the Bathroom Window” which in my view is a perfect song.

He also wrote the innovative proto-metal “Helter Skelter”, though I’ll also give John love for “I want you(she’s so heavy)”

When I was younger I was always more drawn to Lennon’s edge and Harrison’s spaciness. Paul is no doubt kinda hokey and less “cool” but when it came down to it, Paul was the motor for every Beatles record. He was also the best all around musician, vocalist, composer and conceptual artist in The Beatles.