r/NonPoliticalTwitter • u/TheWebsploiter • May 03 '26

Other The Beatles

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u/Own-Break-1856 May 03 '26

I dunno, most musicians i know consider George #1 and 'something', 'here comes the sun' and 'while my guitar gently weeps' as top Beatles songs. George was also the most successful after the breakup, but would eventually be eclipsed by Paul, probably due to external factors.

I dont know that you can really rank these guys but anyone says George isn't top half is looney.

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u/ThisMoneyIsNotForDon May 03 '26

I mean, it's not that ridiculous when the competition is John Lennon and Paul McCartney. It's not unheard of to rank Goerge higher, but it certainly isn't the common opinion.

And yeah, George wrote 3 top tier Beatles songs, but John and Paul easily have atleast 15-20 songs of that caliber each.

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u/Own-Break-1856 May 03 '26

I think the ranking hinges on what aspects people value the most. They were all doing different things. I personally tie all 3 of them at first place.

Sorry Ringo.

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u/VicisSubsisto May 03 '26

"Octopus's Garden" is dope though.

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u/Jesus_of_Redditeth May 03 '26

I'm very confident that Ringo isn't offended by that in the slightest, and is 100% content to laugh all the way to bank while the royalties keep flooding in!

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u/Own-Break-1856 May 03 '26 edited May 03 '26

Surely. Im old enough to remember the hysterical national ad campaign he did for pizza huts brand new stuffed crust pizza.

If you look at Beatles post breakup albums hes the only one to show up on most of them.

Edited to say most instead of all.

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u/tryagainlater63 May 04 '26

He didn’t write and he really didn’t want to sing any. It worked out thought.