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Originally Posted by Superman
I'll weigh in on the other thing. John was clearly the creative force the other Beatles had trouble reckoning with. Paul was cute and had a golden singing voice, and he was a technician. His chops are like Mozart compared to John's Beethoven. Mathematical. Young bass players would do well to just chart his bass chops. Instructive, on a basic level. Structural. Paul understood music. John understood art. Between the two of them, they were immensely productive. In about eight or nine years, they created a mountain of brilliant tunes.
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I think that Stupor and I said and see basically the same thing, except for a difference in viewpoint. I basically said John kept them honest and Paul had the Pop sensibility. John kept them moving forward and Paul made the music accessible. The 2 together were a phenon...that is very rarely repeated.
Paul would have been happy doing.."I love you do" but John needed to move the bar and push the envelope...they hit just the right note at the right time, with a generation coming of age that had prosperity (the time to contemplate their navels) and the desire to differentiate their lives from their parents sensibilities. So as the band developed beyond "Love you do" the culture was able to grow right along with them. Perhaps that is why the Fab Four have such warm spot in the Boomer generations heart. Also let me state that I am not downplaying the the genius of the music one iota. ...