There are two (ok three) kinds of people in the world those who like going down... oh wrong post. Let's start over, there are three kinds of people - those who are Beatles fans, those who are Elvis fans, and people who think both of them are shite aka people with no taste in music.
I'm a Beatles fan. I first heard The Beatles when i was eight, the year i came to America. My Mother's sweet Italian boss gave her tape of The Beatles/ 1962-1966. And i was hooked.
So i thought i do some analysis of who was my favorite Beatle in different times in my life. I think the changes reflect not only my evolving taste in music but how i saw the world. Isn't it great to use The Beatles as your world philosophy?! I guess you can do it with anything you like - kindergarten, blow jobs, etc.
Age 8-11:
1. Paul (Paul was cute, i dug his eyes.)
2. John
3. George
4. Ringo (Although Ringo was always my favorite in Hard Days' Night)
Age 12-17:
1. John (The sarcastic humor the irrelevant interviews. Norwegian Wood, i was getting a bit more sophisticated.)
2. George
3. Paul (His sweetness was beginning to grate on me, although Why Don't We Do It in the Road was probably part of my sexual awakening, a nice surprise.)
4. Ringo
Age 18-Now:
1. George (Almost every song he wrote while in The Beatles blows my mind - both instrumentally (is that a word?) and lyrically. Also my aesthetic taste in men developed, he's hot ok!?)
2. John
3. Ringo
4. Paul (I hate his current music and his cocky persona, only good song after The Beatles: Baby I'm Amazed)
Your turn now.
Update: There are very few things i can talk about in confidence - mainly two topics myself and The Beatles. So i decided to put the post up top - because people who actually know about music (and also know how to write well about music weighed in). I have to agree with Murph that the genius of the Beatles was their unique combination.
To be honest i haven't listened to Paul's solo efforts that much - so might have been talking out of my deriere on that one. Although, I have heard his latest stuff and i don't like it.
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