To ask who your favourite Beatle is/was?

The George revisionism from people who know very little about the Beatles is hilarious.

George was a mediocre songwriter. He wrote about four songs that anyone has ever heard of when he was in the Beatles, and John and Paul helped him write them. They wrote over 200 songs.

My Sweet Lord was plagiarised from He’s So Fine by The Chiffons and George got sued for that and lost a lot of money. He wasn’t even a great guitar player - Paul played a lot of lead guitar in the studio because George was so slow to learn solos. Paul even had to play the solo guitar part in Taxman because George couldn’t do it, and he wrote the song!

Something is a great song because of the bass line, which Paul wrote. Without that, it would be a dirge, like most of George’s songs.

George was a miserable person - petty, jealous of Paul because John loved him more, and bitter till his dying day. He was also a serial cheater who treated both of his wives appallingly.

All the Beatles were messed up by fame, and given the level of fame they had, it’s not surprising. But by far, Paul is the one who has coped with it best - and he’s done that by projecting an image which he uses as a shield to protect himself. He is far, far cleverer than the image he projects - how could he not be? He wrote the songbook of all time.

'Here comes the sun' came on the radio just as I found out I was pregnant, 18 years later and my dh still can't listen to it without crying, so I'm going to say George.
Didn't he also write 'While my guitar gently weeps' which is rather amazing.

Definitely George
John was a funny one. If he was still alive I bet he’d have been a right pain in the arse,not that I’m glad he died of course
As for Paul I think he’s a complete twat. Can’t stand the bloke. He needs to retire. Have a look at his latest tour promo poster!

Always John, even though he was a massive fuck up. He's my wallpaper on my tablet, and my militant teen dd gives me grief about him being a wife beater 😬.

Have read lots of rumours that Paul was physically abusive to Linda.

Sorry to rain on your parade but I don't/didn't like The Beatles and I just don't get to say it often enough in real life. Now that I've got that off my chest, one of my fondest childhood memories was of being young and dancing on my parent's bed while Mum cleaned house. I was dancing to "Here comes the sun".

Never read anything about John being sexually attracted to his mother.

There were questions around him being bisexual and secretly in love with Paul. He did claim that he once had sex with their manager Brian Epstein, who was gay. Who knows whether that was true or not as he tended to exaggerate.

I used to love john Lennon but I don't think he was a very pleasant person... Paul has made some criminally bad music, and George never really appealed. So I guess it's the Ring-meister for me!

akitamiss yes, I know she was. That's what I said - I was replying to Mariel

Didn't John claim to be sexually attracted to his mother and that he regretted not making a move on her (because she would have compiled)

Sure I read that, it's so twisted I hope it's not true.

John did beat men as well. He was very angry in his youth. To be fair his mother was killed when he was a teen and I dount they had counselling back in those days so it was the only way he knew how to react.

@Pilcrow, Patti sister was married to Mick Fleetwood. She has a book released back earlier in the year that got good reviews. Reading the blurb, she went back to college and completed a PhD

George because I love Here Comes the Sun, Something and My Sweet Lord. They are the only Beatles and post Beatles songs on my Spotify so he is definitely my winner. I dont know much of the personal.stuff. I don't think I even know what George looked like. I don't know what rIngo looks like either, though obvs o know his voice. Really interested in some of these books now

George, all the way!

I don’t think it’s accurate to say that John was a wife beater. He was mentally ill, and he would have rages, which seemed to be like manic episodes that he couldn’t control and would have no memory of later. He was obviously an alcoholic, and he was ruined by drugs. He was vulnerable, insecure and insanely jealous of Paul, who he loved probably more than anyone else in his life. He was wicked to Paul and to Julian, no doubt because they reminded him of everything he once had before he threw it all away.

Paul’s uncool image is just that, an image. He was and is the coolest Beatle - the best musician, the most innovative songwriter, the most hard working and the wisest of all of them. He didn’t give a shit about looking cool, he knew it was more important to live a happy life.

When I was a child I loved Paul because he was the pretty one.

Now I would not piss on John or George because of their history of abuse and Paul because he is the meanest old skinflint who does not seem to have any kind of filter continuing to perform well after his sell by date.

Give me Ringo any day of the week and doesn't he look great !

George, although he was also a bit of a shit to his wife, it was nothing like the scale of John and he wrote the best music.

John was an appalling wife beater who abandoned and disinherited his son, Ringo seems the next nicest after George, Paul always seemed like a bit of an ego.

George 😻

Being a proper fan, my favourite album by him is “The Best of George Harrison”.

When I was younger, it was John. He was hugely talented and very funny. Hearing how he treated Cynthia massively put me off him. I remember reading her book years ago and she spoke about coming home to Yoko wearing her dressing gown and slippers in her own house and John talking to her her with utter contempt. He and Yoko were vile to Julian too. I love Ringo as a personality but find him a little grumpy. Loved George’s music after the Beatles but found him slightly pretentious.

I would say Paul now. He’s not as cool as John and sometimes he is a bit cringe. But I absolutely love his songs. He wrote ‘Hey Jude’ for Julian when he knew he was being done wrong. And I think he is probably the nicest Beatle.

Paul and George for their music, never liked John (thought too much of himself as far as I am concerned) and don't really know about Ringo.