Do you agree that comparing Penny Lane with Strawberry Fields is a good way to know if you are a McCartney fan or a Lenn
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Do you agree that comparing Penny Lane with Strawberry Fields is a good way to know if you are a McCartney fan or a Lenn
Many say that a way to know if you like
more McCartney or Lennon is listening
to Penny Lane and Strawberry Fields
Forever. If you like more Penny Lane,
you are a McCartney fan, if you like
more Strawberry Fields, you are a
Lennon's fan. Do you agree with this?
more McCartney or Lennon is listening
to Penny Lane and Strawberry Fields
Forever. If you like more Penny Lane,
you are a McCartney fan, if you like
more Strawberry Fields, you are a
Lennon's fan. Do you agree with this?
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Re: Do you agree that comparing Penny Lane with Strawberry Fields is a good way to know if you are a McCartney fan or a
I think that at least for me this statement isn't true, but simply because Penny Lane is one of my very favourite McCartney tunes. Overall I'd consider myself more of a Lennon guy because I am just not too fond of McCartney's voice, but Penny Lane has a sublime airiness that is hard not to appreciate. So in this case I voted for the third option, because I do love both songs.
Re: Do you agree that comparing Penny Lane with Strawberry Fields is a good way to know if you are a McCartney fan or a
It's not true for me either, for the opposite reason. I am more of a McCartney fan but I prefer Strawberry Fields Forever. I only ranked Penny Lane 41st in The Beatles poll we had, but Paul McCartney is still my favorite musician ever.
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Re: Do you agree that comparing Penny Lane with Strawberry Fields is a good way to know if you are a McCartney fan or a
Strawberry Fields Forever is a bad song. There, I said it.
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Re: Do you agree that comparing Penny Lane with Strawberry Fields is a good way to know if you are a McCartney fan or a
I think it's not a good way to find out cos Penny Lane is one of Paul's lighter tunes and lyrically not one of the best, whereas Strawberry Fields might be John's best song and lyrically top-notch too. That being said, I love both songs.
I feel like that
Re: Do you agree that comparing Penny Lane with Strawberry Fields is a good way to know if you are a McCartney fan or a
While I do prefer Strawberry Fields Forever to Penny Lane and Lennon to McCartney, the distance between the two songs is far greater for me; Penny Lane is only a minor blip among their songs that resonate with me. I decided to actually look into the songs that register on my artist file to compare.
Just looking at songs, The Beatles as a whole barely beat David Bowie to be my #1 artist. Breaking the band into a Lennon, McCartney, and Harrison version, I end up with these placements (removing the Beatles as a whole for the placements):
Lennon's Beatles (including collaborations with McCartney): #7 song artist
McCartney's Beatles (including collaborations with Lennon): #9 song artist
Harrison's Beatles: #177 song artist
So, I prefer Lennon, but only barely so. Now, if I were to then incorporate later works, Lennon wins in a landslide, so...
Lennon (solo and Beatles songs): #3 song artist
McCartney (solo and Beatles songs): still #9 song artist
So, I guess the easiest way to answer is I slightly prefer John Lennon but I'm a big enough fan of both of them to place them individually in my top 10 artists of all time? And these placements would be exactly the same if Penny Lane didn't exist, as it has such little influence at this high of a rank; meanwhile, without Strawberry Fields Forever, Lennon's Beatles would fall to #8/stay at #3.
Just looking at songs, The Beatles as a whole barely beat David Bowie to be my #1 artist. Breaking the band into a Lennon, McCartney, and Harrison version, I end up with these placements (removing the Beatles as a whole for the placements):
Lennon's Beatles (including collaborations with McCartney): #7 song artist
McCartney's Beatles (including collaborations with Lennon): #9 song artist
Harrison's Beatles: #177 song artist
So, I prefer Lennon, but only barely so. Now, if I were to then incorporate later works, Lennon wins in a landslide, so...
Lennon (solo and Beatles songs): #3 song artist
McCartney (solo and Beatles songs): still #9 song artist
So, I guess the easiest way to answer is I slightly prefer John Lennon but I'm a big enough fan of both of them to place them individually in my top 10 artists of all time? And these placements would be exactly the same if Penny Lane didn't exist, as it has such little influence at this high of a rank; meanwhile, without Strawberry Fields Forever, Lennon's Beatles would fall to #8/stay at #3.
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Re: Do you agree that comparing Penny Lane with Strawberry Fields is a good way to know if you are a McCartney fan or a
Indepently of our personal preference, Lennon/McCartney were geniuses and the best thing that we do is love both and not to try to put one above the other as the better songwriter or another kind. They are equal in matter of greatness, tough we can prefer one above other.BleuPanda wrote:While I do prefer Strawberry Fields Forever to Penny Lane and Lennon to McCartney, the distance between the two songs is far greater for me; Penny Lane is only a minor blip among their songs that resonate with me. I decided to actually look into the songs that register on my artist file to compare.
Just looking at songs, The Beatles as a whole barely beat David Bowie to be my #1 artist. Breaking the band into a Lennon, McCartney, and Harrison version, I end up with these placements (removing the Beatles as a whole for the placements):
Lennon's Beatles (including collaborations with McCartney): #7 song artist
McCartney's Beatles (including collaborations with Lennon): #9 song artist
Harrison's Beatles: #177 song artist
So, I prefer Lennon, but only barely so. Now, if I were to then incorporate later works, Lennon wins in a landslide, so...
Lennon (solo and Beatles songs): #3 song artist
McCartney (solo and Beatles songs): still #9 song artist
So, I guess the easiest way to answer is I slightly prefer John Lennon but I'm a big enough fan of both of them to place them individually in my top 10 artists of all time? And these placements would be exactly the same if Penny Lane didn't exist, as it has such little influence at this high of a rank; meanwhile, without Strawberry Fields Forever, Lennon's Beatles would fall to #8/stay at #3.
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Re: Do you agree that comparing Penny Lane with Strawberry Fields is a good way to know if you are a McCartney fan or a
I wouldn't use this as your litmus test as Penny Lane is not ranked as high among McCartney tunes as SFF is among Lennon and neither is that representative of their general style.
Re: Do you agree that comparing Penny Lane with Strawberry Fields is a good way to know if you are a McCartney fan or a
The best way is to listen "A day in life" but I'm not sure.
Re: Do you agree that comparing Penny Lane with Strawberry Fields is a good way to know if you are a McCartney fan or a
In my opinion, Macca was the best in the Beatles. The most innovative.
But I greatly prefer Lennon's solo career. Plastic albums ono band and Imagine are pure jewels.
But I greatly prefer Lennon's solo career. Plastic albums ono band and Imagine are pure jewels.
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Re: Do you agree that comparing Penny Lane with Strawberry Fields is a good way to know if you are a McCartney fan or a
I think that's a worse way actually. The McCartney middle part was just a throwaway (that did fit the song though).leandre wrote:The best way is to listen "A day in life" but I'm not sure.
I guess it does give contrast to their styles, but McCartney has tons of better writing.
I feel like that
Re: Do you agree that comparing Penny Lane with Strawberry Fields is a good way to know if you are a McCartney fan or a
I prefer Lennon just because I like emotional rawness more than pop ornateness.