I think that's about right. But there wasn't this huge backlog of George songs, as people always say. And all of the Beatles always had a backlog of songs. Some songs on Paul and John's' first solo albums were originally written during the Beatles. That's how they worked.

I have and you're wrong about that. George had a massive 120-room mansion and estate in England. It's like a castle. Paul has never owned any home even close to that large. Paul has a bunch of properties but they're all modest sized (by comparison to the megamansions owned by all 3 other Beatles).

It's weird that people have been going on for all of these years about All Things Must Pass having so much music when, in fact, there's less than 60 minutes of music on the only 2 parts of the album that matter. Also, I read a study that showed that more than two-thirds of the songs on ATMP were written AFTER the…

Most of my favorites are from Buffy. Like when someone's looking over my shoulder at what's on my screen (which I hate): "Don't you have an elsewhere to be?" (Thanks, Cordelia.) Or when someone questions why I've changed the subject: "Do I deconstruct your segues?" (Credit: Xander). My teenage daughter and I use the…

I have no idea what you are talking about. Those are lovely lyrics. Simple and direct. Nothing cloying bout them.

Great post and a great point. Part of the problem with Yellow Submarine is that Paul was the lead writer and people, then and now, tend to think "the cute one" is just not that smart. If people thought John was the lead writer of this track, they would have invested it with some significance, rather than just…

Obladi Oblada may be annoying on record but it's great live. I've seen Paul do it twice at his concerts and both time, the entire crowd went crazy dancing — everyone from kids to grandparents.

Well it ain't my favorite either. But when you consider the context: It was written for the world's first live global telecast. They needed a song with simple words and a simple message that people in non-English speaking countries would understand. If you're going to send a message out to the world, a song that…

White Christmas. I grew up thinking that everyone would get my family's references to that movie. Like the great moment when Betty (Rosemary Clooney) tells Bob (Bing Crosby), "I'm sorry Bob that's the best I can do," and then tap, tap, taps away in her awesome heels and long black skirt. It's a great line to use at…

It may be a nonsense song. Or it may not be. Some people think John's writing about the Beatles and their internal power struggle at the time. The first verse is about George ("he one holy roller"). The second is about Ringo (by default, the references here seem like inside jokes and I don't see any obvious Ringo…

3 Legs is about the Beatles breakup. And the lyrics are intentionally obscure but the meaning is pretty clear. He's doing an impressionist painting there on some of those songs — close up examination of the lyrics can make it seem messy but if you take a step back you can see the big picture.

Very few of the songs on this list are skippable. In fact, more of the ones on the "unskippable" list were skippable. Hence the perception that this is just clickbait. But then I love Good Day Sunshine and Wild Honey Pie (seriously, how could anyone not? it's an amazing piece of music) and Savoy Truffle and Come…

"The fact that everyone's gorged on something to the point that it's become commonplace does not make it any less great!" This is really well said. So thanks for saying it.

If all you hear on Ram is "nonsense" then I think you aren't paying attention all that well. The album is probably Paul's most personally revealing- by turns, paranoid, angry, joyful, sexual, romantic, yearning, bitter. Too Many People, Ram On, Heart of the Country, Eat at Home — none of those are "nonsense strings of…

Here Comes the Sun for me is just a pleasant pretty song.

Hey Jude is a far more significant song than Here Comes the Sun, which no one would think was particularly special if it had been written by Paul or John. It would be just another good song they wrote. Its rep has been inflated because people like that George the underdog wrote it. Hey Jude is that rare thing: a…

Sigh. I always wanted to.

I don't have a problem with many of the choices on this list, although an entirely different list could have been chosen and been just as valid. But I do think the choice of Maxwell's Silver Hammer as "unskippable" isn't a real heartfelt choice. I suspect it was picked in order to inspire disagreement in the comments.…

What a strange reading of Eleanor Rigby you have. At the time Paul wrote the song in 1965, he wasn't "Sir Paul." He was 23 years old and barely 3 years from being working class himself. His family lived in what Americans would call public housing (though is wasn't a slum). We're not talking about someone from a rich…

Ugh. George may be the handsomest (to you, though not to me) but in no way shape or form was he the "best" Beatle — a category that doesn't exist, but if it did, would go to either John or Paul who were both far more integral to the Beatles than George.