Comments on: My favorite Beatle

By: Thejudge

Thejudge — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 22:03:29 +0000

“Oh my, that bed in, was both memorable and ridiculous! My favorite was Paul. I liked his eyes and I still like him.

By: Nisi Shawl

Nisi Shawl — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 22:08:46 +0000

Hey, Josh, thanks for the expansion. Yes, Wilde was a celebrity in that Beatle sense….

Didn’t Samuel Delany name-check Ringo in one of his early novels? Maybe The Jewels of Aptor? Many of my books are in storage at the moment, and I can’t look it up myself.

By: Josh

Josh — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 07:29:02 +0000

My favorite Beatle, with the freedom to “expand the meaning of the word”? Oscar Wilde.

By: Karen B.

Karen B. — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 20:34:14 +0000

Thank you, Nisi, for giving me a reason to like John Lennon! Lots of my friends loved him for his idealism, but it just seemed so . . idealistic. Aims are good, but I prefer to be at least a bit grounded in reality, myself.

When I was a kid, I preferred George Harrison mainly for his looks and his personality. However, Ringo has grown on me as I learn more about drummers and paid attention to his skills. I’m still not big on Paul McCartney, except as John Lennon’s collaborator. (Like Rob [waves], I think that Lennon/McCartney were far better together than they ever were individually.)

By: Rob Hansen

Rob Hansen — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:50:47 +0000

I never had a favorite Beatle because I always loved them as a unit.
I remember Ringo being interviewed about this years ago and he said, if memory serves, that John attracted the intellectuals, George the mystics, Paul the teens, and that he got the “kids and grannies”.

Through most of the 1960s the best two writing teams in popular music IMHO were Lennon/McCartney and Holland/Dozier/Holland. I loved Motown’s output up until the Jackson 5 arrived, at which point I mostly lost interest. So it’s not surprising Michael Jackson’s music left me cold.

By: Jonquil

Jonquil — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:04:22 +0000

When I was a kid, “the cute one”. By the time I was paying attention, John. John was *fierce*. John wanted the world to be better. John wanted people to be better. He was, as you say, out there with his idiocy (that bed-in!) but he did give a damn and he tried.

However, I’d like to give a shout-out to Ringo, who appears in all the memoirs I’ve read to be a genuinely sweet human being.

By: Sami

Sami — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:14:51 +0000

For the most part, I’m not a huge Beatles fan these days… I loved them more when I was younger, and then my favourite was Ringo. Because he seemed cute and shy and he was adorable in Yellow Submarine.

By: cccH

cccH — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:48:29 +0000

At one point, like yeaaaaaaaaaars ago, it was Paul McCartney. I had posters of him in my room and even met him when he visited my Dad’s restaurant asking for bananas while on his way to the shore (we’re from the islands). Now I can say I like them all equally as they’ve contributed some beautiful music to this warped world which I appreciate hearing every time.