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In Reply to: Is anyone preared to stand up and say Lennon & Macca did their best work after The Fabs? posted by dave c on January 24, 2007 at 20:12:02:
... is pretty unique here!
I tend to the view that early on John and Paul helped each other achieve what probably neither could alone and later on (in the Beatles) their growing distance from each other and rivalry pushed them to continually try to trump each other.
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...listening to John and Paul's compositions like "Because", "Let It Be", "Revolution", etc. from 1968-69 and realizing that these are the same two guys that wrote "She Loves You" or "I'll Get You" just 4 or 5 years earlier. I'm not knockin' their earlier stuff (my personal favorite era was the 1963 to 1966 songs), just trying to demonstrate the progression these two writers experienced mainly due to their mutual respect and competition.It is my opinion that because of John's willingness to expose his feelings, thoughts and shortcomings in his lyrics (starting as early as "Not A Second Time") and Paul's relentless pursuit of perfection, their songwriting was elevated to heights rarely seen (if at all) since.
Did either of them continue to work with George Martin after the split?
Without looking I can't remember.
Paul has continued to work with George Martin. Live and Let Die, Tug of War come to mind. I don't believe John and George worked together after the Beatles.
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