The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #16615 Message #156994
Posted By: Peter T.
02-Jan-00 - 11:24 AM
Thread Name: Seems like we all like Georgie H.
Subject: RE: Seems like we all like Georgie H.
Well, totally biased, I think the postBeatle efforts of everyone were not very interesting, with the exceptions of "Maybe I'm Amazed" (done during the late Beatle days, released as a solo), "Working Class Hero" (the only truly scary song from John's scream phase), one of the Ringo jollies, and one of two of George's pieces from "All Things Must Pass". There are also one or two fragments of good songs from Paul's endless later drivel. Paul's Russian album is probably the best of the lot -- better than John's similar rock cover. I think if you put all the best of the later work together of all of them, you might have one mediocre Beatles album (like Yellow Submarine). It is just one of those puzzles about creativity. They all go to prove that unlimited self-expression is not always a good thing.
George's best post-Beatle moment, I think, is the Concert for BanglaDesh, which in spite of the complications, was something new and decent, and started a trend that was pretty narcissistic, but did generate some good moneys for good causes. yours, Peter T.