I'm big on John.

I'm not sure why I've always found George the most endearing, but I do.

I really love his solo album All Things Must Pass, and his posthumous release is quite lovely too.

Love that "What is Life?" song. Sad that an inordinate amount of my very limited musical awareness is lifted from movies -- in this case Goodfellas.

Speaking of solo hit songs, Ringo's "Photograph" really kicks me in the gut.

PASS. Down that way lies madness...and flame wars.

Though if you were to ask some of my Beatle pals, they'd probably think it was Paul...because I'm usually very quick to jump in and defend Paul against the tired and tedious "John was the artiste of the band, Paul just wrote silly love songs" dogma.

But I won't have to do that here because you people know better. Right?

<br>What's wrong with that... I'd like to know.

Uh, forgive my predictable response. Can you tell I'm itching for conversation today? And Misty Lane is in my ears and in my eyes... augghhh

No. Although John is my favorite and I think he's a better solo artist than Paul (and I think George was the best solo artist of the four), I think they are equally talented. John is definitely the better lyricist and I'm a sucker for a good lyric which is why John tends to be my favorite Beatle, nobody could do melodies like Paul. I think Paul McCartney works better with a partner. He had it with John on the Beatles and that Denny guy with Wings. When he's working alone, his work gets too simplistic. But it doesn't mean I think he's talentless, I just think that, for whatever reason, he needs that extra creative person in the room to really soar.

Denny Laine! Who was one of the original Moody Blues, if I'm not mistaken.

I picked George, based mostly on my guitar playing cousin who says Geroge's stuff is the most complex musically. Also I like the shy, quiet ones. But I think they're all extremely talented.

One of the things that surprised me seeing "A Hard Day's Night" as an adult was John doing a coke-snorting joke while on the train. He holds a bottle of cola up to one nostril and then sniffs. Whoa!

Hey, that reminds me. How come I couldn't vote for Paul's grandfather? He's very clean, you know.

John's always been my favorite. I was always John when my cousins and I would sing our favorite Beatles songs on karaoke.

I'd never seen George's son, Dhani, until I saw the Concert For George on TV. His uncanny resemblance freaked me out. Just as handsome as his dad.

Well, Paul was the cutest. And that was very important in my day.

John gets my vote.
I'm going to date myself here (I'm 47, may as well not be coy) and say that I remember The Beatles first appearance on Ed Sullivan. I was so excited! Couldn't wait! And then when they came on stage, all the stupid girls in the audience screamed so loud you couldn't hear them sing. I did not understand (at the ripe old age of 5ish) why they were screaming. If they liked the music, didn't they want to actually HEAR it?
But later I ended up thinking he was the cute one once I was old enough to think in those terms. Paul? Feh. John was cute and smart and funny. Then a few years later it was OMG what the hell happened to him with that long hair and sideburns and granny glasses? Was his nose always that big? And who is that weird looking woman?
The music never disappointed, though.

I'm old enough to remember their appearance on Ed's show, too, and also old enough to be part of the "Paul was the cutest" crowd. He's still my favorite, I guess because he was my fave when I was a wee tot and he never did anything to change my mind (though I really disliked Wings).

George or Paul, depending on my mood. George was the most tasteful guitar player of his generation, and he had the best solo album of all of them. But he was kind of a Debbie Downer when it came to cooperating with the rest of the group.

Paul is always a little too fakey fake in his public persona, which makes me suspicious as to what he's really like. But he's one of the top bass players of all time, as well as writing some kickass songs. He's still got it; his latest album might be the best thing he's done since 1972. I recently saw a Youtube video that was simply amazing. It was Paul in front of a small audience at Abbey Road Studios, giving us a glimpse of his creative process.

Despite almost being related to MacCartney (read Me Me Me for my only cool family story) it has to be Lennon. He does have that big advantage for a rock idol of never reaching middle age but I loved his acerbic humour, and admittedly sometimes potty radicalism. They truly don't make them like that anymore.

I still love George the most. I don't know what it was about him, maybe that he didn't seem so full of himself all the time?

And poor, poor Ringo. One sad little vote so far.

I'm a George girl all the way, despite the Debbie Downer tendencies mentioned above. "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" was the song that truly, fully sucked me into the Beatles, and the fact that his son Dhani sounds relatively normal and well-adjusted in this interview suggests to me he was doing something right. Also, I love the fact that George randomly came out of hermitude to lay the smackdown on Oasis. AND personally financed Monty Python's "The Life of Brian." AND that he was really cute.

OK, I'm going to stop now.

I'm giving a slight edge to Ringo. Not only was he the most fun of the group ("Octopus' Garden," anyone? "A Little Help From My Friends?" "I'm a mocker"?), but the Beatles didn't become THE BEATLES until he came aboard, as many people who have heard Pete Best's drumming will tell you.

I was in love with a different one every month in the 60's. First it was Ringo, because he was different. I swooned when he would shake his hair and grin. Then I would get all moony over Paul's big brown eyes. Then I thought George was the quiet, dreamy one. But of course, John was arty and intellectual (plus rather sexy in those days).

My father told me that in 6 months, nobody would even remember who they were.

He seldom made a mistake, but when he got it wrong, he really got it wrong. I sure am glad he could pick stocks better than he could predict record sales.

My mom liked Paul the best, and so do I.

Funny story, actually. In October of '64, the Beatles performed at the Gator Bowl in Jacksonville (they were scheduled to do it in September but Hurricane Dora postponed the concert date). Anyway, they were supposed to stay at the Hotel George Washington on Adams Street, where my grandfather was the barber. While they didn't get to stay there, he got to cut the Beatles' hair. All four of them. It was his crowning achievement.

My mother worked as the cashier girl at the Rexall inside the hotel and never actually got to meet them, to her disappointment. But she did get to go to the concert; it was the first concert she'd ever been to.

Lennon. Hands down. No contest. I still celebrate his birthday every year.

EEEEEEKKKKK!!!!!!! Tell me he saved the hair and you still have it! EEEEEKKKKK!!!!

Well, I know he wouldn't have it personally; he died in 1971. But I don't think he ever saved it, much less gave it to my mom as a family heirloom or anything.

I remember a picture in Life Magazine of a weeping teenage girl clutching a clump of grass with the caption, "Paul stepped on this!"

The staff of one of the hotels that they stayed at cut up their dirty linens and sold 1" squares of them (at least they represented them as those that the Beatles slept on) for a buck apiece.

That hair would have been worth plenty.

And of course there was nothing like eBay. It would have been done with classified ads.

redbeans, WHA? Please tell about these amazing happenings!

I love Paul. Loved his gorgeous long lashes, love 'Here, There, and Everywhere", "Rocky Raccoon", "Helter Skelter". Could there be three more different songs? I adore him. Love John's wonky, winding lyrics and music, but...

<a href='http://www.landmarktheatres.com/mn/lifeofbrian.html' target='_blank'>Neat article on the Life of Brian. Begins with George Harrison's involvement and ends with the blasphemy charges, and is all-around a pretty funny read. And I just love the fact that the same guy who wrote "My Sweet Lord" could turn around and pay for such an irreverent movie, proving you can be religious and have a sense of humor about it.

As for Oasis, just Google them alongside Harrison and I think a bunch of stuff will come up (along with George bitching about the Spice Girls and U2, comments I always mentally read in my best "get off my lawn" voice).

Ringo lover delurking.

Lennon, although I wonder if that would still be true if he were alive.