Ranking the Songs The Beatles Wrote About Each Other after the Breakup
The Beatles might have broken up in 1970. But that didn’t stop them from writing songs about each other once they went their separate ways. There are enough of these tracks that you can make up a solid playlist of about a half-hour or so consisting of them.
These songs ran the gamut from nostalgic to humorous to flat-out nasty. We counted six of them. Let’s rank them based purely on their musical effectiveness, without taking sides in the post-Beatles breakup wars.
6. “Early 1970” by Ringo Starr
“Early 1970” kind of spells out its problems within the lyrics, when Starr sings in the final verse about his musical limitations: I play guitar, A-D-E / I don’t play bass ’cause that’s too hard for me / I play the piano if it’s in C. Indeed, this song doesn’t do enough musically to be compelling. It’s also odd that he puts the verse about Paul McCartney first. It feels like the I wonder if he’ll play with me one-liner would work better as the song’s punch line. Still, there’s something charming about the whole track, if only because there’s no animosity.
Source: Jim Beviglia/americansongwriter.com
