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The Beatles are undoubtedly one of the most influential bands of all time, ushering in a new age of rock and all in the 60s. While their tenure may have only lasted 10 years, their rich discography has impacted fans to this day, Their songs are still a large part of the zeitgeist, especially in the evolution of the genre and modern artists being inspired by them.
Another big name in the genre that made a sensation in the 90s was Nirvana’s Kurt Cobain. Like many others, he was also inspired by The Beatles and their contribution to the genre. While expressing his love and admiration for John Lennon, the singer threw shade at Paul McCartney, indicating how he considers him inferior to Lennon.
Kurt Cobain Calls Paul McCartney an Embarrassment While Praising John Lennon
Nirvana was a rising rock sensation in the 90s withKurt Cobainleading the band with much enthusiasm and charm. The young rock star was among the top torchbearers of the genre with the band’s first two albumsBleachandNevermindbecoming a rage with fans and critics. Cobain was inspired by several rock ‘n’ rollers who came before him.
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The Beatles is arguably the most influential rock band in history and Cobain was inspired by their songs and their style in a major way. In an interview withThe Rolling Stonein 1994, the Nirvana frontman expressed his love for the band and especially John Lennon, whom he considers a man of great integrity and honesty.
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Cobain stated that Lennon is his favorite out of the quartet while he made a big dig atPaul McCartneyby calling him an embarrassment. The rock star relates to Lennon as he believes he is a ‘tortured soul’ just like him. Cobain said,
John Lennon was definitely my favorite Beatle, hands down. I don’t know who wrote what parts of what Beatles songs, but Paul McCartney embarrasses me. Lennon was obviously disturbed [laughs]. So I could relate to that.
After The Beatles disbanded, McCartney and Lennon became very drastically different artists. While McCraney continued pleasing audiences with his pop songs and love anthems likeMaybe I’m AmazedandMy Love, Lennon was more experimental and bold with hisUnfinished Musicseries. Cobain resonates with the risk-taking Lennon and his similar trajectory as artists and probably undermines McCartney for playing it safe.
Paul McCartney’s Ability to Churn Out Sweet Melodies Bugged John Lennon
Much has been made about the creative differences between Paul McCartney andJohn Lennonduring their time inThe Beatles. Their disputes and differences led to the band falling out of the bandwagon and eventually disbanding by the 70s. Lennon’s former assistant Dan Richter revealed an interesting bit about Lennon and McCartney’s dynamic.
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Richter stated that Lennon was envious of McCartney’s mastery at writing sweet melodies likeYesterdayandHey Jude. Lennon was livid and started compiling all the Beatles songs and sorting them according to the level of contribution he and McCartney made separately. Richter toldThe Telegraph,
It bugged him that Paul could write those sweet melodies like Yesterday and Hey Jude. He couldn’t do that. He was just too acerbic, or too intelligent. John got somebody to make a list of all the Beatles’ songs. Then we had to say which were his and which were Paul’s.
The Beatles soared in popularity in recent years yet again through thePeter JacksondocumentaryThe Beatles: Get Back, which chronicled their studio sessions and camaraderie as a band. Director Sam Mendes is developingfour filmstelling the journey of The Beatles through the individual eyes of all four members of the band with each film.
Rahul Thokchom
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Rahul Thokchom is a senior content writer at Fandomwire who is passionate about covering the world of pop culture and entertainment. He has a Masters Degree in English that contributes to the richness and creativity in his works.
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