I’m inclined to agree with what I think you’re thrusting at, which is: John was the better (or cooler sounding/looking/acting or whatever) Beatle than Paul, but that Paul had a better knack for writing hit songs than John did in the aftermath of the Beatles breakup.
Or something…
He also dabbled in music production- he produced Harry Nilsson’s ‘Pussy Cats’ in 1974. Unfortunately, it marks the lowpoint of Harry Nilsson’s voice (a ruptured vocal cord) and did some work with other people. In addition to ‘Whatever Gets You Through the Night’ and ‘Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds’ with Elton John, he also appeared on David Bowie’s ‘Young Americans’ on two tracks (‘Fame’ and ‘Across the Universe’) in 74-75.
But there was an immigration battle in there, the ‘Lost Weekend’, heavy drug use and ‘House Husbanding’ in the middle there…so he just didn’t seem to get out there too much the last six years or so.
I believe everything has been mentioned except the Rock and Roll Circus. This was a series of two concerts, performed before an invited audience, in Dec. 1968. It was organized by the Rolling Stones and was going to be made into a BBC special, but was deep-sixed by the Stones, reportedly because they were dissatisfied with their performance relative to some of the other acts. (It was finally released in 1996, and I must say I don’t know what the Stones’ problem was. I think they were fantastic.)
Guest artists included the Who, Jethro Tull, Marianne Faithfull (at the time, the absolute acme of feminine pulchritude), Taj Mahal, and the Dirty Mac, a one-off supergroup consisting of John Lennon, Eric Clapton, Keith Richards, and Mitch Mitchell. The Dirty Mac performed “Yer Blues” and a piece that has received the fitting title of “Whole Lotta Yoko”.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rolling_Stones_Rock_and_Roll_Circus
There was also an ill-advised John/Yoko album where Yoko screeched and Yelled throughout. Her idea of performance art. :rolleyes: I “think” that was the one where they were on the cover naked. They did several albums and may have been a different one.
You mean Unfinished Music:Two Virgins? (NSFW)
Even though Brian Jones was there in body only, and everyone was completely worn out, the Stones’ set was pretty damn good.
One theory on why they didn’t release the film is that The Who’s performance of “A Quick One” was even better, and that Mick and Co. didn’t like the idea of being upstaged in their own film.
That’s the one. 
Been awhile since I saw that much hair down there. 
Wiki doesn’t mention the screaming, but Life with Lions sounds like the infamous Yoko track.
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Two Virgins came out in 1968, while the Beatles were still together. I remember hearing a lot about its cover and how it was covered in paper. Then this album came in that was all white and had “The Beatles” stenciled on it . . . .
Also, I wouldn’t call McCartney’s Wings “a modest band of semi-pro musicians.” It contained Denny Laine, who was the original leader of The Moody Blues (and who sung their first hit) and Denny Seiwell, who had already been a drummer for John Denver, Billy Joel, and other groups. When they started touring, they added Henry McCollough, who had played with Joe Cocker.
Wings became a very good band. I still listen to their albums.
This was the early bit I referred to earlier. It’s pretty cool that Paul was able to return to his roots and tour informally for awhile.
The beginning of “Cambridge 1969”.
Time to listen to Metal Machine Music to get that screeching out of my head.
I saw him on TV once in the 1970s where he performed with his band. It was a special called “Salute to Sir Lew [Grade].” The only thing I remember about it was that he and the rest of his band seemed to be wearing maskes on the back of their head and neck. Now what was that all about?
Although Brian was near the end of his rope at that point, he did manage to turn in a very nice slide guitar performance on “No Expectations”, as I recall.
Actually I remember Paul being on a call in program and being asked about “Power Cut”, a track off Red Rose Speedway. He said it was about the first Wings tour. It got that name because a coal strike at the time meant the power would often be shut off. A number of colleges would refuse to host Wings concerts: some didn’t believe it was Paul, some didn’t have power, and one didn’t want to interrupt finals week(!)