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Originally Posted by balderdash111
Not so much trivia as a question for a hard-core Beatles buff who likely has a strong opinion on this.
Do you think the disappointing recordings of "Real Love" and "Free As a Bird" reflect:
a) That George Martin truly was the 5th Beatle (and that Jeff Lynn didn't have what it takes)
b) That age made the members not as good as they used to be
c) That the best Beatles music came out of closer collaboration among the members throughout the songwriting process (possibly more collaboration than has been acknowledged by the Beatles themselves), and that it's awfully tough to make a "Beatles" song out of an old Lennon demo
d) The recordings were not disapointing at all, so this is a silly question
e) Other
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I'm somewhere in between C and D. Although I don't think of the recordings as a disappointment, they're more novelty than they are solid Beatles music. They certainly wrote and recorded a lot of crap (some of which made it to vinyl), but I don't think they would have taken these songs seriously in 1969.
Their collaboration was very real yet very covert at times. And speaking as a former performing musician, sometimes the best collaboration is a knock-down drag-out fight; something they seemed to have quite a bit throughout their time together.
On a personal note: DAMN it feels good to be answering these questions again! Quadro, God of Thunder, Craven, and others: can you smell what the Beatle is cooking??!!??