The best songs Paul McCartney never wrote

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Starting off with Crowded House's "Four Seasons In One Day"

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Saturday, 20 November 2004 01:58 (twenty years ago)

311 Sucks - Anal Cunt

― mikey mikey, Saturday, 20 November 2004 02:03 (twenty years ago)

311 Sucks - Anal Cunt.

― mikey mikey, Saturday, 20 November 2004 02:03 (twenty years ago)

laurent voulzy - belle ile en mer

― AleXTC (AleXTC), Saturday, 20 November 2004 02:16 (twenty years ago)

alain souchon - quand je serai ko

― AleXTC (AleXTC), Saturday, 20 November 2004 02:17 (twenty years ago)

"Cherchez la Femme"

― dave q (listerine), Saturday, 20 November 2004 02:17 (twenty years ago)

The obvious choices:

No Matter What, Day After Day - Badfinger

― Ken L (Ken L), Saturday, 20 November 2004 02:23 (twenty years ago)

Goodnight - The Beatles

― Masked Gazza, Saturday, 20 November 2004 02:27 (twenty years ago)

Emmit Rhodes's entire catalog!

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Saturday, 20 November 2004 02:28 (twenty years ago)

Sorry to cherrypick but some more obvious ones:

Go All The Way, I Wanna Be With You - The Rasberries

― Ken L (Ken L), Saturday, 20 November 2004 02:32 (twenty years ago)

39 -- queen

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Saturday, 20 November 2004 02:34 (twenty years ago)

Dan beat me to it!

I suppose I'll settle for "I Saw the Light"

― Mike O. (Mike Ouderkirk), Saturday, 20 November 2004 02:35 (twenty years ago)

Good Golly miss Molly

― Masked Gazza, Saturday, 20 November 2004 02:36 (twenty years ago)

Eleanor Rigby - Ray Charles

― Masked Gazza, Saturday, 20 November 2004 02:38 (twenty years ago)

Adding a few more myself:

Gilbert O'Sullivan: Alone Again Naturally
Pezband: Baby It's Cold Outside

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Saturday, 20 November 2004 02:49 (twenty years ago)

"Earn Enough For Us" by XTC

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 20 November 2004 03:01 (twenty years ago)

"Here Comes President Kill Again" by XTC

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Saturday, 20 November 2004 03:02 (twenty years ago)

harry nillson "without you"
gilbert o'sullivan " clair"
george michel"cowboys and angels"
mark owen ( take that) "green man"
john lennon"oh my love"

― goodhand, Saturday, 20 November 2004 03:16 (twenty years ago)

The Mark Owen one reminded me of another obvious one: Robbie Williams: "Angels"

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Saturday, 20 November 2004 03:18 (twenty years ago)

"Love Her All I Can" by Kiss

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 20 November 2004 03:19 (twenty years ago)

goodhand OTM about "Oh My Love" btw.

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Saturday, 20 November 2004 03:28 (twenty years ago)

like every posh kings song. well, maybe only the first two albums.

― keith m (keithmcl), Saturday, 20 November 2004 03:37 (twenty years ago)

Squeeze: Tempted

― kyle (akmonday), Saturday, 20 November 2004 03:38 (twenty years ago)

Catherine Wheel - "Shocking"

Seriously--listen to it!

― John 2, Saturday, 20 November 2004 03:54 (twenty years ago)

Gene Clark-Elevator Operator

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Saturday, 20 November 2004 03:58 (twenty years ago)

10cc I'm Not In Love

― bahtology, Saturday, 20 November 2004 04:09 (twenty years ago)

the entire ELO catalog

― jb, Saturday, 20 November 2004 04:11 (twenty years ago)

"Metarie" by Brendan Benson

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 20 November 2004 04:16 (twenty years ago)

The Beatles - "Twist and Shout"

― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Saturday, 20 November 2004 04:39 (twenty years ago)

"The Goodbye Man" by Nick Heyward

― dlp9001, Saturday, 20 November 2004 04:41 (twenty years ago)

XTC - "I'd Like That"
Dukes of Stratosphear - "Brainiac's Daughter"

Partridge really is the world's most devout McCartney disciple, at least musically.

― Dominique (dleone), Saturday, 20 November 2004 04:52 (twenty years ago)

i think elo ripped off the bee gees

― paul wilson, Saturday, 20 November 2004 08:12 (twenty years ago)

Oh jeez, um, Eric Carmen to thread!!

― Mike O. (Mike Ouderkirk), Saturday, 20 November 2004 08:16 (twenty years ago)

CBGB Bee Jeez.

― Bimble (bimble), Saturday, 20 November 2004 14:54 (twenty years ago)

Guided by Voices, "Hey Aardvark"

― Boomer Esiason, Saturday, 20 November 2004 14:58 (twenty years ago)

Really, ELO were more like the more pop oriented side of John than they were about Paul's style. Jeff Lynne, for instance, has always sounded a lot like Lennon.

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Saturday, 20 November 2004 18:22 (twenty years ago)

the monroes, "what do all the people know?"

― fact checking cuz (fcc), Saturday, 20 November 2004 18:48 (twenty years ago)

"Got the Time" by Joe Jackson. From the animated bass lick to the lyrics that faintly resemble his part from "A Day in the Life".

I could also hear Paul singing this in a funny voice ala"Admiral Halsey".

― Pleasant Plains (Pleasant Plains), Saturday, 20 November 2004 19:23 (twenty years ago)

Party Girl - Elvis Costello

which, as everybody knows is a ripoff of You Never Give Me Your Money, at least the last part.

― Ken L (Ken L), Saturday, 20 November 2004 19:29 (twenty years ago)

Partridge really is the world's most devout McCartney disciple, at least musically.

He has at least one serious contender in Neil Finn. Add the following to my original choice:

Don't Dream It's Over
Fall At Your Feet
Fingers Of Love
Nails In My Feet
Into Temptation
Distant Sun

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Saturday, 20 November 2004 23:26 (twenty years ago)

Our House - Graham Nash
Say Yes - Elliott Smith

― David N (David N.), Sunday, 21 November 2004 00:27 (twenty years ago)

Waterloo Sunset - Kinks
Love Will Keep Us Together - Captain & Tennille
Lonely Boy - Andrew Gold

― asseenontv (cgould), Sunday, 21 November 2004 01:11 (twenty years ago)

Elton John - Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me

― Diego Valladolid (dvalladt), Sunday, 21 November 2004 01:31 (twenty years ago)

"Couldn't I Just Tell You" - Todd Rundgren

― mike a, Sunday, 21 November 2004 03:59 (twenty years ago)

Guided By Voices - "Long Distance Man"

― Deric W. Haircare (Deric W. Haircare), Sunday, 21 November 2004 05:01 (twenty years ago)

Not that I've proposed anything myself yet, but "Couldn't I Just Tell You" sounds a lot more like The Who to me.

― Naive Teen Idol (Naive Teen Idol), Sunday, 21 November 2004 05:32 (twenty years ago)

"waterloo sunset" is a great call.

― fact checking cuz (fcc), Sunday, 21 November 2004 07:56 (twenty years ago)

Certainly "Waterloo Sunset", yes. In the case of Andrew Gold, however, I feel like "Never Let Her Slip Away" would be closer.

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Sunday, 21 November 2004 12:12 (twenty years ago)

Boom Shack a Lacka

― Cb Gb's Bee Jeez (bimble), Sunday, 21 November 2004 12:29 (twenty years ago)

Emitt Rhodes - the whole of his first album

― Den Dadaismus in seinem Lauf hält weder Ochs noch Esel auf... (Dada), Sunday, 21 November 2004 13:00 (twenty years ago)

Certainly not one of the best, but Jet's "Look What You Done" sounds like it could be a Band On The Run outtake.

― billstevejim, Sunday, 21 November 2004 18:02 (twenty years ago)

(most of) barafundle by gorky's zygotic mynci

― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Sunday, 21 November 2004 22:35 (twenty years ago)

Turning Japanese - The Vapors.

― Kevin Gilchrist (Mr Fusion), Sunday, 21 November 2004 22:47 (twenty years ago)

Mr. Whirley - The Replacements

― Ken L (Ken L), Sunday, 21 November 2004 22:51 (twenty years ago)

The Zombies: Care of Cell 22
Dodgy: In a Room
Brad Jones: Miss July
Jostein Hasselgård: I'm Not Afraid To Move On (The Norwegian Eurovision entry from 2004)

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Monday, 22 November 2004 00:23 (twenty years ago)

from 2003, I mean

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Monday, 22 November 2004 00:23 (twenty years ago)

That Flowers in the Window song

― bham, Monday, 22 November 2004 08:45 (twenty years ago)

Hmmm.. Come to think of it, strange nobody has mentioned maybe the most obvious one: "Sub Rosa Subway" by Klaatu.

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Monday, 22 November 2004 11:17 (twenty years ago)

"Never Let Her Slip Away"

― David Merryweather (DavidM), Monday, 22 November 2004 11:29 (twenty years ago)

>Jostein Hasselgård: I'm Not Afraid To Move On (The Norwegian Eurovision entry from 2003)

Oh man that song was FANTASTIC!!!

― harveyw (harveyw), Monday, 22 November 2004 12:13 (twenty years ago)

Asia - "Don't Cry", "Only Time Will Tell", "My Own Time (I'll Do What I Want)"

The Monkees - "Love Is Only Sleeping"

― Joe (Joe), Tuesday, 23 November 2004 03:23 (twenty years ago)

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