Behind perhaps the 2 fenders, the stingray, and the Rickenbacker, what would be the most recognized bass ever (and I'm talking about forever)? It would have to be the Hofner. Why? Macca played it.(and I'm sure Rickenbacker should thank him he is also - as if everyone who has ever seen the Walrus clip from Magical Mystery Tour didn't make themselves a promise that they would one day own that bass).
He may not be Stanley Clarke (my other hero), but he is certainly still very capable on the instrument. He was indeed a true innovator on the instrument.
I don't see a problem with him reversing the order of the Beatles songwriting credits, as it has been pionted out, it was that way originally. I don't see what Yoko's problem is. They are his songs.It is not like he is ommitting John lennon's name. Everyone knows that they pretty much stopped collaborating after Hard Day's Night anyway. What bugs me is this - Yoko a couple of years ago claimed that she had a hand in writing Imagine!?! I find this more offensive than any of McCartney's actions.
Also, it is true that first and foremost a song-writer. It is the same sort of thing with Zappa, who said he was not a guitar player, but a composer that happens to operate a guitar. I read an interview on some online bass magazine with McCartney, and he said that if he was stranded on an island, it would be a guitar he would take with him, not the bass. He realises that the bass is just support, although his lines (in The Beatles especially) do stand out - they were not meant to be the lead, that is what Georgie-boy was for.
By the way, the Beatles being the most over-rated band.? I've got to agree with most and say that the Stones , in my opinion, fall into that category. Start Me Up is really the only song that, if it comes on the radio, i don't switch the station.
