Oh, Shh. From W.B.E.Z, Chicago and PRX, this is Sound Opin's. I'm Greg Cot.

And I'm Jim De Regattis.. This year Paul McCartney released a new album and

John Lennon has a new box set of Imagine. Today we examine the post-Beatles careers of

John and Paul. both the highs, and the lows.

And the lows. Plus, we review new albums by rapper Vince Staples and jazz drummer Macaya McCraven. That's all coming up on sound opinions.

You're listening to sound opinions and coming up we're going to review FM the latest album from Vince Staples

And Universal Beings, The New Album from Drummer and Hip Hop Beat Maker,

Mackaya McRaven.

But first, we're going to discuss a particularly controversial topic, comparing the strengths and weaknesses

of John Lennon and Paul McCartney's output after the Beatles. I wonder if you can. Yeah, the reason, I think we decided to dive into this now is because both of these

artists are once again in the news. They're never really out of the news.

We never quite get them out of our consciousness. And you know McCartney just

came out with a new solo record, Egypt station which we reviewed. Lenin's

estate has you know overseen this box set of the Imagine recording sessions from the early 70s,

arguably his most famous solo song on it as a title track.

Well, the context I'll give listeners to Greg is that neither you nor I were there at the height of

Beatlemania, okay?

So our entire careers as critics of popular music, we've been wrestling with the Beatles we are both

huge fans of all four of them yeah sure we don't want to see this group and these

individuals as in carved andat on Mount Rockmore.

You know, so it's always fun, I think,

to dig deep into a catalog of music

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