Lifelong Beatles fan and armchair scholar, here. Years ago I read a book that examined the Beatles catalog based on all known information on whether Lennon or McCartney wrote more of the Beatles catalog. What they found was that Lennon wrote significantly more during the pre-Rubber Soul days. Check out A Hard Day’s Night, for example - it’s mostly John songs. But around Help and Rubber Soul, things start evening out. Then McCartney passes John during the crucial Revolver/Pepper experimental era - which, incidentally, goes against conventional wisdom that Lennon was the more experimental Beatle. This switch could be attributed to Macca really coming into his own and Lennon’s depression and interest in drugs through that period. Toward the end, they found that Lennon and McCartney started to even out and got about the same amount of cuts per record (with Harrison contributing more than before, of course.) All told, it seems Lennon wrote a small amount more than McCartney - I believe the final tally was about 5 to 10 percent more of the entire Lennon/McCartney catalog - but most of that is attributable to his utter dominance in the early period of the band. Counting from Rubber Soul forward, Paul has a slight advantage.

So the winner is John, by a nose, but Paul’s contributions are still undeniably crucial to the success and survival of the mid and late eras of the band.

That analysis rings true to me when I look at the catalog. After John’s death, there was a rush to attribute every Beatles’ greatness to him, partly in tribute to his formidable talent and partly out of grief. But the truth is, Lennon and McCartney were pretty much equally great. They certainly viewed themselves as equals throughout their time in the Beatles - a courtesy they didn’t pay to Harrison, for instance. It’s easy to pick on McCartney because he had the audacity to not be murdered and the audacity to put out some syrupy to terrible solo albums. But the truth is that neither John or Paul did as well without each other. And I think, had John lived, they would have eventually realized this and patched things up.

Last point: Everyone has their favorite Beatle, but it’s utterly stupid to play your favorite against the others. My two favorites are Paul and John, because they were clearly the two most talented (due love to George, though). To love one at the expense of the other is either being: a) naive, b) replaying a feud that lasted for a few years in the early seventies that was mostly not about music, but about money, or c) holding their post-Beatles musical mistakes against their seminal work from the 60s. It’s an emotional ride to, for instance, claim that Lennon was the only talented Beatle. But the facts don’t bear that out. I recommend anyone inclined to take that stance reexamine their Beatles albums. No one is going to fault you for loving all four of the Beatles and their contributions.

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Actually the patch is OPP and it stands for Ontario Provincial Police

Thanks for the nice read, keep up the interesting posts…..

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