In the book about the Beatles written by their sound engineer (great book btw) Paul is positioned as the one with talent. Sometimes he would play the drums because it was too difficult for Ringo. Other times he would play the lead guitar in the studio, much to George’s disgust. The truth of “Lennon & McCartney” is deeper than just the names. John’s positive influence on Paul’s songs was huge (even though John’s manner of giving positive input was by being negative, LOL). After listening to this CD, I miss Lennon more than ever.
Lennon and McCartney were polar opposites, and they were really good at filtering out each other’s crap.