Most songs by any group start out like that. Take a listen to the BBC sessions album, consisting of live versions of their songs performed in the BBC radio studio, and you should gain some appreciation for their skill as musicians and performers.
Will do. As personalities they were peerless in the showbusiness sense. Their grueling club dates in Hamburg helped hone their musical skills as well. Oh I get it how the initial sketches of songs are usually pretty weak.
I think the band had the best studio production at the time by far. I am a bit of a Kinks and ray davies fan myself and wonder what they would have sounded like with George Martin.
Still you could get John and an acoustic guitar and get something like Across the Universe or Norwegian Wood.
I will not say Paul with just a piano because Hey Jude and Let It be are among my least liked songs - in fact I probably hate them. Hey Jude was actually an ode to john essentially being a lousy father to Julian.
I think one thing that was pretty staggering with the Beatles was the harmonies. Nothing really comparable except maybe Gerry & The Pacemakers or Freddie & the Dreamers. Freddie could have been good but he too goofy and their songwriting was weak.