George Harrison also wrote “Something”, which Frank Sinatra called the most beautiful love song ever written. Paul McCartney wrote some beautiful music, and some was just cute. Cole Porter had his style, and the Beatles had theirs.
Don’t forget, murron, that Sinatra often drank to excess.
IIRC, “Yesterday” was voted THE greates single of the 20th century. This was about 20 years ago.
Times change, things move forward (and backward) like the tides. I can accept that.
But, some old geezer posting about the “decline” of music because styles and considerations have changed is ridiculous.
Of course, if he was talking about “Hip Hop” ....
My father-in-law is a professional jazz/swing musician (trumpet) and I’ve been forced to go to old geezer concerts for the past 11 years. Some of it’s OK, but after a while, I start to long for an audience that isn’t using a walker or depends. But, that’s just me.