If you look at the lyrics McCartney wrote after the Beatles broke up, they tend to be rather tame. Lennon added a certain pungency to McCartney’s music.
I am sure you’re right. He had a hard, cynical edge that Paul didn’t.
“If you look at the lyrics McCartney wrote after the Beatles broke up, they tend to be rather tame. Lennon added a certain pungency to McCartney’s music.”
On the other hand, I would think that one would have to look at the relative successes of McCartney’s and Lennon’s careers after the Beatles split.
McCarney’s career flourished while Lennon’s tanked.