Tina, he wrote... Imagine,working class hero,Jealous guy written
look at those 3 songs stc people buy them for the lyrics theres only the simplest melodies in them
lennon was the serious tortured artist & poor mccartney was just happy & sentimentle ...so lennon was cool & macartney wasnt ...so people who being cool matters to a lot think lennon is great
I agree that JL is perceived as cool in the way that PC isn`t..but thats got nothing to do with my opinion..you say there simple melodies...but thats why there so brilliant,,,they don`t need an orchestra ..
if you didn`t know these tunes and someone was whistling them in an alley way..you would know straight away you were hearing something great....there from the gut..real songs from a real songwriter...
JL had 10 yrs from the Beatles breaking up to his death..pc has had 42 yrs...judge them on their work not on their personality..
Getting back to the OP...i sort of think DAVID BOWIE..was the best song writer...i think his back catalogue ...supports my view...i don`t see him as my guru cos i don`t try to write songs like he did...
Bob Dylan and Paul Simon are up there..