Kevin Sutton replies to Janos Gereben:

>>I agree wholeheartedly.  I would go as far as to say that, in my opinion,
>>he is the greatest songwriter of all time.
>
>NO WAY!  McCartney is a somewhat respectable tunesmith, but he would be
>nowhere without the lyric writing talents of the late John Lennon.  Compare
>the Beatles stuff to post-Lennon McCartney stuff.  Not even close!

Hell, I'd say that of John Lennon as well.  The point is that, like Gilbert
and Sullivan, each needed the other to produce their best stuff.

Steve Schwartz