Wes Crone wrote:

>Janos Gereben wrote:
>
>>Paul McCartney, perhaps the greatest composer of contemporary lieder...
>
>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!

Kevin Sutton