Sure, maybe so. But it's the anchor post, so I guess we're stuck with them. But here's my reasoning: as far as pop songwriting goes, it's hard to argue with Lennon/McCartney. But performance? Paul does some nice stuff occasionally, but otherwise a lot of the actual playing is pretty brutal. Later in their career, clever use of session musicians disguised some of the shortcomings, but let's face it: Lennon and Harrison were both merely adequate on guitar, and Ringo...well, some of his beats are tough to listen to.