> Lennon's handwriting was almost as crappy as mine is.
I find the Beatles totally overrated and, quite frankly, a bit dull. I'm taking The Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix, Bob Dylan, The Doors and so many others any day over the Beatles.
To me the Beatles is pop music from the 60s / early 70s.
I'm an old hippie; the outfits you mention are much more meaningful, musically, to me too. But to my taste, the Beatles are dragged down by McCartney, whose sensibility was definitely pop (and fame). Many of Lennon's pieces were excellent rock music.
And for clarity, Jim Morrison and Jimi Hendrix both died in 1971. And most of my preferred Dylan and Stones music is pre-1970.
