'drivel', like Avril Lavigne's
hs surely you jest..
i agree with pretty much all you said re - the beatles and their individual solo efforts..
but in my opinion an artist of any kind will not be great always...and if amongst all their failures they come up with something of pure brilliance then it may well be worth it.
george came up with 'something'
john wrote a lot of rubbish too....but imagine was brilliant
paul can be forgiven a lot for 'maybe i'm amazed'
and ringo for all his poor songwriting ability and duff drumming will never be replaced as the voice of thomas the tank engine.