Wow there are so many ignorant statements in this post I dont even know where to start. First of all, your statement about them starting the decline of "you generation's radio friendly artists" is rediculous. I'm guessing you're in your early teens, so the beatles were WAY before your generation. They started the movement away from mindless music with no personality. I'd be really interested how the hell you came up with that conclusion, because I can't see any grounRAB that makes your statement even somewhat valid. As to them having no talent, well that just shows that you're either very uninformed, or just don't know a lot about music. They're music is very simple yes, but that was their style of playing, and it's no wonder why their music is the way it is. Look at the music coming out at the time the started, you wont see any musical accompaniment any more complex than what they played. Now on to their actual musical ability. I'm guessing you either don't know anything about playing bass guitar, or havent bothered to look, because a lot of the bass lines mccartney played were very complex, not to mention the fact that he sang at the same time. I have a friend who's been playing the bass for 8 years, and he still tells me that mccartney wrote some of the most rediculously complex bass lines he's seen. The guy had talent, no doubt about it. Lennon was an extraordinary lyricist, and a lot of his lyrics were very deep, I've written a ton of posts explaining how his lyrics were more than "dippy love songs" as many uniformed users on this board have called them, so I don't really feel like writing it all out again. However, if you really want me to, I'll be happy to set you straight. On to harrison, he wasn't made a meraber of the Traveling Wilbury's for nothing. The guy had amazing style and skill, and just as people drew from what hendrix started, they also copied george. So go learn about playing the bass and the guitar, read up on the merabers, basically just inform yourself some more, and then come back and discuss the matter some more.