Awesome top five Harrisons; respectable argument against my position.

To me, the totality is not an aesthetic one as much as an historic one. If an album, single, film, etc was released by a recording entity called The Beatles, then in my opinion, every note and word on that piece of media is a part of the overall phenomenon called The Beatles. To me, within the overall catalog, this goes soup to nuts, and therefore even includes the recordings put together for the Anthology series where Jeff Lynne worked with the (then-surviving) threetles. (And yes, I'm one of those rare few who truly love the Jeff Lynne produced single "Real Love." Can't get enough of that song, whether it's the John Lennon demo or the song so many Beatles lovers love to hate from the Anthology series.)

I do see what you are talking about--and Harrison's history as a songwriter certainly bears out your point of view. He stood apart, but again, in my view, the totality was all the stronger for that. And it was all the stronger for its inclusion of Ringo as well, though I wouldn't put any of Ringo's songs near my top ten of all Beatles (or Beatles-related) tunes, as I do with several of Harrison's.

(On the Ringo thing--there were a couple of Jellyfish tunes that were written with him in mind, and oddly enough, to me, those tunes are Fab! I do wish that Sturmer and Manning had remained together--along with their Harrison, Jason Falkner.)

Maybe Harrison's guitar tone alone qualifies him as someone worthy of standing on the same musical veranda as Lennon and McCartney. I feel sure I'll never tire of listening to his playing, as recorded on classics like the one we were talking about before.

And there are lots of Lennon/McCartney songs that don't quite rise to the occasion, in my opinion. I'll let you compile your own list.

I am enjoying the conversation.

Herring405