I’ve thought about their composition skills a lot though the years, being a musician myself. I’ve come to the conclusion that they are more than the sum of their parts. After they broke up, each of them were still pretty good and popular artists, but the magic was gone. None of them were particularly virtuosos on their instruments either, but, TOGETHER, there was a catalyst between them that sparked pure songwriting gold, and each of them knew exactly how to add to the song to make it just right. Add to that Martin’s genius of production and his own musical talents, and that’s what made them magical. As I watched in this series kind of fumble their way through some of the compositions, I initially often thought the ideas were less than stellar, but then I witnessed the magic of them building the song, together, eventually molding and shaping it into something beautiful. I’ve been in bands myself and have experienced some of this myself, and also imagine many other bands work that way, but The Beatles had an extra spark most others did not. Only a few other bands in history have had that spark and you could really feel it, e.g., Nirvana, Queen, Led Zeppelin, early Black Sabbath, Pink Floyd. I don’t think we’re likely to ever have that kind of magic in popular music ever again.