I would not argue with your statement that the Beatles collectively were better then apart. I think that can be said for the Stones along with numerous other bands. Yes Capitol spent a crap load of promotional money on the Beatles it was their job in order to sell records back in the 60s. It must have worked because the Beatles became the most merchandised and recognized band of all time. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion so here is mine. The Beatles looked around at numerous styles of music weather it be western, soul, show tunes etc and decided to make some music that emulated those styles in their own way. They sold millions of those records so someone must have enjoyed them. To say everything after Help was not very good in my opinion is blind to the reality of what the Beatles recorded. I'm not going to take the time to list all the quality songs that are there, but to be honest most bands would have given their entire career in my opinion to have written some of them.
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