But I think that by far the biggest Beatles coincidence is that John Lennon and Paul McCartney, two of the greatest geniuses in pop music history, and George Harrison, a remarkably talented guitarist and a more than competent songwriter as well, just happened to meet each other when they were basically still kids who played rock 'n' roll covers. Looking back, what were the odds of that happening? It's pretty much the same thing as Bob Dylan, Neil Young and Eric Clapton being classmates in high school.