[quote by=The_End link=Blah.pl?b=books,m=1078928553,s=4 date=1080058852]
Obviously Ian Macdonald was extremely well versed in musicology, but at the end of the day these are just his opinions.[/quote]
Yes, exactly. No-one can ask for more. His musicological background and love of Sixties popular culture provide him with every possible means of forming well-argued and interesting opinions. We don't have to agree with him on everything - that would just be weird.
He admires George a great deal, by the way, but acknowledges that his greatness was his own, and not connected with the Beatles phenomenon in the same way as