[Superman]

Paul is fairly widely dismissed by much of the bass-playing community. His bass-playing is thought to be over-simple. I've suggested that they (those who criticize Paul's bass-playing) look more closely.

First of all, bass-playing IS simple. Usually. Indeed, as I move upward in competency I am reminded of many things I knew 30 years ago, one of which is that what you DON'T play is often more effective than what you DO play. Often, to make my bass lines more effective in creating a rhythm, I remove notes.

And second, Paul's bass-playing decisions were often friggin' brilliant. If a bass player were to learn the songs on the White Album, I would respect their opinion more. Then again, if a bass player familiarized himself with Paul's work on that album, I'm pretty sure we'd have another Paul fan.

Yeah, Paul was the technical genius. John was the creative/expressive genius.