I think once they're all long dead people are gonna start appreciating the extent of his contribution to rock and pop.
that's just it -- lennon has the distinct advantage of having died. even more so of having died relatively early into, what could have been, a 50+ year career. thus, all of his accomplishments are glorified, coupled with that "what could have been" factor.
they were both clearly brilliant at what they did best. at this point, though, i can't see how paul could outrank john, when john's career so heavily outweighs pretty much everyone in the industry's history
