Let's not forget that BOTH of them wrote I Wanna Hold Your Hand and a bazillion other sappy songs. I don't think either of them had a monopoly on cheese.
This is very true. I like John Lennon's music.
However, I used to do the same thing as Jon. I used to think John Lennon's was the only post-Beatle solo material work to be taken seriously. I dismissed all of McCartney's stuff as pap. Until I actually listened to it.
They both put out their fair share of bad material. But I'd sooner put on a McCartney or Harrison record before I would a John Lennon record.
Here's an interesting topic, perhaps for another thread. If you could pick and choose songs from those early Beatles solo records (All Things Must Pass, Ram, Plastic Ono Band, etc.) and put together a 14th Beatles studio album, which songs would you select?