The thing I like most about the way he uses these influences is that after Rubber Soul and Revolver, it got pretty easy to "Spot the Beatle." Many of John's songs sounded like John's. many of Paul's sounded like Paul's. But when Lynne drops a "Lennonism," it's usually given a few layers of McCartney texture, and vice-versa.
Now is as good a time as any to share a Todd Rundgren anecdote. Rundgren also dipped his cup in the Beatles well more than a few times, but he was a little more heavy-handed about it.
He slammed either The Beatles or Lennon one time in the press...don't remember which...and Lennon sent him a reply that was along the lines of "Well, you certainly got some mileage out of what we did, didn't you>"
Rundgren later did an album with Utopia called "Deface The Music," the premise being that every song was written in a deliberately Beatle-esque manner. One song in particular targeted Lennon's more "curmudgeonly" tendencies:
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