I have to admit that "Hey Jude" is one annoying song.
I was born in 1968, what do I care about the stinking Beatles?
I missed the whole free-love scene, so taken as a rock band, they just don't rock.....
The Beatles, like most of what came of that generation, sucked.
Charles Purcell must have been a Dave Clark Five fan.
I always liked the Stones a lot better.
My pledge: I will buy any new Beatle release. I will buy it even if it is only a repackaging of old material. I will buy it if they didn't even bother to repackage it. I may even buy multiple copies. I will buy it even if they are giving it away.
One of my least favorite. They, and the Doors, make me hate Classic Rock format radio.
These guys are only talking about the late stuff. If you know anything about the Beatles (MY day, BTW, and yes I did see them live)you have to go pre Sgt. Pepper.
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I'm curious to know what 21st Century bands are considered "good."
Donning my asbestos suit in advance....I ignored the Beatles whenever possible. There was too much really great R & B out there at the time for me to feel like I missed something.
I always thought the Beatles were good. And I was born in the mid-70's, not exactly their "prime era".
For sheer musical and cultural impact in history there is none that compare to the Beatles. Zip Zilch Nada Zero Goose Egg None.
I agree.
I'm curious as to what sort of crappy music all these oh-so-contrarian "The Beatles sucked" posters listen to.
The writer must think RAP is the best thing that ever happened to the music industry.
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Anyone who thinks the Beatles (including the 5th Beatle genius George Martin) weren't great and deserving of their fame is soft. End of story.
Not every song they ever did was great certainly, but as a whole their original song catalog is pure brilliance.
One Puckish thing I always wanted to do in my bar days though, was walk into a bar with a juke box that had the whole beatles White album on it, was pop a $5.00 bill in and play Revolution #9 ten times, and then walk out before it came on.
I think it's right on both counts. The Beatles mass produced the cheesy pop love song, that certainly makes them an icon of the industry as they did alter completely, but most of their songs are boring pap. They didn't start making listenable songs until they got into drugs and started doing wierd stuff, even then a lot of it is pap but it's at least moderately interesting pap.
I object! "Wings Greatest" was one of my favorites as a teenager.
The McCartney I and II albums weren't half bad either. after that, well...