[Romulus]

I have been listening to a lot of Beatles recently. To my surprise, I have come to find a lot of it trite and precious, while a dozen or so rock ‘n’ roll songs remain fresh.

Exceptions might be Let it Be and Hey Jude — both timeless and classic.

Great rock ‘n’ roll Beatles songs include Revolution, Twist & Shout, Dizzy Miss Lizzy, You’re Gonna Lose that Girl, Money (That’s What I want), Long Tall Sally, Roll Over Beethoven, and You Really Got a Hold on Me. The songs where John really lets it all out. They had respect for Little Richard, and it shows.

A lot of the Beatles catalogue is stale because they took more artistic chances than say, the Stones. A lot of it was bound to lose its appeal. Overall of course they were a great band, though it’s tragic how much they did to mainstream the drug culture. In that respect they will have a lot to answer for.

[Red Badger]

The ‘mainstream drug culture’ was deeply embedded long before they were even born....................

[central_va]

When it gets real bad I listen to the whole thing.