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The Beatles: icon or con?
Sidney Morning Herald ^
| 12/22/04
| Greg Hassall and Charles Purcell
Posted on 12/22/2004 11:56:06 AM PST by qam1
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To: cspackler
And anything that can drive Brian Wilson insane can't be all bad.... Brian Wilson and Paul McCartney were big fans of each other's music. I believe Paul's on record as saying "Pet Sounds" blew him away when he first heard it.
To: Junior_G
I was talking to an Eskimo . . .
82
posted on
12/22/2004 12:21:02 PM PST
by
Xenalyte
(Surf's up, space ponies! I'm making gravy without the lumps!)
To: qam1
...Ob-la-di Ob-la-da is the most annoying song ever written. Oh, c'mon! At this time of year, much more annoying songs abound! "Jingle Bell Rock", "Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer", "I saw Mama Kissing Santa Claus"....
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posted on
12/22/2004 12:21:12 PM PST
by
Grut
To: Cogadh na Sith
I was born in 1968.... I missed the whole free-love scene. You are the right age to have been a result of it. ;~))
BTW. I was there, and for the most part, the Beatles sucked but they became like Cabbage Patch Dolls -- massive hype for an ugly toy. Mass marketing works.
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posted on
12/22/2004 12:21:15 PM PST
by
Ditto
( No trees were killed in sending this message, but billions of electrons were inconvenienced.)
To: Adder
No, they had the forgettable "Let it Be" album. If I remember correctly, wasn't most/all of that recorded and on the shelf before Abbey Road? Then Spector came in and slapped L.i.B. together with his "wall of sound" approach?
To: MHT
The Beatles are responsible for some of the stupidest lyrics ever written. Imagine there's no Heaven
it's easy if you try
no Hell below us
above us only sky...
To: qam1
The Beatles were pretty exciting at the beginning....the whole British Wave was.....but here is one name, a word now...Zappa.
FMCDH(BITS)
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posted on
12/22/2004 12:22:31 PM PST
by
nothingnew
(Kerry is gone...perhaps to Lake Woebegone)
To: pissant
Norwegian Wood is a total ripoff of the Dylan classic 4th Time Around from the Blonde on Blonde record. Except for the fact that Norwegian Wood was released in 1965 (on Rubber Soul) and Blonde on Blonde was released in 1966.
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posted on
12/22/2004 12:22:56 PM PST
by
Mr. Mojo
To: Egregious Philbin
I'm hung up on "Sexy Sadie" in particular. Forgot about that. On one album there's "Dear Prudence," "Back in the USSR," "While My Guitar Gently Weeps," "Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except for me and my Monkey," "Birthday," "Helter Skelter," "Julia," and "Rocky Racoon." Amazing.
89
posted on
12/22/2004 12:23:15 PM PST
by
Aquinasfan
(Isaiah 22:22, Rev 3:7, Mat 16:19)
To: t_skoz
"The Hives, Vines, White Stripes, Franz Ferdinand, Evanescence"
are you serious? these bands suck it.. royally!
You'd say that about the White Stripes too? You don't think Fred Smith would've liked them?
To: Maceman
To this very day I love to play Revolution #9 in bars to see the reaction that it gets. People usually get annoyed to the point of demanding that the owner skip over the song. It's quite hilarious actually.
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posted on
12/22/2004 12:23:39 PM PST
by
bigcat32
To: Rebelbase
We disagree. I never made any personal attacks, why are you?
How do you claim I am ignorant because I don't like something you do? Would I be ignorant if I didn't like lettuce and you do? It's a matter of personal taste
I didn't say I think they suck, that is until now. I think they suck!
BTW, the recipe for the smoked shoulder was excellent, thank you! I smoked it for the whole duration, no oven.
92
posted on
12/22/2004 12:23:47 PM PST
by
Fierce Allegiance
(Stay safe in the "sandbox" Greg!)
To: Adder
"then quit on a high note with the peerless Abbey Road."
No, they had the forgettable "Let it Be" album.
Actually, Abbey Road was recorded after Let it Be but released before it. So that makes the Abbey Road song "The End" (if you don't count the 23 second "Her Majesty") the actual end of the Beatles.
93
posted on
12/22/2004 12:24:05 PM PST
by
drjimmy
To: Hemingway's Ghost
Brian Wilson and Paul McCartney were big fans of each other's music.I agree, I was just commenting on something I read to the efffect that Brian's obsession was rooted in trying to keep up with the Beatles, especially after hearing Sgt. Pepper's.
That, and the fact that his father was a nutjob.
94
posted on
12/22/2004 12:24:22 PM PST
by
cspackler
(There are 10 kinds of people in this world, those who understand binary and those who don't.)
To: MHT
pretty much any body's Christmas songs are dumb. How many times can jingle bells be redone. don't care who does it. (okay the symphony with the electric guitar stuff is pretty good :) i don't remember their name though) but whether or not it's whitney houson, jessica simpson, john lenon, roger daultry, whomever. one can only take so many different versions of silent night
95
posted on
12/22/2004 12:24:37 PM PST
by
tfecw
(dolphins are the spawn of evil)
To: dmz
If you like 70's and 80's rock, it is absolutely an absurdity to say that the Beatles sucked. They only paved the way for everything rock that came after them. I said that "late 70s - early 80s rock" was one of my preferred genres. I think that the Beatles are way overrated, and don't care for much of what was popular rock music between 1964 and 1975 or so. And I will throw in the fact that Ringo Starr was one of the luckiest people in history; what did he ever do creative on the skins? I know I am in the minority here, but so what. I was pinged to this thread and that is what I think.
To: CyberCowboy777
But they did not anymore greatly expand the horizons of music. No, they just pioneered about a thousand studio techniques and introduced a bunch of non-traditional instruments (sitar) and arrangements into popular music, that's all. Before "I Feel Fine," feedback even rarely made its way into finished products.
Ever hear the tune "Tommorrow Never Knows"? That came out in '66, and it still sounds current.
To: tfecw
father won't let her listen to her Britney spears albums in the car. I wouldn't either.
The cost of a 12v turntable adapter alone would make the whole endeavor ridiculous.
; )
To: cspackler
"And anything that can drive Brian Wilson insane can't be all bad...."
I knew that sooner or later, someone would put this into the proper perspective!
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posted on
12/22/2004 12:25:53 PM PST
by
rockrr
(Sticks & Stones may break my bones, but Taglines never hurt me)
To: Dan from Michigan
Good music is still being made, you just have to get outside Top 40.
I just downloaded The Robert Cray Band "Time will Tell" CD from iTunes. Pretty good stuff.
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posted on
12/22/2004 12:26:19 PM PST
by
CyberCowboy777
(I know there's good will toward men on account of that Baby born in Bethlehem)
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