[AnotherUnixGeek]

Talentless hacks.

That will be a minority opinion. The Beatles were a bit before my time, but even I can see they were the most important musicians of the 20th century. Bigger impact than Miles Davis, Frank Sinatra or Elvis. No other musicians reached more people around the world, no other had a bigger impact on Western culture, no others did more to introduce Western music and culture to the rest of the world.

They also wrote and performed some outstanding music which still holds up today.

[Cecily]

An example of a “talentless hack” playing bass and singing “Coming Up” live. There are many similar examples of these “talentless hacks” on You Tube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpJ3AajaMaQ&list=RDfpJ3AajaMaQ&start_radio=1

[Night Hides Not]

From 64 to 68, they released an album about every 6 months, each markedly different in style. Nowadays, bands go years in between album releases.