It's a silly argument to try and prove who was the "best" group of all time. It's all very subjective. I can't convince anyone like the Beatles more than anyone can convince to like Rap pre rock n roll pop music. You either like the music or you don't. If you don't like the Beatles, then don't listen to them. It's as simple as that. It's funny some people can't seem to grasp that simple concept and come off sounding like some angry old fart braying at the moon about the dangers of rock n roll, but I digress
But what is objective and provable is the influence the Beatles had on all modern music. They have, by far, outsold all other artists and have developed a following by the grandchildren of those who first them on Ed Sullivan in 1964. They only had a 7 year run but millennial artists today cite the Beatles as one of their major influences. In addition to Dylan, they may be the most covered artists of modern times.
Muzak certainly loved them.
It defined a place and a time in history and in our lives. What if George martin were not in the picture? This is where they moved above everyone and everything else at this time.
It defined a place and a time in history and in our lives. What if George martin were not in the picture? This is where they moved above everyone and everything else at this time.
I never "got" their music even years later. There will never be another band like the Allman Brothers, in my humble opinion.
"A Day In The Life" is an epic classic, though.
Yes, the change in popular music was dramatic from the early sixties to the late sixties, and that was largely due to the Beatles using their influence and popularity to expand the way music was written and performed.
Well said. I remember lying in bed on that morning and the radio coming on and reporting Lennon had been shot dead. I was young and didn’t go to work that day.
I like to think John would have morphed into a conservative eventually. He wasn’t big on Chairman Mao like our current democrat politicians.
Right, I’m all for objectivity: “One and one and one is three” is meant to influence behavior in a specific way. I’m not digressing. How could Lennon believe his own pacifism?