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Anyone else not like The Beatles?

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hsech said:
If you aren't at least 65 and didn't live the "moment", I could see where you might not like them. I, on the other hand, bought all their vinyl albums and at one time or another played in a band that played their music. If I hear them on the radio even now I won't change stations until the song is over. My Mother was a music teacher back then and loved the Beatles because of their song writing and harmonization (she also liked the Beach Boys for their vocals). There will never be another Beatles that come on the music scene just at the right time.
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Sure there are people that would drop some tears watching to any Hitler footage. That doesn't make him good. It's called NOSTALGIA and is nothing else but that.
 
#104
This post goes into my "I'll sound cool if I diss [insert hugely popular artist/musician/band]" category. Unless it refers to Kanye West or Nickelback...

Don't get me wrong, we all have opinions, but just don't pretend any of them are objective. Unless they're negative opinions about Kanye West or Nickelback. Those are all objective.

(And in case you didn't catch the irony, my own post goes into the aforementioned category as well.)
 
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Snowglo said:
No troll intention. Just my opinion. :bag: Curious if I'm the only one who cannot stand The Beatles? I will give them all the credit in the world for their success and how they arguably changed the industry, but I absolutely, cannot listen to their music. One of their tunes comes on the radio, I can't get to the kill switch fast enough. :vomit: I listen to all genres from jazz to punk to metal to country. I just don't get the hype?

I'm probably going to get banned for this one. :facepalm:
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Most Beatles stuff on the radio are the same cheesy songs you'll always hear. If you're genuine check out Abbey Road, S/T(aka White Album) and Sgt. Pepper as a whole.

Joe Bananas said:
I am not very good at sarcasm. Sorry about that. I was just trying to overtroll the thread in the middle of all the overrating.
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It's called Godwin's law. Basically Hitler is the killer argument for any discussion, because he's the most extreme example for a human being.



OT:

I'm 31. My mother listened to the Stones in the 60s/70s my father to Hendrix etc. They never owned a Beatles record and all I knew until broadband internet and sufficient discspace came along was Help!, Yesterday, I wanna hold you hand and Yellow Submarine. I didn't dig that at all. Quite the opposite I thought they were poopie.

Then when I got internet I got most of thir known songs(It was the time before Lars - Napster). At the time my record collection consisted of few metal records, some Queen albums and DSOTM.
Songs like Come Together were absolutely ok, but their "Hits" couldn't touch the Stones and their Hits for me.

When I turned 25 I picked up my first bass. I bought a phone and started collecting albums. That combination made me dig deeper into many artists and listen differently to music. I bought a used Abbey Road LP. The songs I knew didn't do much to me, "I want you" raised an eyebrow, but the 2nd side meddley totally changed my opinion of them. Today I got their discography on CD and any album I could get on LP.

If anyone only judges them by Ob-la-di, Ob-la-da, give this a try(it's not the whole album - it's tagged to the meddley part):

 
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While typing my post above, I remembered that for a long time I didn't like the Beatles for a while either (I posted earlier in the thread that my parents hated The Beatles and loved The Stones).

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When I was younger and didn't like the Beatles... This is what I thought of when I heard their songs - a few people dancing in a flowery meadow. Songs like "Yellow Submarine", "Octupus's Garden", and "Obladi Oblada" enforced this thought.

However, I also did love "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" (which I attributed to Eric Clapton being on it), and "Imagine" (which I attributed to John going solo).

I always attributed the dancing in a meadow sentiment to Paul McCartney. Then one day I listened to "Live and Let Die" on the radio and realized that was a solo track of his. I decided to give them a better listen.

I quickly began to really dig "Revolution", "Helter Skelter", "Help", "With a Little Help From My Friends", "Hello, Goodbye", "Day Tripper", "Michelle", "In My Life", and "No Reply".

As I listened further, I realized they were a really diverse band. I also realized that when I was depressed or frustrated (as I was a lot in those days), The Beatles completely took me out of that state and brought me to a great place.

Today, I love most of their catalog... I'm still not a fan of "Yellow Submarine" or "Octupus's Garden", but I do enjoy "Obladi Oblada".
 
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DwaynieAD said:
Absolutely a serious post
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You remind me of Gene Simmons, with his insistence he has never used marijuana... Speaking of which, I worked
with a guy, a movie property master, who had also roadied with Kiss, and he said Gene, who loves cookies and milk before bed (!!),
was once in fact dosed with space cookies and was absolutely livid.
Just as Gene unintentionally imbibed, I'm sure -- as a poster said above -- you've heard some Beatles somewhere, even if you didn't recognize it as such. A diaper commercial or something....

Leaving this to tempt ya -- it's only 2'20"!

 
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Jah Wobble Fan said:
You remind me of Gene Simmons, with his insistence he has never used marijuana... Speaking of which, I worked
with a guy, a movie property master, who had also roadied with Kiss, and he said Gene, who loves cookies and milk before bed (!!),
was once in fact dosed with space cookies and was absolutely livid.
Just as Gene unintentionally imbibed, I'm sure -- as a poster said above -- you've heard some Beatles somewhere, even if you didn't recognize it as such. A diaper commercial or something....

Leaving this to tempt ya -- it's only 2'20"!

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Ive never done a drug either
 
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Every generation is fascinated with the party they just missed. I am 40, so the Beatles fit that slot for me. The younger people today are more enamored with the 80's and early 90's.

The Beatles are not, in my experience, overrated. That's hard for some folks to swallow. But no one says John or George were phenomenal guitarists. Paul is revered among bassists for some great playing circa Sgt. Pepper, an Ringo gets a nod from drummers for his unique fills, but neither are overrated. In fact Ringo is typically underrated.

They are called great for their songwriting, singing, and although soon veiled in the studio - charisma. Even the songwritng doesn't seem overrated on the whole, it taking its place among other great songwriters of the era.

Sadly, I do think even the great Beatles are already becoming largely forgotten. They will always have their place in musicology, and let's hope, more than a sentence. But how many great composers get little more than that themselves? I think my generation (the also forgotten X) is the last to have the Beatles in the forefront of their consciousness. So, in 50 years or so, the Beatles will be buried in history, and in good company.

It's ok. It's a reason to savor the time even more. And, a reason to keep one's musical openness broad, and reaching far into the past. No art ever dies, it's always in the now.
 
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bearfoot said:
Every generation is fascinated with the party they just missed. I am 40, so the Beatles fit that slot for me. The younger people today are more enamored with the 80's and early 90's.

The Beatles are not, in my experience, overrated. That's hard for some folks to swallow. But no one says John or George were phenomenal guitarists. Paul is revered among bassists for some great playing circa Sgt. Pepper, an Ringo gets a nod from drummers for his unique fills, but neither are overrated. In fact Ringo is typically underrated.

They are called great for their songwriting, singing, and although soon veiled in the studio - charisma. Even the songwritng doesn't seem overrated on the whole, it taking its place among other great songwriters of the era.

Sadly, I do think even the great Beatles are already becoming largely forgotten. They will always have their place in musicology, and let's hope, more than a sentence. But how many great composers get little more than that themselves? I think my generation (the also forgotten X) is the last to have the Beatles in the forefront of their consciousness. So, in 50 years or so, the Beatles will be buried in history, and in good company.

It's ok. It's a reason to savor the time even more. And, a reason to keep one's musical openness broad, and reaching far into the past. No art ever dies, it's always in the now.
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The invention of PVC made sure that artists can't be as easily forgotten as some obscure composers from the past. Just think about it. We only have written records of Mozarts - what would've if LPs were around his time. The Beatles are there on physical records. Their own songs, their own playing, their own voices.
 
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