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I was so young and foolish.

Araillac

Araillac

Mar 16, 2008
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Bridgewater, Virginia
#1
I'm still young I guess since I'm only 18 but for so long I never liked The Beatles. I recently saw Across The Universe. 33 songs are beatles songs in this movie. I went on youtube after watching the movie for a second time the very next day and started listening to them. I can't believe I went so long thinking they were bad. :atoz:
 
#2
Yes. You were very very wrong.

As your penance I suggest five Sgt Peppers, five White Albums, and at least two Abbey Roads.


And a strange recommendation from me. I usually think tribute bands are ridiculous for the most part. But one of the best shows I've ever seen in a small venue was a Beatles tribute called Me and My Monkey. Go find a decent tribute group in your area. There is a reason why the Beatles have spawned more tribute bands than anyone else. If you find a decent one it will be an amazing experience.
 
#8
They changed popular music. First in the early 60's, and again every time they took a major turn.

I remember a quotation from paul Revere, whose band was one of the most popular in the mid-60's. Roughly quoted, he said:

"The Beatles came out with Sgt. Peppers...and we all looked at each other and said 'what the hell do we do now???'"

(Mild profanity left in for reasons of quotational accuracy.)
 
#9
I'm 25 and im just now starting to get into the beatles. As a engineer, i always respected the heck out of them, and what they did for recording. I didnt get it. They took so little and turned it into so much. Their song writing ability is second to none. I saw an article on msn about how they think madonna is eclipsing the beatles or some such garbage. The day a stupid dancer eclipses the beatles is the day i jump off a bridge.
 
#11
I have to admit that I just cant get into The Beatles. I'm 35 and grew up in a household that routinely had The Beatles playing, so I can't blame it on youth or lack of exposure. There are some songs I really like but for the most part when a Beatles song comes on I switch stations or skip to the next song. :hmm:

The day a stupid dancer eclipses the beatles is the day i jump off a bridge.
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Not a fan of Madonna either but stupid she is not.
 
#12
Araillac said:
I can't believe I went so long thinking they were bad. :atoz:
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Oh my goodness! The Beatles started it all! First to make a career of writing and performing their own material. First to create the concept album. First in so many other ways. The great majority of pop/rock music you hear in 2008 is influenced by The Beatles - in ways you wouldn't even recognize...because that influence is so profound and fundamental...

To you, I'm going to sound ancient by relating this: But I was an eight year-old kid when The Beatles made their American debut on the Ed Sullivan Show in February 1964. I watched their live television performance with my family. Even at that early stage, you could sense that they were unique. There was an electricity and a charisma about them that no one had ever experienced before - not even with Elvis. (And all the screaming girls! Fuggedaboudit!) :eek:

MM
 
#15
Visirale said:
:o:o:o

I take your Beatles and raise you with some Beach Boys.
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To quote Brian Wilson:

"I really wasn't quite ready for the unity. It felt like it all belonged together. Rubber Soul was a collection of songs ... that somehow went together like no album ever made before, and I was very impressed. I said, "That's it. I really am challenged to do a great album"

I am not a rabid fan of The Beatles, but as a kid I did live through the era when they really did change the way everybody approached music.

I also saw them live in 1963 when I was 8 years old. They did a gig at a local cinema, and my dad got tickets somehow. The 100 watt WEM PA columns, Vox AC30 and T60 amps didn't stand a chance above the screaming.
 
#18
The thing that gets me, there are so many B SIDES being used in commercials now adays that casual listeners won't evern recognize that's a beatles song. I guess Michael Jackson must have some heavy lawyer bills, but still that's impressive. Epstein basicly gave royalites away, Apple records hemoraged money, and still these guys are milionairs for what they've done.

Brian Wilson is a great songwriter, but George Harrison wrote a few hits. How can you compete with a band when the third member is writing hits?

Also, I don't think a band evolved as much from one origanl point to another origanal point as the beatles. Sgt Peppers sounds nothing like Please Please Me and still they never lost thier fan base.
 
#19
FuturePrimitive said:
I have to admit that I just cant get into The Beatles. I'm 35 and grew up in a household that routinely had The Beatles playing, so I can't blame it on youth or lack of exposure. There are some songs I really like but for the most part when a Beatles song comes on I switch stations or skip to the next song.
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I'm 43 and I agree. I appreciate and respect what they did, but ... just got into them. <shrug>
 
#20
I didn't like the Beatles in high school, but really liked them once I got to college. When I first started listening to them, I didn't know how to put it, but everything just sounded old. I just didn't understand recording and producing yet. Paul McCartney is now my favorite bass player because I got so sick of all the slappers I listened to back in college! lol
 

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