Clearly you know nothing about music then. You should know that the Beatles are great unless your brain was replaced with flavoured gelatin dessert as a child.
well I'm not above liking old music, I havnt listened to anything of theirs for ages, but I went for A Hard Days Night. Eithe rbecause it's an under appreciated masterpiece or simply because it's the only one I can really remember.
Anyway, back to the Animal Alpha album I was listening too...
IMO, the Beatles are shit too...
Obviously, a lot of people like them, and thats fine, but you can't say that the guy knows nothing about music just because he doesn't like them
Unless of course the forum sarcasm detector is malfunctioning...
I can see why other people like them, and can obviously see the massive amount of influence they've had on music in general, but I just find most of their songs very, very boring.
The White Album, nothing can even hold a candle to it... Maybe if you put Led Zep or Bowie's entire catalog up against it you'd get a fair comparison.
And for the record, one may not like the Beatles but you can't deny they changed the face of music forever. Everything changed after 1964, and as a musician you'd be hard pressed these days to write a song that didn't borrow from them in some form or another. Just one man's opinion, but as far as I'm concerned they are THE most influential rock group of all time, and will never be surpassed.
I don't know anything about albums concerning the Beatles.
Their music sure isn't bad, and they've had some massive influence, but I don't even care about them that much to get RB: The Beatles.
Yes, except it's properly done not like GH:Aerosmith where there's 10 aerosmith songs then a tonne from other bands. It's a proper Beatles Rock Band, not half-assed.
But, in my opinion its more for people who lived in this time. I mean, everybody loves theyr childhood music and stuff. I like to listen Ozzy Osbourne sometimes but The Beatles ... its just too old for me.
I just love this argument when it comes to music. Boils down to "you dont like what I like so you must be a moron/idiot/insert perjorative term here"
Actually, (speaking as an amateur musician), the Beatles are a popular musical phenomenom. Whilst it's true that their music has inspired many generations of aspiring musicians, (well duh - by definition being popular/successfull is going to ensure that), their actual musical talent is nothing particularly inspiring. Look around at other bands of the time and you'll see that they weren't doing anything new or original or doing it particularly well for that matter. What they did have over the others was a huge following of fans, (predominantly female), based on the same reasons any modern boy band has huge female fan base. It wasn't their musical talent that made them popular and famous.
Yes, they were very influential. But as I said, it was a product of fame not of talent.
Become famous/popular = get heard by more people = become influential
Another significant factor in their popularity is their early break up, and the popularity of John Lennon as a persona, (especially relating to his political views), particularly after leaving the Beatles and because of his untimely end.
To sum up:
They had good vocal harmonisation, though not uniquely better than some other bands at the time. They were all "good looking" lads. They sang about love a lot, which girls just love. They had a huge female following. They played generic rythm and blues based rock n roll, and played it no better than some other bands at the time and certainly no more uniquely.
