Were the Beatles really all that great, fellas?

[wasp9166]

watch a few documentaries , they did things on their later albums that had never been done before

wasn't just them, also their manager and engineers

and if you don't legit feel deep sh!t listening to this, you're an animal



and let's not forget, a woman ruined the beatles

[xpetiteange911x]

I’m glad you posted this thread. I don’t think they’re the worst, but I do think they’re overrated. Mostly by older generations.

[wasp9166]

I’m glad you posted this thread. I don’t think they’re the worst, but I do think they’re overrated. Mostly by older generations.

let's talk about it over dinner

[Swept]

70% of their music is boy band garbage made specifically for a target audience of young girls at the time.


The other 30% is considered the most influential music ever. I don’t care for it much but almost all those 70s, 80s and 90s band seem to reference them.

[wasp9166]

personally , i think all things must pass is a great album and has two of the best songs out of everything he did

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Things_Must_Pass




legit tear up everytime ^^^, but f billy could play






i prefer this to any beatles album, i think george was the most talented but was kept under thumb by john and paul

[WoofieNugget]

If you look at the way they wrote their songs and chord progressions they were ground breaking for the time. Same with the way their music was mixed and produced. That's why they are considered among the best and most influential, whether you like the style or not.

They were also one of the first bands to "evolve" their music over a couple of different genres where other artists stayed exactly the same.

Last live performance was 1966 and their last album came out in 1970 - so they didn't even need to tour to make money.

[Knice1232]

I can understand the case for most influential, but no way are they the best. I hear this argument all the time, but they don't even make my top 20 bands of all time. It's appropriate that a huge movie is coming out now on them, but in my opinion, Queen is the greatest band of all time. They are obviously known for their hits, but listen to their albums front to back, and you will realize that they really never made a bad song. They are pretty much the perfect rock band.

[AquilaConfido]

I know they had a lot of hits and stuff, but how much of that was just a result of horny young gals hearing those fancy accents, laying eyes on those stylish haircuts and sogging up their stinky little panties something nasty? Am I out of line here, fellas? Maybe I am. I'm not too well-versed on the Beatles. Looking back, I never understood the God-like worship everyone has for these wipes. Lets be honest here, does anyone think for even one second that Yellow Submarine was a good song? Would it still have been a hit if any other group released it? Doubt it. I highly doubt it. Stick the Bee Gees name next to it and see how well it does. They would've been the laughing stock of the industry. And really, the same could be said for most of the Beatles library. It's very easy to churn out hit after hit when millions of gals are plunging their bogs to you every night. Fantasizing about your hair. Doesn't even matter what you sing at that point. The bogs will be plunged regardless. Am I wrong on this, boys? Maybe I just don't understand it. The whole "Beatlemania" thing.

3 pages and nobody posted links to some of their best songs?

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Anywhere, here you go.

[paulinus]

They all have terrible canthal tilt.

[badreligion]

No , they were overrated and truth be told had very little talent .

[nm1891]

So many edge lords itt, it's not even some unique rebel opinion, tons of people call the beatles overrated now to the point that they'll become underrated eventually lol. I think it is telling that to this day, actual musicians from rock to hip hop cite the beatles as a primary influence. You may not like the Beatles but I assure you an artist you do like has been influenced heavily by the Beatles.

[300BLK]

70% of their music is boy band garbage made specifically for a target audience of young girls at the time.


The other 30% is considered the most influential music ever. I don’t care for it much but almost all those 70s, 80s and 90s band seem to reference them.

This. Overrated but I can see how they made their impact....

[AlBHappy]

personally , i think all things must pass is a great album and has two of the best songs out of everything he did

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Things_Must_Pass




legit tear up everytime ^^^, but f billy could play






i prefer this to any beatles album, i think george was the most talented but was kept under thumb by john and paul

All Things Must Pass is fantastic. Repped for isn't It a Pity. Wah Wah is about him telling Paul to Shut the Phuc Up


Paul was far and away the most talented. He plays every instrument, and had a fantastic voice. He plays all the drums on Back In the USSR, Ballad of John an Yoko, the whole McCartney, and Band on The Run albums.

They are the farthest thing from overrrated. 3 guys wrote songs and sang lead. George put out Here Comes The Sun an Something, which, Frank Sinatra said was the greatest love song of the 20th century.

McCartney wrote, Yesterday, Let It Be, Hey Jude Sgt Pepper was his ideal

John wrote a Day in the Life, Strawberry Fields Forever.

All classics. Listen to their sound in 1963 then in 1968/1969. Completely different. They could play love songs, hits songs, hard rock songs. Listen to I Want To Hold Your Hand, From Me To You and Please Please Me. Then listen to I Got A Feeling, Helter Skelter, and Don't Let Me Down 5 year span, you wouldn't say they were the same band if you didn't know.

[SuperHercules]

They all have terrible canthal tilt.

In the real world people don't care about that (and no I'm not a poverty negative tilter)

[GolfPants]

Never really cared for them. Help! and Twist and Shout (a cover) are the only songs I can name off the top of my head that I like

[phikappa]

The Beatles were pretty innovative. The had a lot of "firsts".

-First rock song to not use rock instruments (Eleanor Rigby)
-First rock song to not use a drum kit (And I Love Her)
-First song to use backwards recording (Strawberry Fields)
-First song to use a recording mistake, a big no-no back then (I Feel Fine)
-First song to use a non-traditional instrument (Norwegian Wood)
-First rock song to use a jazz chord (forget which song)

Lots of other examples.

[gluon]

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lol the backwards recording one is true, wtf is a Norwegian wood.

but the rest, i don't think so tim, early blues players had rock songs that did all those things.

[FAPhaggot]

Back then it literally didn't take much to WOW the world. The Beatles are basically all very mediocre musicians that just so happened to hit at the right time. It just kills people to even fathom that but true. Never liked them never will..

This. Nothing makes me rage more than people who think Ringo Starr is a good drummer. ****ing nothing. He played basic 4/4 **** for a band you happen to like, that doesn't make him a good drummer. A ****ing trained monkey could have played 90% of the Beatles drum parts.

"But he did it with such FEEL!!" Suck my dick, *******.

I'd say they are more a product of their time and place. They were a boy band marketed to a generation of 16-20 year old Baby Boomer *******s, in an environment where major labels/studios could control almost all the music put out on the radio and records in stores.

[phikappa]

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lol the backwards recording one is true, wtf is a Norwegian wood.

but the rest, i don't think so tim, early blues players had rock songs that did all those things.

1) Early Blues players played Blues, not Rock. Rock and Blues are different. Learn your genres, bro.
2) No they didn't. There's not one Blues song with a string quartet.
3) If you don't know Norwegian Wood, please go.

[Leon09]

Lol nah. I literally can not name any of their songs and I've only met one person who actually liked them

[gluon]

1) Early Blues players played Blues, not Rock. Rock and Blues are different. Learn your genres, bro.
2) No they didn't. There's not one Blues song with a string quartet.
3) If you don't know Norwegian Wood, please go.

1) Fats Domino disagrees " “Everybody started callin’ my music rock and roll,” he once said, “but it wasn’t anything but the same rhythm and blues I’d been playin’ down in New Orleans.”

2) LMAO how bout a woodwind ensemble, an upright base and a piano.

3) no

[ForumNature]

I figured Maxwell's Silver Hammer would be a Misc anthem:

[SmillironS]

The Beatles were some of the most savvy businessmen in music ever. They basically copied Chuck Berry and made billions instead of selling genre-creating songs for $50.

Strong this, Chuck Berry is the most under appreciated artist in history.

[Jax05]

overrated af

[gharlow]

I would easily take Hendrix, Doors, Rolling Stones, Zeppelin, Joplin and I'm sure a few others over the Beatles.

Their influence can't be overstated, but I really don't think their songs aged very well.

Ready for negs for this...

Wu Tang "My Heart Gently Weeps" is better than My Guitar Gently Weeps.

Motley Crue's "Helter Skelter" >>>> The Beatle's version.

[DualBandWiFi]

I'd say they are pretty mediocre and I wasn't even alive back then.

[KingSWRV]

hating on the beatles has become a political statement at this point.

Like a generational cope or something lol

this generation is pretty much saying "fuk you we don't go back in time anymore, we are too densely overloaded with information, there is no room for the past and history hurts our ego anyway because there is no remarkability left to discover"

something along the lines of that lol

[BustaCapp]

The Beatles were some of the most savvy businessmen in music ever. They basically copied Chuck Berry and made billions instead of selling genre-creating songs for $50.

Lmfaoooooooooo!

P!ease tell me you're trolling?

Which Chuck Berry's songs did they rip off for these?

[SkinnyPhatBrah]

I'm embarrassed that my parents still listen to Elvis.

are you a little hellion, perhaps feeling rebellious?

[PatheticPeter]

i know you gorillas won't get it,
but watch this 90 second video on why they stand out from the rest: