Grumpster
10:32 Wed May 8
Re: The Beatles
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Music arguments are pointless, as we've all got different tastes.
Clearly an excellent band who have stood the test of time, but they still wouldn't make my own personal top 10, regardless of the fact I like loads of their songs, as I just like music from that era.
Got tickets for a ska event in garon park this August and I'd rather go to that and see From the Jam and Bad Manners etc than see the full Beatles line up live, simple as that.
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mashed in maryland
10:32 Wed May 8
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Not about popularity Sven, more the impact and how recognisable they are.
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Northern Sold
9:47 Wed May 8
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Surf my ol argumentative chum... I original said that the Beatles were lousy live and not comparable to someone like The Who (in their pomp....not with half their band dead like now)...it was you that reared up and shoved me a YouTube recording of them playing 2 covers when they are well known fir being up there with the greatest songwriters ever... I called it weird that you put those 2 up as proof that they was better than The Oo ....I've not changed my mind...
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Sven Roeder
9:38 Wed May 8
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Yes, the Beatles are the most popular
Like McDonalds are the most popular restaurant and EastEnders the most popular tv show
Harry Potter is the best book
And The Sun the high point of journalism
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mashed in maryland
9:36 Wed May 8
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There are live performances of certain songs that can do that yes.
Even Beatles ones at the time I'm sure.
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Snatch Pasty
9:35 Wed May 8
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I listened to The Beatles when I was younger - not so much these days. I get their importance, but never really got them as a group if that makes sense.
I don't dislike them, but music is subjective.
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Eerie Descent
9:31 Wed May 8
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You could say the same about football fans?
And are you saying that people can't be blown away by art form? Have you never been blown away by a film? A TV programme? A piece of art? An amazing goal?
I find people who can't be blown away by a piece of genius as weird.
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mashed in maryland
9:29 Wed May 8
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wansteadman 8:56 Wed May 8
Says more about radio playlists in the UK than anything else.
Walk into a bar in a foreign country and there's a big chance they'll be playing a Beatles song. Pretty much everyone has heard of them. Stones and Kinks not so much.
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mashed in maryland
9:26 Wed May 8
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Is there any other sort of music fan than a casual one?
People who fiercely devote themselves to bands/singers/labels (unless they're directly involved and/or making money off them) are weird.
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cholo
8:59 Wed May 8
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Listened to them a lot as a kid as the old man had the box set,, so mostly haven't bothered as an adult as I could probably recite word for word songs I haven't heard for 35 years if they came on.
In My Life, Here Comes the Sun and Something are still all absolute crackers though.
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wansteadman
8:56 Wed May 8
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Not a fan myself. They just happened to be the first. Can’t remember the last time I heard a Beatles record but I hear other 60’s 70’s records all the time, the Beatles stuff hasn’t aged very well whereas the stones and kinks etc have done
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Eerie Descent
8:48 Wed May 8
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Songs don't blow you away?
Nail. Head.
The Beatles - the best band in the world for casual music fans.
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mashed in maryland
8:42 Wed May 8
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Def and eerie
I'm sure we could all say that about most bands. I love their more obscure(ish) stuff from about 66 onwards. Granted it doesn't "blow me away" but tbh I can't think of many songs that actually do... its just music ain't it. Plus I'm not really sure its even meant to; its not stadium rock or power ballads.
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SurfaceAgentX2Zero
3:02 Wed May 8
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Northern Sold 12:18 Wed May 8
No. Who on earth said they were?
You're all over the shop here, aren't you?
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paul6565
2:57 Wed May 8
Re: The Beatles
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They are a 60’s pop band. Thats it. No classics that you will ever want at a big family event.
Not in the Champions League.
Example Elvis, The Rolling Stones.
And Scouse
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defjam
2:46 Wed May 8
Re: The Beatles
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Eerie Descent 7:38 Tue May 7
'but there is not one song of theirs i listen to and feel blown away.'
Thank you, exactly that.
People say they are the best band ever because they have been told that, Most people can't name an obscure Beatles record, just the usual boy band songs.
I've never ever heard a mate play a Beatles tune in a car or DJ yet pretty much every other genre I have.
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Northern Sold
12:18 Wed May 8
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Surf.... what and McCartney and Ringo are ripping it up now??
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martinbritt_63
11:09 Tue May 7
Re: The Beatles
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Not entirely appropriate - but when I lived in Manhattan I'll always remember this from Rob Bartlett and Don Imus on the NBC morning show - @kin hilarious !
By the way, rob bartlett was black.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOl34DAt5GM
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SurfaceAgentX2Zero
11:08 Tue May 7
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Northern Sold 10:35 Tue May 7
'Don't think they have played for about 20 years Surf son'
Do you mean the 20 years when their most avid fans, myself included, would struggle to describe their live shows as anything better than, 'a bit shit'.
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BRANDED
10:39 Tue May 7
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Song writing is lyrics and melody
Harmonisation is just arrangement
About 10,000 acts harmonise better than the Beatles
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Northern Sold
10:35 Tue May 7
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SurfaceAgentX2Zero 6:31 Tue May 7
Re: The Beatles
Again, I'm not sure what the fuck it has to do with anything, but if you don't like Summertime Blues you should probably have a word with Pete Townshend - they've been playing it for about 50 years now. They must do it to piss off the audience.
Don't think they have played for about 20 years Surf son so yeah maybe it did piss off the audience in the end... still not listened to your link... footy on at the mo
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