Anyone not like The Beatles?

Freddie59 · 14-05-2011 06:53PM

KnifeWRENCH wrote: »

I think the Beatles were fantastic, but I also think Elvis was the most overrated singer in history. I don't hate his music, but there's very little of it that I actually enjoy ("Suspicious Minds" is a good song but the rest is very meh.) Also the fact that he never wrote his own songs and was basically a puppet being controlled by svengalis in the background annoys me. He had a decent voice and was pretty good looking but nothing more.

Elvis was - by far - probably the most talented performer that ever lived. The ultimate showman and performer who could sing any type of song and make it look effortless. Only Freddie Mercury came close.

OK - he didn't write - but by God was he some performer. Michael Jackson the King? Pffft. In his dreams!:D

ELVIS Aloha from Hawaii is a music concert that was headlined by Elvis Presley, and broadcast live via satellite around the world on January 14, 1973. It was watched by over one billion viewers worldwide and remains the most watched broadcast by an individual entertainer in television history.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9saX9cF248

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlKJ-0bnxdA

LETHAL LADY · 14-05-2011 07:09PM

Freddie59 wrote: »

Elvis was - by far - probably the most talented performer that ever lived. The ultimate showman and performer who could sing any type of song and make it look effortless. Only Freddie Mercury came close.

OK - he didn't write - but by God was he some performer. Michael Jackson the King? Pffft. In his dreams!:D

ELVIS Aloha from Hawaii is a music concert that was headlined by Elvis Presley, and broadcast live via satellite around the world on January 14, 1973. It was watched by over one billion viewers worldwide and remains the most watched broadcast by an individual entertainer in television history.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9saX9cF248

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlKJ-0bnxdA

I love Viva las Vegas and In the Ghetto.

Da Shins Kelly · 14-05-2011 07:14PM

I listen to them quite a bit and I love them, but I know my mother hates them. She thinks most of their songs are too 'happy', and she didn't really like John Lennon.

Da Shins Kelly · 14-05-2011 07:25PM

KnifeWRENCH wrote: »

I think the Beatles were fantastic, but I also think Elvis was the most overrated singer in history. I don't hate his music, but there's very little of it that I actually enjoy ("Suspicious Minds" is a good song but the rest is very meh.) Also the fact that he never wrote his own songs and was basically a puppet being controlled by svengalis in the background annoys me. He had a decent voice and was pretty good looking but nothing more.

Wouldn't totally agree with this reason for disliking Elvis. I wouldn't be a huge fan of Elvis, but I wouldn't knock him on the song-writing thing. Some of the best singers of all time didn't write their own music - Sinatra, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald. It doesn't really have much bearing on how great they were at singing. Singing is more than just writing your own songs and singing them, it's also about interpretation. The above singers were brilliant interpreters of lyrics without ever having to write their own songs. Billie Holiday, for example, so completely owned every song that she ever sang by simply turning it into a piece of autobiography and making it profoundly emotional. She chose to sing songs (written by other people) because they applied to her life. If she'd never written a song lyric in her life, she'd still be one of the greatest singers that ever lived, simply through her power to interpret and make the songs her own.

For example, this is her last ever recording after battling alcoholism, heroin addiction and several men who abused her physically and mentally, and robbed her. In my opinion, it's one of the greatest recordings in music.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xs9P-pfqF6Y

LisaLee · 16-05-2011 02:48PM

thebostoncrab wrote: »

I don't like the first few records, but as they kept going I liked them more than more.

I think Wings are better to be honest...*Hides from abuse*

:eek:

Well.... You think you know someone...

losthorizon · 16-05-2011 04:36PM

Paul was waaaay more talented than his brother

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjnkmNyArNg

Iron Hide · 16-05-2011 04:38PM

Rolling Stones, The Doors, Creedence > The Beatles

RichieC · 16-05-2011 04:41PM

Grew up with the red and blue compilations on record in my house! loved them

Also Dark side of the moon record and war of the worlds... all things I will take with me in my heart to the grave.

I much prefer the later Beatles myself, Abbey Road being my favourite.

losthorizon · 16-05-2011 04:54PM

RichieC wrote: »

Grew up with the red and blue compilations on record in my house! loved them

Also Dark side of the moon record and war of the worlds... all things I will take with me in my heart to the grave.

I much prefer the later Beatles myself, Abbey Road being my favourite.

Pinks Floyds Dark Side of the Moon - Youre Right. Thats some some Class album. Not one weak track

m@cc@ · 16-05-2011 04:58PM

bayern282 wrote: »

Day in the Life, Best Beatles Song

It wavers but this for me:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qP4Ye15J0Y

Caoimhín · 16-05-2011 05:03PM

Cant stand them.

FiorCraft · 16-05-2011 06:02PM

I wouldn't go so far as to say that they're crap but I've never liked their music. I've also never liked the music of Queen or Elvis Presley. I notice a lot of jaws dropping when I say that because I'm such a fan of music. For some reason though, I just never took to any of the above. The beatles in particular.

RichieC · 16-05-2011 06:04PM

my fav

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yobA-zDpa8

7sr2z3fely84g5 · 16-05-2011 06:05PM

Queen was ok until the countless rereleases/reissues since.

Freddie59 · 16-05-2011 06:26PM

FiorCraft wrote: »

I wouldn't go so far as to say that they're crap but I've never liked their music. I've also never liked the music of Queen or Elvis Presley. I notice a lot of jaws dropping when I say that because I'm such a fan of music. For some reason though, I just never took to any of the above. The beatles in particular.

Ah, everyone to their own. Who DO you like?

m@cc@ · 16-05-2011 07:05PM

RichieC wrote: »

my fav

The White Album?

RichieC · 16-05-2011 08:43PM

m@cc@ wrote: »

The White Album?

Crap didnt see that was a bad link..

jimmyw · 16-05-2011 08:50PM

Like some other posters on here, I could never see the attraction with Queen, Elvis or the beetles either.But everyone to their own, we cant all like the same thing.

Autosport · 16-05-2011 08:51PM

Cant stand them

KyussBishop · 16-05-2011 08:57PM

I used to really like them, and listened to them loads, but back then didn't really pay much attention to the lyrics.
Now whenever I listen to them I can't stand how some of their more bad-but-catchy songs get stuck in my head; I still like a lot of their stuff though, and the white album is probably also my favourite.

Dudess · 16-05-2011 09:03PM

Used to dislike them, bar the odd song from the later period, when I was younger. Really starting to appreciate them now - but I do find some of their stuff pretty bland. On the other hand, some of it is spectacular, and then there is lots of stuff that's nice. Not earth-shattering, but still pleasant - e.g. Across The Universe kinda stuff.

skylight1987 · 16-05-2011 09:05PM

The King of Moo wrote: »

When I was young I never got any of their albums just to be contrarian, cos it seemed such an obvious thing to do, and lots of people said they were the best band ever just because everyone else did. Though I still liked all the songs I knew by them.
Then when I got a little older and a little less immature I started to buy their albums here and there, and came to the conclusion that they are indeed fantastic. I'm no expert on music, but I can instinctively tell that their best stuff is in another class. I think.

But I know a lot of people still say they're the best band ever just because most people do. It's very rare to hear someone say they don't like them.

So, does anyone hear not like them, and if not, do you have a reason?

i dont like them ,they do nothing for me

Badgermonkey · 16-05-2011 09:18PM

Nice Kinks Demo I heard for the 1st time today & an odd Beach Boys vid that showcases a great combination of killer bassline, backing vocals and multi-layered production.

Wibbs · 16-05-2011 09:35PM

In a lot of ways I personally liken them to Picasso. The Picassos of 20th century popular music. I like a lot of Picassos work and I dislike a good chunk of it, but I see him as a genius nonetheless. I would look on the four Scousers the same. Like oul Pablo, they were influenced by many sources, but changed the game to become the main source themselves. They were as prolific as Pablo and could turn their hand to pretty much anything in their field like Pablo(these were guys in 62 who couldn't play piano or read music, that within a few years were coming up with piano progressions like let it be and Lucy in the sky with diamonds. Lennon in particular could conjure up the most sublime piano licks with so few notes...). They were also universally popular and commercial like Pablo, but still gave critics and pseuds the horn over the minutiae of their output. And like Picasso they never stopped changing.

Wibbs · 16-05-2011 09:45PM

Badgermonkey wrote: »

an odd Beach Boys vid that showcases a great combination of killer bassline, backing vocals and multi-layered production.

Listen to with a little help from my friends off Pepper and lets play spot Macca ripping off that very song feel in the bass.

He admitted it too. Without the beachboys I really doubt there would have been pepper or even revolver. Any interviews I've seen the Beatles rate them above all others, with a side order of respect for Dylan that quick enough turned sour(though they were blamed for Bobbie going electric). They don't rate the Stones except in a fatherly patronising way. They rate the motown and other black american stuff a lot more*.

As do I. What always grinds my gears about "best albums of all time" lists is the oft omission of What's goin on, by Marvin Gaye.

Superbus · 16-05-2011 09:53PM

jimmyw wrote: »

Like some other posters on here, I could never see the attraction with Queen, Elvis or the beetles either.But everyone to their own, we cant all like the same thing.

Yeah, not too great.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmVd9F1fW00

Anyway, they essentially define my musical taste. Everything else I like branches out from them (granted, it's a fairly convoluted tree). I was sung Beatles songs from the day I was born, they were always played, then I slowly discovered the depths of their work as I got a bit older. I was in a play in school revolving around their songs, really solidified how great most of it is.

After 1965 of course. Before that, I admit, a lot of muck, but I think that clouds the judgement of too many people.

Also, somebody mentioned earlier in the thread about people not liking The Beatles to stand out - I think that AH is essentially populated by that kind of person. Hell, I'm probably that kind of person, but I make an exception when it comes to JPGR.

Latchy · 16-05-2011 10:52PM

losthorizon wrote: »

For me the Beatles are up there. Norwegian Wood being my favourite Track.

But this time period was a time of great creativity (mid 1960s - early 70s).

You had the Stones, Love with possibly the best album of the 60s if not of all time,Cream the greatest trio of all time,The Who ,The Byrds ,Traffic ,Caravan ,Moody Blues ,

Plus countless others like Pink Floyd, Deep Purple, The Small Faces, The Kinks etc. What I loved about the time was the mixing of genres - the Byrds for instance stared off as a pop group, drifted into rock , folk, psychedelic and ended up as a country rock band. It was a trip. Their music like all bands of the time was always evolving.

^ I'm a fan of them all and would be part of my music collection . All of the above and many more to boot were evolving and experimenting , which is what made sixties music so great .

''Ermans Ermits '' knocked out a good few hits such as No Milk today (4,545,278 youtube hits ) :cool:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClQepFF-Sr0

And the odd and slightly psychedelic ' Museam ' which showed them not afraid to explore away from the usual pop formula

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4RQdhfBXRc

Wibbs wrote: »

Listen to with a little help from my friends off Pepper and lets play spot Macca ripping off that very song feel in the bass. He admitted it too. Without the beachboys I really doubt there would have been pepper or even revolver. Any interviews I've seen the Beatles rate them above all others, with a side order of respect for Dylan that quick enough turned sour(though they were blamed for Bobbie going electric). They don't rate the Stones except in a fatherly patronising way. They rate the motown and other black american stuff a lot more*.

There was mutual respect from both bands for each other and Brian Wilson quotes the Rubber Soul album as beinga turing point in his musical career . Mc Cartney is quoted on the inner sleeve on the Pet Sounds Box set saying that on hearing 'God Only Knows ' he was so blown away that he went of and wrote ' Here There and Everywere ' .And the ' falsetto harmonies' on ' Back In The USSR ' are also a tribute to the Beach Boys and not as some people thought a rip off ( the beatles had their influences like everybody but didn't need to rip anybody off ) and the admiration worked both ways .

Paul Weller was influenced by the Beatles and it's evident on 'Start ' which is really 'Taxman ' in reverse

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vI8AOkbfgNE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Maz9ddxEQnM

Buceph · 16-05-2011 10:57PM

Who'd a thunk it. In between the rabble rabble there's a decent discussion of The Beatles going on in After Hours. :pac:

The King of Moo · 17-05-2011 09:32AM

In honour of our visitor..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tzb5QABCmak

Duggy747 · 17-05-2011 09:38AM

While I respect and acknowledge what The Beatles did for music I could never get into them, bar a slight amount of songs I don't like most of their stuff.

I have a wide area of music I listen to going back decades but The Beatles just don't do anything for me, never have. Still, if I heard them in a pub / cafe I wouldn't throw a wobble about I how dislike them or anything.

Anyone not like The Beatles?

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