The Beatles. What's the story there?

libelula · 27-09-2015 01:46AM #1

They were fairly brutal like. What's the appeal?

Tangatagamadda Chaddabinga Bonga Bungo · 27-09-2015 01:51AM

Wings, the band the Beatles could have been or something something ect.

Lithium93_ · 27-09-2015 01:51AM

Educate yourself sucker...
https://rycehat.wordpress.com/2010/12/06/ten-reasons-why-the-beatles-are-the-greatest-band-in-the-history-of-ever/

C.K Dexter Haven · 27-09-2015 01:58AM

Nowhere, man!

Notavirus.exe · 27-09-2015 02:04AM

The Wolfe Tones were always better.

Insect Overlord · 27-09-2015 02:05AM

libelula wrote: »

They were fairly brutal like. What's the appeal?

Same as 1-Direction, *NSync, The Backstreet Boys and whoever else in the last few decades, in many ways. Looks got them attention, simple songs about love did the rest.

At least they could write and play their own music, though.

AllGunsBlazing · 27-09-2015 02:28AM

They wrote catchy songs at a time when pop/rock was still in it's relative infancy. I'd imagine that you probably had to be there to appreciate their cultural impact. Personally, i'd rate The Stones and The Who more highly. Also, Brian Wilson of fhe Beach Boys was a far more gifted song writer than Lennon and McCartney combined.

Custardpi · 27-09-2015 02:29AM

While the later Beatles albums like Revolver & Let It Be displayed a talent for songwriting that has rarely been equaled since their earlier work was merely decent quality pop music as opposed to world class. Their looks, including the classic fringe haircuts & a great marketing team helped make them the legends they became. There were plenty of other bands at the time producing great pop music & it's hard to argue in retrospect that the pre 65/66 Beatles were better than say The Shadows, Herman's Hermits or Georgie Fame & The Famous Flames, etc who are now either forgotten or are far less obsessed over than the "Fab Four".

At the time their music was considered of far less importance than their looks. Check out footage from the legendary Shea Stadium performance in New York. The screams of female fans practically drown out the music, no different really from a One Direction concert. Personally I love the Beatles music, even a lot of the early cheesy pop stuff but the tendency to regard them as being musical (as opposed to promotional) geniuses from start to finish of the band's careers is misguided.

Rothko · 27-09-2015 02:31AM

1/10 try better

Mother Brain · 27-09-2015 02:31AM

I've never been a fan but my brother has forced to watch enough bloody documentaries about them to concede that they did have very complex, innovative harmonies etc. At least in the later albums. They are 'technically' really good. I'm still not very keen on them though. No sexual edge to any of their music.

And I always end telling my brother that if that's all there was to music being great we'd all be listening to classical music!

karma_ · 27-09-2015 02:36AM

The Beatles brutal?

You just can't buy taste I guess.

Duggy747 · 27-09-2015 02:38AM

Pfffft, The Beatles couldn't even dream of making something as majestic and powerful as this

The Dogs Bollix · 27-09-2015 02:42AM

Lucy off in the sky with diamonds
Hey jude
Let it be
Yellow submarine
Strawberry field forever
Penny lane

Are just a few of their songs?

Are you okay in the head OP? The beatles were great. What a decade to live in.

TheLastMohican · 27-09-2015 02:44AM

Suas11 wrote: »

1/10 try better

You mean UB40?

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

RWCNT · 27-09-2015 02:53AM

Properly weirded out by people who think the Beatles got by on their looks. Not my cuppa tea I suppose.

endacl · 27-09-2015 03:00AM

Notavirus.exe wrote: »

The Wolfe Tones were always better bitter.

Better.

NachoBusiness · 27-09-2015 03:02AM

Anyone remember Egg, in This Life, played by that chap that went on to do The Walking Dead?

Well, he said the Beatles were shite in one episode and there was murder.

There ya are now.

Mother Brain · 27-09-2015 03:04AM

NachoBusiness wrote: »

Anyone remember Egg, in This Life, played by that chap that went on to do The Walking Dead?

Well, he said the Beatles were shite in one episode and there was murder.

There ya are now.

Loved that show!

Rothko · 27-09-2015 03:12AM

Mother Brain wrote: »

I've never been a fan but my brother has forced to watch enough bloody documentaries about them to concede that they did have very complex, innovative harmonies etc. At least in the later albums. They are 'technically' really good. I'm still not very keen on them though. No sexual edge to any of their music.

And I always end telling my brother that if that's all there was to music being great we'd all be listening to classical music!

What's wrong with classical music?

TheLastMohican wrote: »

You mean UB40?

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

Love a bit of UB40

Mother Brain · 27-09-2015 03:21AM

Suas11 wrote: »

What's wrong with classical music?

Oh nothing at all! I like to listen to classical music sometimes while im sculpting or just relaxing.

My brother maintains that the beatles are objectively good because of the complex musicality, harmonies etc. and I just feel that if your only criteria for deciding whether you like a piece of music is whether it's sort of 'critically considered' to be good then you should be listening to classical music all the time as it doesn't get much more musically accomplished than that!

Rothko · 27-09-2015 03:32AM

Mother Brain wrote: »

Oh nothing at all! I like to listen to classical music sometimes while im sculpting or just relaxing.

My brother maintains that the beatles are objectively good because of the complex musicality, harmonies etc. and I just feel that if your only criteria for deciding whether you like a piece of music is whether it's sort of 'critically considered' to be good then you should be listening to classical music all the time as it doesn't get much more musically accomplished than that!

But a lot of the Beatles' music is simple, especially the early stuff.

LordSutch · 27-09-2015 03:34AM

Eight years of red hot creativity, the like of which popular music had never seen before (or since).
Lennon & McCartney + Harrison really did push the boundaries of popular music, (with a little help from a certain Mr George Martin in the control room).

The Beatles influence on popular music was/is enormous, you only have to listen to other stuff being produced (at that time) you will see that the Beetles music was rather special, including the early 60s simple 'catchy' dance tracks.

Nuff said.

TheLastMohican · 27-09-2015 03:36AM

Suas11 wrote: »

But a lot of the Beatles' music is simple, especially the early stuff.

I'd go along with that. Drugs gave them the edge but also contributed to their demise. For me, Sgt Pepper's was their best. But then, I'm an old hippy bloke.

Mother Brain · 27-09-2015 03:47AM

Suas11 wrote: »

But a lot of the Beatles' music is simple, especially the early stuff.

Yeah I would agree! I mean i'm not really fan and used to dismiss them as a glorified boy band, but then my brother showed me a load of documentaries etc. and showed me that there was more to it than that.

At the end of the day they just don't really do it for me, just not my thing I guess, but I can unreservedly concede that they were hugely talented musicians and had a big effect on music and all that.

I just much prefer the stones, the doors, the who, zeppelin etc. All the other good 'drug' bands at the time!

Grayditch · 27-09-2015 03:53AM

They turned savage when they started eating all the drugs.

Like The Beach Boys.

GerB40 · 27-09-2015 04:00AM

AllGunsBlazing wrote: »

They wrote catchy songs at a time when pop/rock was still in it's relative infancy. I'd imagine that you probably had to be there to appreciate their cultural impact. Personally, i'd rate The Stones and The Who more highly. Also, Brian Wilson of fhe Beach Boys was a far more gifted song writer than Lennon and McCartney combined.

Can't forget the kinks. I'm a Dylan fanatic but the Lennon/McCarthy songs were without a doubt some of the greatest songs writters in recent history. Yesterday, Blackbird, A Day in the Life, The Long and Winding Road, Here Comes the Sun, Get Back, Eight days a Week, I am the Walrus (I know, utter bizarre but great nonetheless), Help, In my life (which I honestly think might be the best lyrics from all Beatles songs), While my guitar gently weeps.

The reason I said I was a Dylan fanatic is because he influenced their music after their safer "poppy" period. Songs like I want to hold your hand and eight days a week were revolutionary at the time but once the four Liverpludians started writing more introspective songs they reached another level of greatness that hasn't, nor ever will be beaten. They changed music forever (with a little help from Bob Dylan).

But of course different strokes for different folks..

booooring! · 27-09-2015 04:04AM

Great song!

JupiterKid · 27-09-2015 04:07AM

The Beatles were groundbreaking. You may not like their music but they were a force to be reckoned with in the 60s. You have to remember that the 1960s was a really important decade for pop music. It started out with crooners and Cliff Richards and in just 9 short years you had heavy rock like Led Zeppelin.

There's little doubt that the Beatles played a major role in the evolution of music in that decade and the huge influence they had.

GerB40 · 27-09-2015 04:09AM

Suas11 wrote: »

What's wrong with classical music?

Love a bit of UB40

Despite my name I can't stand them. Just not my thang...

ceadaoin. · 27-09-2015 05:08AM

Seriously, listen to the Sgt. peppers album ffs. One of the best albums of all time. the Beatles paved the way for popular music, whether you like it or not, most of the acclaimed bands of the past three decades wouldn't exist if it weren't for them.

NachoBusiness wrote: »

Anyone remember Egg, in This Life, played by that chap that went on to do The Walking Dead?

Well, he said the Beatles were shite in one episode and there was murder.

There ya are now.

Andrew Lincoln. I watch the walking dead but he'll always be egg to me. And your man out of teachers

Billy86 · 27-09-2015 05:48AM

An File wrote: »

Same as 1-Direction, *NSync, The Backstreet Boys and whoever else in the last few decades, in many ways. Looks got them attention, simple songs about love did the rest.

At least they could write and play their own music, though.

You seem to be under the impression they broke up around 1965.

The Beatles. What's the story there?

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