fronobulax
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U.S. Grant said "I only know two tunes. One of them is Yankee Doodle and the other isn't."
Any Beatles Fans out there?
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U.S. Grant said "I only know two tunes. One of them is Yankee Doodle and the other isn't."
Walking Man
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No! No trick intended at all.
I expected a lot of negative input.
I am happily disappointed.
Given how much music the Beatles took from their past and expanded on, and how much of the Beatles' own music has been expanded on, it's hard to think of why someone would actively/aggressively dislike them. It's like not liking music in general. They were influenced by, and influenced: rock, pop, jazz, country, world music, electronic music, etc. etc. As has been said on this forum before, all music is derivative.
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fronobulax
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All one had to do was say they were overrated and the fecal material hit the air circulation device. Then add in the observation that influential does not have to imply good, sprinkle with an internet troll or two and let well meaning folks who forgot to take their meds stir things up and there you have it.
My personal appreciation for the Beatles is different from what it was 40 years ago
adorshki
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Geez, dude, between your musical tastes and your humor chops, you're like, my evil internet twin...we maybe oughta start checkin' with each other to make sure we don't make duplicate posts or wear the same shirt or sumthin'.....:highly_amused:
Gettin' a little verklempt myself from your bulls-eyes on my nostalgia buttons.
Just for fun, try segue-ing into the intro to "You Only Live Twice" right after the "Carve your number on my wall " verse. Actually it works just as well after the bridge too. Then you get a double shot of pure '60's in one tune.
:wink:
Yeah my stick of gum was always rock-hard too.
adorshki
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My personal appreciation for the Beatles is different from what it was 40 years ago
Would that have anything to do with the fact that nobody under the age of 45 realizes they were actually the world's very first "hair" band?:
Ringo appears to be the only one to have actually achieved any benefit from any of that stuff, though:
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<<begin CSN veer>>Speaking of Blackbird, there's a wonderful Crosby, Stills & Nash cover on the CSN box set that also includes a little taste of Stephen Stills' autocratic studio manner: Before they launch into it, he says, "Once more and we'll do it all the way through and get it all right, alright?" in a tone that suggests He. Is. Not. Happy. <<end CSN veer>
Couldn't abide the Beatles as a child - I was growing up in Sacramento, and if it wasn't The Beach Boys or Jan and Dean, I couldn't abide it. Took me growing up and growing smarter to actually understand what they meant and what they did.
adorshki
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Now that's funny, I didn't understand the Beach Boys, and I was so much closer to the beach in San Jose you'd think they'd have been mega favorites here.
Wondering if Sacramento was displaying its closer to the mid-west than San Franciso values and doing exactly what the heartland seemed to be doing at the time: wishing they could be at the beach in California...? (No snark intended, just seeing more evidence of what I always say, this state's got a conservative agricultural backbone 100 miles deep)
NOW back to Stills' incipient megalomania. Didn't Paul show symptoms of having that too?
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You can always explain away a bunch of surfers cuz they live near the beach. But a bunch of foreigners with dark unbleached hair? Not in Stockton.... or Visalia. :stupid:
adorshki
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And I guess the Rat Pack was already occupying Vegas.
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would that have anything to do with the fact that nobody under the age of 45 realizes they were actually the world's very first "hair" band?:
Ringo appears to be the only one to have actually achieved any benefit from any of that stuff, though:
*guffaw*
Zelja
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The Beatles? Meh - just an over-hyped scouser boy band. A pallid, limp 60s version of One Direction without the talent & with questionable hygiene.
Shame that Decca's good taste & sense was contrary to the dubious popular opinion of the unwashed masses.
Shame that Decca's good taste & sense was contrary to the dubious popular opinion of the unwashed masses.
tjmangum
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I like them better today than I did back then, and I was a big fan then but kind of young. It occurred to me this spring that 50 years later there are lots of young people out there into the Beatles. Being 10 years old in 1964 I know that I had no knowledge or following of music from 1914. Amazing how the world of music has changed.
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mbuc
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Just for fun here's a nice Chinese Beatles record cover:
Yikes! Ringo looks like Ellen DeGeneres and John's eyes are two different sizes!
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guildman63
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Beatles? My 9 year old son loves playing with beatles, as did I when I was a kid. :distant:
adorshki
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Good eye for counterfeits.
Isn't a counterfeit at least supposed to be "close" to the original?!! :tongue-new:
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drc
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I understand the importance of the Beatles, but screw'm. For the love of Mary, let it go already!