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23-11-2010 2:53pm#1
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Favourite album or favourite Beatles album?
Latter, I'd have to go with Revolver.
TBH probably both. Revolver would probably be my second favourite Beatles album.
Sorry about the thread format but I love The Beatles and I dont know many people who like them as much as I do and who I can have a discussion with / share stories about the so I posted it up. Everyone in the Oasis thread referenced them at some stage and I thought I left it long enough before I started this topic? I'm not out to make enemies or annoy people....
Favourite track would have to be the live rooftop version of "Don't Let Me Down'.0 -
TBH probably both. Revolver would probably be my second favourite Beatles album.
Sorry about the thread format but I love The Beatles and I dont know many people who like them as much as I do and who I can have a discussion with / share stories about the so I posted it up. Everyone in the Oasis thread referenced them at some stage and I thought I left it long enough before I started this topic? I'm not out to make enemies or annoy people....
Favourite track would have to be the live rooftop version of "Don't Let Me Down'.
It's mostly your hyperbole more than anything. Also, they're probably up there with the most discussed artists of all time, a quick forum search will doubtlessly have quite a few threads.0 -
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smokedeels wrote: »tbh man, the body of your post was "are the best, discuss", the finality in that comment, for me, was off-putting, it's the second thread I've seen you post like this. Most people like some element of The Beatles, what did you expect this thread to become without more direction?
You’ve elaborated a little in the post above and imo…
The Beatles are the best at…
Making music: No, I mean…. they were pretty out there at times, but I don’t feel they were all that innovative, just better known than some other bands who tried similar things. Yes, they wrote some great tunes, but I like other bands and other songs more, but that’s all relative.
Record Sales: I don’t think that’s important
I'm not sure of this but I heard that they have sold something like a billion records worldwide?GoldenTickets wrote: »Definitely a lazy approach to a thread. Put some effort into your first post and you might get more out of people. The way it is you come across as not really caring about the band or your thread.
The Beatles are obviously amazing, there's hardly any need to discuss that (unless you're gunning for a row with people who disagree).
Thanks guys, you're right. I changed the first post in light of your comments. Hopefully all is good now?
My favourite story is when The Beatles first met Bob Dylan in New York!
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Influencing a generation?
Inspiring the majority of musicans that came after them?
Making music?
Record Sales?
I think the fact that they recorded 13 top notch albums in 7 years is amazing.
They certainly influenced a generation.
They have definitely inspired many musicians since the 1960s.
Not sure what the third point means.
They have sold the most records indeed, afaik.
I find it interesting how you quantify "the best" though. I don't think I could personally use the the fact that they sold the most records as being emblematic of greatness from an artistic point of view - case in point (and grand as they are for a drunken birthday party) Abba are in the top 5 most successful musical acts of all time. This does not make them great for me, although clearly they knew how to make the public want them - maybe this is where their genius lies? Influence is a noble point to bring up, although sadly also 50 Cent has influenced a generation of wigger fools hip-hoppin their way down to the local Spar for a good ol' loiter. I'm being facetious here - of course the music industry was different (less cynical and market-driven for example) when The Beatles were around, but it's a very difficult task to definitively label one band as being The Best Evar. For every person willing to shout The Beatles were the best, you'll have another shouting "no way - Elvis was the best", then another shouting Michael Jackson, another randomer shouting The Dubliners amid jeers and thrown bottles, and then myself saying "why I believe Miles Davis deserves the credit of being the best. Although my opinion would change again the following week." Simultaneously, all of us would be wrong, and all of us would be right
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They certainly influenced a generation.
They have definitely inspired many musicians since the 1960s.
Not sure what the third point means.
They have sold the most records indeed, afaik.
I find it interesting how you quantify "the best" though. I don't think I could personally use the the fact that they sold the most records as being emblematic of greatness from an artistic point of view - case in point (and grand as they are for a drunken birthday party) Abba are in the top 5 most successful musical acts of all time. This does not make them great for me, although clearly they knew how to make the public want them - maybe this is where their genius lies?
Influence is a noble point to bring up, although sadly also 50 Cent has influenced a generation of wigger fools hip-hoppin their way down to the local Spar for a good ol' loiter. I'm being facetious here - of course the music industry was different (less cynical and market-driven for example) when The Beatles were around, but it's a very difficult task to definitively label one band as being The Best Evar. For every person willing to shout The Beatles were the best, you'll have another shouting "no way - Elvis was the best", then another shouting Michael Jackson, another randomer shouting The Dubliners amid jeers and thrown bottles, and then myself saying "why I believe Miles Davis deserves the credit of being the best. Although my opinion would change again the following week." Simultaneously, all of us would be wrong, and all of us would be right
Good point, I read that they sold 1.3 billion records worlwide to date? Obviously it never was or will be about the ammount of record sales a band has, but I just though this was a massive figure and deserved a mention.
Obviously everyone has their favourite and they will proclaim them to "be the best ever". With all the hype surrounding their release on itunes last week I have read loads about them, and many critics fans etc saying they were the best.
I think the most important point is that The Beatles have stood the test of time. I'm 21 and started listening to them off my own accord. I loved them pretty much straight away. Loads of kids these days pick up an album and get into them - their music is timeless (Maybe Please Please Me is a little old fashioned but I still enjoy it).
Yeah that is true about 50 cent and many more, but The Beatles inspired a lot more people than he ever will. Obviously I wasn't around in the 60's but from what I've read, for them 7 years they were IT.0 -
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For most people though, there's not a whole lot not to like about them. I mean - they're fairly inoffensive to most people in society: they had their young clean-cut boy era, they had their "experimental-lite" drugged-up era, then they had their last album or two which were going in yet another direction, beyond 60s rock to some extent with songs like Let it Be etc.
At the same time though, there were guys like the Velvet Underground and The Byrds post -65 albums pioneering that gritty/drugged-up noiserock stuff, which to me at least, is more interesting and innovative.
I like The Velvet Underground, great band in fairness. The only Byrds song I know is Mr. Tamborine man, the Dylan cover, which the did justice. I'll check them out.
Yeah in the Let It Be film they interview all sorts of people during the rooftop concert - even older people had alot of time for them. One guy who was easily 60 thought they were great "nice lads, and out there with a style of their own." How many 60 year olds even know who the Kings of Leon are?Sharkey 10 wrote: »My favorite album is abbey road . They are probably my favorite band . Great transformations can be seen throughout there work
This really is a massive plus to The Beatles. After listening and re-listening a few times, I literally could not believe that the same band who sang Twist and Shout were writing Tommorrow Never Knows 3 years later. :eek:0 -
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