Never has there been a band like the Beatles. You can like others more, but none can compare. No band was as influential and changed the music industry like the Beatles.
They formed in 1960, disbanded in 1970, a period of only 10 years, and still have outsold any other rock or pop band. They only toured from 1964-1966. Compare that to The Rolling Stones or any other band that has been together for decades.
Like them or hate them, no one comes close to the music they wrote and played .
They put the “group sound” to rock and roll while all others were just individuals except for Bill Haley and The Comets before The Beatles.
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What we've learned from history is that we haven't learned from it.
Say what you want about them or their politics etc. Talent the level of Lennon and McCartney only comes along every 400 years or so. We were privileged to live in a time when it came along.
This is fact and the reason why even musicians who are Beatle fans cannot replicate the sounds and musicianship they did with routine, simply because it requires every member of the emulator band to be capable of reproducing their part and that is as rare as rocking horse sheit,
They also generated more firsts, than any other band. They were innovators which is why their estates continue to accrue wealth and will after all 4 are gone, us too.
The Beatles wrote and sang songs, everyone else plays songs, digest that for a moment....... Stoned vs Beatles, what a joke, proven by the amount of people who would prefer to listen to a Stones LP with the backing tracks removed compared to the Beatles doing same.
When truth is ignored, it does not change an untruth from remaining a lie.
They also generated more firsts, than any other band. They were innovators which is why their estates continue to accrue wealth and will after all 4 are gone, us too.
Of course the firsts referred to here are not the #1 records they had as that could have even been greater, had they not competed with themselves for those #1 charted songs.
There were times the Beatles owned the top 5 or 6 positions on the pop chart, making it impossible to garner the most #1’s they are would likely have gotten had they not released so many hits at one time.
Originally Posted by RJY66
I was thinking the other day how much I used to hate Bill Clinton. He was freaking George Washington compared to what they are now.
Say what you want about them or their politics etc. Talent the level of Lennon and McCartney only comes along every 400 years or so. We were privileged to live in a time when it came along.
A great rendition of a hauntingly beautiful love song, one of my early favorites.
The Beatles saw me through Jr. High and H.S. and While I’m no expert, I think they wrote some of the greatest melodies of any band since, aside from their instrumentation.
They all showed their talent as they went on beyond the Beatles, maybe particularly Paul with Wings. Check out the baseline he plays as he sings “Silly Love Song”.
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