The vast majority of the songs by the Beatles are overrated, hyped up junk... "We all live in a yellow submarine"..... "I am the walrus"... "Why don't we do it on the road"... "I want to hold your hand"... "Helter Skelter... Utter rubbish.
shareYes. A couple of their early songs are okay and that's it.
shareYou poor aesthetically challenged soul. I pity you.
shareit's taste of course but I agree with the OP, I never understood what the fuss was all about. Their clangy strumming type of whiny lyrics songs never appealed to me. nobody can deny they broke ground historically, but like the other posted said that was more of a business and producing genius thing than musical.
I never understood what the fuss was all about.
that was more of a business and producing genius thing than musical.
You like them, and I get it. I just don't care for their sound. The SOUND, if you can separate that from the hype and business success, as a factor, the way I do. Btw hip hop also "invented an entire genre of music and changed the face of pop culture" but nonetheless I don't have any snoop dogg or Lil Wayne CDs on my shelf. Don't like the sound, that's why.
It was a different time. All'z I'm sayin is I think the hype was more about the hype than it was about their actual sound. "Their clangy strumming type of whiny lyrics songs never appealed to me."
"Their use of three part harmony, their musicianship, their introduction of new instruments into the pop landscape, but mostly their incredible songwriting. " I am not a musician so I can't really discuss these things, but other artists broke ground too, without being credited with the collossal success the beatles had. I just don't get it. Sorry.
But mostly their sound is lame. "I want to hold your haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaannnndd" lmao
I stand by my assertion that it was more hype than substance.
The sound is the reason they were so big. NO one had heard anything like it before. They basically invented the modern rock/pop format that is still in use today. Think of your ten favourite bands, and guaranteed the majority of them are going to credit the Beatles as a major influence.
Don't like the sound, that's why.
I think the hype was more about the hype than it was about their actual sound
but other artists broke ground too, without being credited with the collossal success the beatles had
But mostly their sound is lame. "I want to hold your haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaannnndd" lmao
okay bro if you say so. i guess they are like broccoli; tastes awful but good for you so ya need to eat it anyway.
sorry dude but i still don't get it. their songs and tunes just dont sound good to me. most of your answers ar e more on the cerebral side... an intellectual appreciation as opposed to a visceral one.
maybe i just dont understand these elements you mention, and how they influenced other bands. but dude if that's true, why do the influencED bands appeal to me but the influencERS don't? let that sink in.
hell this aint even my thread lol, and here i am trying to defend the op's position. smh
Not only are there fans of the Beatles who weren't even born when the band was active ...
not only are there fans of the Beatles whose parents weren't even born when the band was active ...
but there are fans of the Beatles whose grandparents weren't even born when the band was active.
You don't get that sort of appeal & longevity for hype.
You get it for sheer quality & substance.
I'm so sick and tired of millennial/Gen Y with their stupid "everything is overrated" shtick. All it does is underscore just how culturally bankrupt they are. I wonder if they go out of their way to trash everything because it pains them how pathetic they are compared to previous generations.
shareI'm 53
shareI am also 53.
shareProbably not the most. But I don't get all the rage.
shareNO, they are NOT!
shareWhat about Drive My Car, Run For Your Life, Come Together, Ticket To Ride, We Can Work it Out, I’m Looking Through You, If I Fell, Anna Go To Him, Lady Madonna?
shareYour argument is invalidated right out of the gate by calling songs like I Am The Walrus "utter rubbish" -- every song you mention is a good one to the vast majority of listeners.
share