if you love the beatles please don't read (Rant)

[Larz]

Editorial Note: I had a VH lion shirt as well. They were originally from the 1982 Diver Down world tour.

[Musician78]

I never liked the Beatles either. In fact, I always found them quite annoying.

[Endrik]

OOoh you were talking about VH. sorry I didn't catch that. Well it has to do with getting physically beat up for not knowing who they were. I shouldn't say hate anyway, and you're write I shouldn't hate them for what their fans did (if the guys were even really fans I might have just been target because i was 13 and smaller then them) so your point is well taken.

getting beat up because of trivial shit like that is still very bad though... what a fucking scumbags
I remember years ago when an electronic band Prodigy hit big and was very popular over here among the Russian speaking folks. And there were these Russian gangs who singled out folks and asked "Do you like Prodigy". When you answered "no" then they beat you up because everyone should like Prodigy. When you answered "yes" then they beat you up because only they were allowed to like Prodigy.
That was in mid-late 90's when the whole city was full of graffiti of wonderfully constructed sentence "Prodigy is rulez" and Smack My Bitch Up was constantly rotating on TV and radio stations.

[eakinj]

Part of the deification of Lennon has to do with his music. The other part has to do with his politics. As the years go by, the latter eclipses the former.

I do believe he's overhyped in both regards, as in his personal life he seems to have been a horror of a human being (treatment of Julian, etc). Having said that, I challenge you to go through their catalog and not find at least 5 songs that knock you out, even if you can't stand the band in general.

Full disclosure- I went through a heavy Beatles phase earlier in life and pretty much ruined my parent's early copy of Sgt. Pepper. Sorry, Mom & Dad.

I see Eak's point- Certain cultural "touchstones" are treated as sancrosanct, and woe betide he who dares go atray from conventional wisdom. It's easy to say "TUNE IT OUT", but you know what? For some reason I know EXACTLY what Jon from Jon & Kate Plus 8 did last night, and I never, ever, ever wanted to know or hear anything about him in my life...but for some reason, I know what he's up to, soup to nuts. Some things become almost culturally oppressive, and when you can barely bring up a band you like without some myrmidion piping up, "Well, you should go to the SOURCE and listen to Revolver!" all the time it does get tiresome.

So the "ideal" of the Beatles (not a perfect descriptor, I'll grant you) is BS, but damn, "A Day in the Life", "In My Life", "We Can Work It Out", "Penny Lane"..... shit, I can go on and on. Doesn't interfere with those songs getting me every time.

Full disclosure- I own the white album. Actually it would be hard for me to come up with 5.. uh Sgt Pepper 1, Day in the life 2, helter skelter 3... that's all i know by name off the top of my head. the "She loves you yeah yeah yeah" stuff i really dislike

yellow submarine! ok that's what 4 (I'm actually trying to think of 5) oh! the lonely people song, 5

At one point i tried getting into the music. it just never got into me.

but what always did make me interested in them from a totally geek stand point was how they did stuff in the studio... i think it was the end of a day in the life where they had all four of them (if not more) in front of pianos all hitting the same note at the same time. now you could just dub it a billion times but they actually figured out a way to make the sound they wanted. they put in a LOT of work to get the sounds they wanted and my hats will forever be off to them for that.

[Vass]

See, ya maniac, you found 5 with very little effort! YOU SIR ARE A BEATLES FAN!!!!

[atomic charvel guy]

in the town i grew up in you got beaten if you couldn't down a sixpack if you were past the age of 11, not over what music you liked.

[Axewielder]

I guess this is why fanbois of a feather flock together. Fanbois of different feathers...well, they tend to peck each other's eyes out!

[Endrik]

Funny, most of my favorite Beatles tunes are rather obscure ones or not that well known. And I rarely listen to pre-Revolver stuff.
Some of those have influenced prog and psychedelic rock so much, specially Pink Floyd.

Taxman

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8y2XLIitX8o

Tomorrow Never Knows

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6a3NcwfOBzQ

Blue Jay Way

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHY4B_suYGA

I Want You (She's So Heavy)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ne6ZZTfiQAw

Within You Without You

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrxRAvnU1FQ

Come Together

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4dSR1WcJIM

Love You To

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MF90rX43VpE

I Am The Walrus

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBRss3HUipw

She Said She Said

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wp91YPGnLw

Eleanor Rigby

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LOgMWbDGPA

Oh! Darling

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFoJfYLKww4

Fixing A Hole

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10vU7Qo-NlU

I'm Only Sleeping

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjRX2DjJEhI

Because

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EE5f4hVMCew

Sgt. Pepper's Lovely Hearts Club Band

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoJGDC10lZw

Getting Better

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzsZQms3l90

Polythene Pam

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Erd2qrVJkU

[atomic charvel guy]

'I'm looking through you" (you must be a window-lol)

[jgcable]

The greatest band that has ever been formed. Paul and John were the most prolific song writing team in history. There will never be a band that could top The Beatles.
They are also crazy hard to cover correctly. I should know.. I was in a Beatles Tribute band for a few years. If you want to nail a Beatles song you need to do a ton of rehearsing.

[atomic charvel guy]

better be able to sing like larks too.

[eakinj]

The greatest band that has ever been formed. Paul and John were the most prolific song writing team in history. There will never be a band that could top The Beatles.
They are also crazy hard to cover correctly. I should know.. I was in a Beatles Tribute band for a few years. If you want to nail a Beatles song you need to do a ton of rehearsing.

I remember (crap this is going to make it look like i pay way more attention to the beatles then I do) during the concert for george it was I think Eric Clapton or someone of his caliber mentioned that IIRC there were a lot of beatles songs where they kind of sound simple but george would be in these really strange chords that made playing the song a lot more difficult then you'd think.

OOOH! If anyone here remembers the girl from Concert for George - who was the lady in the all black with the kind of top hat style hat that sang?

[eakinj]

Btw i guess i shouldn't say this but i actually liked the beegees covers of the sgt pepper stuff...

(so much for my metal cred. btw I like Olivia Newton John too lol)

[Outlander]

I think Rubber Soul and Revolver were the best albums they put out, but that's just my opinion. I was more into the Stones back then because they seemed to have a much better groove going. But again jmo.

[RR666]

\ I listen to Cannibal Corpse and I can bet most people here don't. It's nothing personal.

I like Cannibal Corpse.