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That Jekka Gal

That Jekka Gal

That Jekka Gal

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I realise I'm committing sacrilige here but I'm not a fan of the Beatles & I'm not sure that's an allowable thing to say these days.

Yes, they wrote great songs but they didn't really press any buttons for me, although they're really early stuff was good.

Also, I don't think they ever played live in front of an audience after 1965 & if you don't play live, you're not really a complete band in my view.

But it's not that in itself which is problematic for me.

No. It's this phenomenon I've recently observed in which, as time progresses, the act of listening to The Beatles becomes more and more of a quasi religious experience.

Everytime Hey Jude is played at any kind of gathering, everyone joins a virtual Macca around his grand piano and gets all
emotional in the process.

In fact, I remember being at a party a few years ago and ended up with the hangers on at the end who all, as it happened, came from Liverpool. Anyway, The Beatles went on the turntable & I've never seen a bunch of people get so dewy eyed so fast as the strains of Strawberry Fields filled the room .

I think the word is mawkish but hey-ho, each to their own . Was always more of a Stones gal myself.
 
Probably the greatest band ever and did more for music than any band, virtually every major rock band will cite The Beatles as a major influence.
Ozzy said there wouldn't be a Black Sabbath without The Beatles.
I was also an early albums Beatles fan until I had to learn 15 later tracks for a gig, I couldn't believe how technically brilliant the songs were compared to the stuff I was doing at the time like Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin etc.
Ringo was voted the 4th best drummer in the World by a 1000 professional drummers like Dave Grohl, Chad Smith, Mike Portnoy, Neil Peart etc.
 
I respect them as songwriters but also dislike majority of their music and have always found them very twee and corny.

Would be absolutely fine never hearing one of their songs agai, in large due to over saturation over the decades.

Also Mull of Kintyre is one of the most relentlessly bland and wet pieces of music ever made. I know it wasn’t the Beatles but one of them made it therefore the Beatles are going to take a few strays from me because of that lol.

Also, telling boomer “musos” that you think the Beatles are crap or overrated is one of the funniest and most effective forms of rage bait out there.
 
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SexyGreyFox said:
Most non musician boomers can't stand them, the musicians appreciate them.
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Dunno about that, they were the most popular band in the world for the boomer generation and the vast majority of people are not musiciains.

They were the band of the 'normies', so insanely popular that even your parents or grandparents found some of their songs catchy. That's not to say only normies liked them, obviously, they had a lot of credibility amongst their peers and musicians as well.
 
imtoooldforthis said:
Dunno about that, they were the most popular band in the world for the boomer generation and the vast majority of people are not musiciains.

They were the band of the 'normies', so insanely popular that even your parents or grandparents found some of their songs catchy. That's not to say only normies liked them, obviously, they had a lot of credibility amongst their peers and musicians as well.
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Yes you're right but I'm a member of different music groups on the Facebooks and they really are disliked by fellow Boomers.
 
Th Beatles were and still are very special. So many great songs arguably they never released a bad album. All you need is love, considering the circumstances around the first performance of it was amazing
 
One of my earliest memories as a 3 year old was my musician Dad calling me and my Mum to the TV and making us watch this band on the London Palladium.
He said they were going to change everything and for him they certainly earnt him a lot of money going forward and me also.
 
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