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re: The Beatles: does their music hold up?
Posted on 6/30/12 at 10:50 pm to bobbyray21
Posted on 6/30/12 at 10:50 pm to bobbyray21
I think it was more that they were cultural icons than great musicians and lyricists that have great songs that you can always listen to.
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Posted on 6/30/12 at 10:52 pm to bobbyray21
In My Life
While My Guitar Gently Weeps
A Day in the Life
Come Together
Something
Revolution
Happiness is a Warm Gun
We Can Work it Out
I don't know. I just came up with those off the top of my head. I could come up with another 30 or so. Yeah, I think their music holds up today.
While My Guitar Gently Weeps
A Day in the Life
Come Together
Something
Revolution
Happiness is a Warm Gun
We Can Work it Out
I don't know. I just came up with those off the top of my head. I could come up with another 30 or so. Yeah, I think their music holds up today.
Posted on 6/30/12 at 11:48 pm to The Future
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I think it was more that they were cultural icons than great musicians and lyricists that have great songs that you can always listen to.
There are approximately 4,000 cover recordings of one song by the Beatles. I doubt Yesteday is that popular a song with other artists due to its cultural legacy. Quite simply, it is an incredible piece of music. The Beatles and Bob Dylan will be relevant centuries from now. The same can not be said with certainty about any other artists of the 1960's or later.
Posted on 7/1/12 at 12:13 am to OldTigahFot
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there seems to be an awful lot of Beatle fans
But like I said, I rarely see any of them listening to the Beatles. They'll talk about how great/influential/amazing/ground breaking they are, but never actually listen to their music. At least in my experience.
Posted on 7/1/12 at 12:15 am to Poodlebrain
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Yesteday
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Quite simply, it is an incredible piece of music.
To each his own, I suppose.
Posted on 7/1/12 at 8:18 am to VOR
Let's continue shall we . . .
I'm Looking Through You
Nowhere Man
Think for Yourself
Cry Baby Cry
Helter Skelter
Strawberry Fields Forever
Here Comes The Sun
Let It Be
I've Got a Feeling
Across the Universe
You've Got to Hide Your Love Away
Day Tripper
On and on. Doesn't mean you have to like every song listed, but they've got quite a catalog.
Most of their work has been covered multiple times. As far as younger people today are concerned, I deal with them all the time and I'd say easily 75% of them like the Beatles AND play their music at home or in the car. That's no exaggeration.
Finally, the Beatles were together only a short time, really. They quit recording by 1970. Imagine what their work may have become had they stayed together and evolved along with the rest of popular music.
I'm Looking Through You
Nowhere Man
Think for Yourself
Cry Baby Cry
Helter Skelter
Strawberry Fields Forever
Here Comes The Sun
Let It Be
I've Got a Feeling
Across the Universe
You've Got to Hide Your Love Away
Day Tripper
On and on. Doesn't mean you have to like every song listed, but they've got quite a catalog.
Most of their work has been covered multiple times. As far as younger people today are concerned, I deal with them all the time and I'd say easily 75% of them like the Beatles AND play their music at home or in the car. That's no exaggeration.
Finally, the Beatles were together only a short time, really. They quit recording by 1970. Imagine what their work may have become had they stayed together and evolved along with the rest of popular music.
This post was edited on 7/1/12 at 8:23 am
Posted on 7/1/12 at 8:22 am to Redacted
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But like I said, I rarely see any of them listening to the Beatles. They'll talk about how great/influential/amazing/ground breaking they are, but never actually listen to their music. At least in my experience.
I can't speak for anyone else but I still listen to them every day. This wasn't one of their hits but it's always been a favorite of mine:
Dear Prudence
Posted on 7/1/12 at 9:11 am to Redacted
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At least in my experience.
Anecdotal evidence doesn't really suffice
Posted on 7/1/12 at 1:11 pm to TheDoc
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Anecdotal evidence doesn't really suffice
Everybody I know trusts anecdotal evidence
Posted on 7/1/12 at 1:41 pm to Kafka
I was surfing Reddit and found this:
LINK
LINK
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Top 10 Selling Albums of this past decade (with copies sold):
1. The Beatles - 1 (11,499,000)
2. *NSYNC - No Strings Attached (11,112,000)
3. Norah Jones - Come Away With Me (10,546,000)
4. Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP (10,204,000)
5. Eminem - The Eminem Show (9,799,000)
6. Usher - Confessions (9,712,000)
7. Linkin Park - Hybrid Theory (9,663,000)
8. Creed - Human Clay (9,491,000)
9. Britney Spears - Oops! I Did It Again (9,185,000)
10. Nelly - Country Grammar (8,461,000)
Posted on 7/1/12 at 2:39 pm to Kafka
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3. Norah Jones - Come Away With Me (10,546,000)
Damn!
Posted on 7/1/12 at 2:43 pm to Redacted
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But like I said, I rarely see any of them listening to the Beatles. They'll talk about how great/influential/amazing/ground breaking they are, but never actually listen to their music. At least in my experience.
I listen to a lot of music, a lot of indie rock, Americana, and classic country, a little of everything. Beatles albums have been a reliable friend on long road trips, and I usually stop on Beatles songs when scanning the radio. They may be down the list when I list my favorite bands (Wilco, The Jayhawks, The Band, The Avett Brothers, Arcade Fire, The White Stripes, and more), but their sound is at the roots of a lot of innovative bands since then. Throw in nostalgia for people who grew up with the music either in its time or through their parents, and their music really taps into a near universal sentiment.
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There are approximately 4,000 cover recordings of one song by the Beatles. I doubt Yesteday is that popular a song with other artists due to its cultural legacy. Quite simply, it is an incredible piece of music. The Beatles and Bob Dylan will be relevant centuries from now.
Exactly
Posted on 7/1/12 at 2:50 pm to Luke the Drifter
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Luke the Drifter
LSU Fan
Seattle, WA
Member since Jul 2012
3 posts
I don't know who you are Luke, but great screen name
Posted on 7/1/12 at 3:14 pm to Kafka
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I don't know who you are Luke, but great screen name
Thanks. I imagine anyone who questions whether the true Luke the Drifter's music holds up has had their humanity robbed by Clear Channel.
Posted on 7/1/12 at 5:05 pm to TheDoc
Good Vibrations, I Get Around, In My Room and maybe Rhonda. What others? California Girls? Okay but not a great song. No way you can put them in the same class as Beatles, Doors, and early Stones.
Posted on 7/1/12 at 5:41 pm to Tom Bronco
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Good Vibrations, I Get Around, In My Room and maybe Rhonda. What others? California Girls? Okay but not a great song. No way you can put them in the same class as Beatles, Doors, and early Stones.
Don't Worry Baby
Wendy
When I Grow Up To Be A Man
Heroes & Villains
God Only Knows
Little Deuce Coupe -- "One of the most exciting things that ever happened in the world of 'white-person music' was when the Beach Boys used the progression V-II on "Little Deuce Coupe." An important step forward by going backward." -- Frank Zappa
Do It Again
I Can Hear Music
Ol' Man River
Posted on 7/1/12 at 5:43 pm to Tom Bronco
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No way you can put them in the same class as Beatles, Doors, and early Stones.
Doors? They don't belong on that list.
Posted on 7/1/12 at 5:44 pm to jose canseco
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Doors? They don't belong on that list
no doubt...
Posted on 7/1/12 at 6:36 pm to TFTC
The "cool" thing to do is HATE on the Beatles. Why? Because they're considered the greatest. So it's easy just to hate on them for no reason just to be different.
The Beatles are the best thing to ever happen to music and it will remain that way probably forever. There is an album or two in their catalogue for every possible mood you can be in. I'm always in the mood for their music....I just have to pick the album that fits that particular mood.
Their lyrics and melodies are on another level compared to every artist before them and after them. Only Dylan can challenge their writing.
The Beatles are the best thing to ever happen to music and it will remain that way probably forever. There is an album or two in their catalogue for every possible mood you can be in. I'm always in the mood for their music....I just have to pick the album that fits that particular mood.
Their lyrics and melodies are on another level compared to every artist before them and after them. Only Dylan can challenge their writing.
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