04-07-2009, 07:28 PM
<!--quoteo(post=28120:date=Apr 7 2009, 03:29 PM:name=phan)-->QUOTE (phan @ Apr 7 2009, 03:29 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=28101:date=Apr 7 2009, 02:57 PM:name=veryzer)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (veryzer @ Apr 7 2009, 02:57 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->you know what i think? i think it's become cliche to be a beatles fan. i think a lot of people say they like the beatles because they feel they have to. i think a lot of people who just love the beatles so much couldn't tell you which album has which song. it's gotten to the point that if you're a music fan, then you have to be a beatles fan. i hate that mentality.
i like a lot of beatles songs. i can easily make a top 50 playlist and genuinely like every song. i could also make a top 50 shitty beatles song playlist and hate every one of those songs.
i respect the beatles place in rock history. i appreciate what they did. like kb said, much of what we hear was inpired by the beatles. but i won't worship them. i won't suck their moptop cocks.
when i think of <!--quoteo--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE <!--quotec-->classic rock<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->, bands like zeppelin and floyd and performers like bowie had a much greater impact on me.
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that may describe half the younger "beatles fans" but there are still plenty out there like myself who can name every song/album, sing every lyric, give you the background behind those lyrics, etc.
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* sleepyhead raises hand. I actually really got into the beatles when I was about 15 or so, after I was into much heaver music. Phan summed up most of my feelings, but they are easily the best songwriters that have ever lived, but they needed to be together to be that great. None of their solo work is anywhere near as good as the stuff they wrote together.
i like a lot of beatles songs. i can easily make a top 50 playlist and genuinely like every song. i could also make a top 50 shitty beatles song playlist and hate every one of those songs.
i respect the beatles place in rock history. i appreciate what they did. like kb said, much of what we hear was inpired by the beatles. but i won't worship them. i won't suck their moptop cocks.
when i think of <!--quoteo--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE <!--quotec-->classic rock<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->, bands like zeppelin and floyd and performers like bowie had a much greater impact on me.
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that may describe half the younger "beatles fans" but there are still plenty out there like myself who can name every song/album, sing every lyric, give you the background behind those lyrics, etc.
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* sleepyhead raises hand. I actually really got into the beatles when I was about 15 or so, after I was into much heaver music. Phan summed up most of my feelings, but they are easily the best songwriters that have ever lived, but they needed to be together to be that great. None of their solo work is anywhere near as good as the stuff they wrote together.