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Friday, July 14, 2006 at 11:53 PM
Edited Friday, July 14, 2006 at 11:58 PM what are your favorite beatles songs? here are mine: i'm so tired
across the universe
while my guitar gently weeps
julia
rocky raccoon
happiness is a warm gun
revolution ...mostly all on the white album —margin |
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Saturday, July 15, 2006 at 12:12 AM they were overrated pre rubber soul; after that they deserved everything they got(except the whole mark david chapman thing) —margin |
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Saturday, July 15, 2006 at 12:33 AM the stuff the beatles recorded from '66 to '69 is amazing to me.
my fav's...
hello goodbye, a day in the life, i am the walrus, glass onion, bungalo bill, happiness is a warm gun, i'm so tired, piggies, yer blues, me and my monkey, sexy sadie, helter skelter, savoy truffle, cry baby cry, come together, something, i want you —plurry |
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Saturday, July 15, 2006 at 12:45 AM
Edited Saturday, July 15, 2006 at 12:46 AM How can someone who appreciates rock and roll history harsh on The Beatles?
Tort, just out of curiosity, what do you like?
I'm not trying to be agro, just asking. —Spanglemaker |
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Saturday, July 15, 2006 at 1:05 AM
Edited Saturday, July 15, 2006 at 1:05 AM Beatles = overrated 
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Saturday, July 15, 2006 at 1:08 AM I'm Only Sleeping , from Revolver is in my top 10 all time favorites,
In fact Revolver, is in my top 5 all time favorite discs. —Spanglemaker |
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Saturday, July 15, 2006 at 1:15 AM How can someone who appreciates rock and roll history harsh on The Beatles?
Tort, just out of curiosity, what do you like?
I'm not trying to be agro, just asking. I like lots of things, I'm just not fond of the Beatles' sound or their lyric sense. Not sure why anyone thought I appreciated rock and roll history (I don't, particularly)...The Beatles don't thrill me. I'm also a literature buff who dislikes Shakespeare, so take that for what it's worth. As for music of that general era, I'm a big Dylan fan and I enjoy me some Stones.
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Saturday, July 15, 2006 at 1:54 AM To each his peach, Good Times.
And thanks for answering my question.
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Saturday, July 15, 2006 at 3:56 AM Beatles = overrated Yeah, I said it. For once myself and Tort are in agreement - But my favs would be:
You've got to hide your love away
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And I love her
and of course the Bukake song - Come Together! —AceRockollaisAce |
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Saturday, July 15, 2006 at 6:05 AM definitely overrated. but i think they're still pretty good. i dig: a day in the life
hello goodbye
back in the USSR
paperback writer
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Saturday, July 15, 2006 at 7:26 AM I guess my favorites areeeeeee: Come Together
A Day in the Life
Let it Be
Oh Darlin —mandeemoo22 |
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Saturday, July 15, 2006 at 8:58 AM For once myself and Tort are in agreement I kinda feel the same way but always imagine that, at the time, they were revolutionary and unique but since then, there have been countless imitators so, for anyone born after their hay day, they seem typical, mundane, and blah. —anobody |
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Saturday, July 15, 2006 at 11:34 AM I kinda feel the same way but always imagine that, at the time, they were revolutionary and unique but since then, there have been countless imitators so, for anyone born after their hay day, they seem typical, mundane, and blah. That's as may be. However, they are touted as the band that is so extraordinary that everyone has to like them. Though, say, Freud has been repeatedly plaigarised and rendered almost obsolete by the improvement of the theories he developed, I can still read some of his thoughts and be amazed by his insight. But the Beatles? Not so much. Not only do I fail to understand their popularity today, I cannot comprehend their appeal in the context of their generation, either. Obviously some stimulus was needed for the youth of the world. Why couldn't it have been a better band? —TortillaFactory |
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Saturday, July 15, 2006 at 1:09 PM
Edited Saturday, July 15, 2006 at 1:10 PM Across The Universe Wasn't that written by Rufus Wainwright? LOL :D That's as may be. However, they are touted as the band that is so extraordinary that everyone has to like them. Though, say, Freud has been repeatedly plaigarised and rendered almost obsolete by the improvement of the theories he developed, I can still read some of his thoughts and be amazed by his insight. As I understand it (and from reading this) they revolutionized music, not once but several times. They were instrumental in creating modern Rock-n-Roll, led the British invasion, were the prototype 'self-contained' rock group and over the course of 40 years (1940-1980) had over 49 number-ones. Their influence extended beyond music into culture, clothing, the peace movement, and social awareness. But the Beatles? Not so much. Not only do I fail to understand their popularity today, I cannot comprehend their appeal in the context of their generation, either. Obviously some stimulus was needed for the youth of the world. I don't think you have enough context for the time when they came onto the scene. Listen to some of their early contemporaries and predecessors - music was a vastly different thing before them. Why couldn't it have been a better band? I think you're being too hard on them. If they were just lucky and first in line, they wouldn't have lasted so long or been so popular. —anobody |
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Saturday, July 15, 2006 at 2:52 PM Wasn't that written by Rufus Wainwright? L is that a joke? I know he covered it on the I am Sam soundtrack. —margin |
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Saturday, July 15, 2006 at 2:57 PM is that a joke? Perhaps. If so, that might be why there's an invisible 'LOL :D' after it (that you partially copied without noticing). —anobody |
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Saturday, July 15, 2006 at 3:04 PM goddamn you i was wondering why that L showed up on my post —margin |
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Saturday, July 15, 2006 at 3:19 PM It's so easy to amuse myself :D —anobody |
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Sunday, July 16, 2006 at 5:21 AM I just read a good book by their recording engineer. If he's telling the truth, then it's even more impressive to me that they were able to create such astonishingly original and groundbreaking music. According to him, they basically hated each other the last 3 years they were a 'band'. In that time period they recorded The White Album, Get Back, and Abbey Road! Whether or not you like their music is purely a matter of personal taste and can't be argued. But Dismissing their relevance in Rock N Roll history is just silly.
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Sunday, July 16, 2006 at 11:03 AM But Dismissing their relevance in Rock N Roll history is just silly. As far as I know, nobody did. I don't dispute that they were relevant, I just wonder why it had to be them. Aside from being in the right place at the right time, I fail to see what's so special about them. —TortillaFactory |
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Sunday, July 16, 2006 at 1:05 PM
Edited Sunday, July 16, 2006 at 1:05 PM over the course of 40 years (1940-1980) even more impressive then if they did it in a period 20 years shorter, starting aorund the early 60's. I would much rather discuss David Bowie much more innovation from one man than those four put together.
Wild is the Wind
The Man Who Sold The World
The Bewley Brothers
Oh and so many many more —AceRockollaisAce |
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Sunday, July 16, 2006 at 2:15 PM Beatles = overrated teh suck —TortillaFactory Fixed! Bring it, bitches! —Dark Laith |
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Sunday, July 16, 2006 at 2:19 PM You're all on notice! THE WHOLE GOD DAMNED WORLD IS ON NOTICE! *fetal position* —mikeyfish |
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Sunday, July 16, 2006 at 4:17 PM everyone is dead to me. —plurry |
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Sunday, July 16, 2006 at 5:03 PM Beatles = overrated Yeah, I said it. if pop music were half as listenable today as the beatles were in thiers, we'd all be happier. Now go get your shinebox. hee hee —ProfessorCarbuncle |
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Sunday, July 16, 2006 at 5:37 PM everyone is dead to me. Everyone? 
The Beatles suck; but I do enjoy Fiona Apple's and Rufus Wainwright's versions of Across the Universe.
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Sunday, July 16, 2006 at 6:08 PM I haven't heard Fiona's version, but I agree with you about Rufus's. —mandeemoo22 |
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Sunday, July 16, 2006 at 7:29 PM I agree with you about Rufus's. Video isn't bad either. —anobody |
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