YEK Posted August 28, 2010 Share Posted August 28, 2010 crazy, never heard it. i'll have to check'r out/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaini Posted August 28, 2010 Share Posted August 28, 2010 the best place to do so is the past masters compilation, which has all sorts of non-album goodness on it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_eIzpZzGKo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vGv_d0mk6Q&feature=related Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chenGOD Posted August 28, 2010 Share Posted August 28, 2010 Hamburg must have been crazy back in the day. Impossible to pick a favorite, but I will always have a soft spot for Norwegian Wood and the Jackie Mittoo verison which spawned a huge riddim. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SszxNsWP9Ao Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Fatcaesar Posted August 28, 2010 Share Posted August 28, 2010 Great band, i never enjoyed them as young but they grew over me. Best album must be sgt. pepper, abbey road, Yellow submarine! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jules Posted August 28, 2010 Share Posted August 28, 2010 the best place to do so is the past masters compilation, which has all sorts of non-album goodness on it excellent stuff. those past masters are great. i got nothin but love for the beatles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eugene Posted August 28, 2010 Share Posted August 28, 2010 don't think i've heard a beatles track i didn't like but i find it pointless listening to them in 2010. their immense influence makes them a kind of irrelevant, i just know (yeah, right) i'll hear nothing innovative or groundbreaking or experience anything truly new listening to them because most probably i've already experienced it somehow anyway. it's crazy, music shouldn't be that influencing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chassis Posted August 28, 2010 Share Posted August 28, 2010 I like them. But like everything else, theyre overrated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
remy marathe Posted August 28, 2010 Share Posted August 28, 2010 actually, unlike nearly everything else, they're rated exactly as they should be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vertsk8er419 Posted August 28, 2010 Share Posted August 28, 2010 I always liked Rubber Soul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chassis Posted August 28, 2010 Share Posted August 28, 2010 actually, unlike nearly everything else, they're rated exactly as they should be. So you think that the music the Beatles made is the best music that has ever been made? Because thats the hype I hear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Wall Bird Posted August 28, 2010 Share Posted August 28, 2010 don't think i've heard a beatles track i didn't like but i find it pointless listening to them in 2010. their immense influence makes them a kind of irrelevant, i just know (yeah, right) i'll hear nothing innovative or groundbreaking or experience anything truly new listening to them because most probably i've already experienced it somehow anyway. it's crazy, music shouldn't be that influencing. It must be great being a music lover/musician and not having to worry about the rich history that preceded your contemporary favorites. Also; why shouldn't any one music have a huge influence? By the way, I wouldn't bother listening to 'The Rite of Spring' since you can simply pretty much pick up on everything Stravinsky did through other musicians' work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaini Posted August 28, 2010 Share Posted August 28, 2010 i think the hugeness of their influence on pop and rock music can be a bit of a millstone for some people; it lurks in the back of their mind and prevents them from appreciating the beatles for themselves, as just great fucking music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
remy marathe Posted August 28, 2010 Share Posted August 28, 2010 actually, unlike nearly everything else, they're rated exactly as they should be. So you think that the music the Beatles made is the best music that has ever been made? Because thats the hype I hear. it isn't really hype when something is an established, nearly fifty year old act. hype just isn't the right word at all. and no, i don't personally think it's the best music ever made. i've never heard anyone say that. actually, who is hyping the beatles? the nme? lol it's a bit like saying tolstoy is overhyped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
remy marathe Posted August 28, 2010 Share Posted August 28, 2010 and i can understand someone not liking them. they are, as kaini pointed out, a milestone. their songs have bled into the collective consciousness and listening to a lot of the more known tracks seems almost pointless, like listening to lullabies or nursery rhymes. but it's a bit daft to say they're overrated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaini Posted August 28, 2010 Share Posted August 28, 2010 i said millstone: it's a big heavy weight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
remy marathe Posted August 28, 2010 Share Posted August 28, 2010 indeed, i read it as milestone. either way, the beatles are just there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chassis Posted August 28, 2010 Share Posted August 28, 2010 actually, unlike nearly everything else, they're rated exactly as they should be. So you think that the music the Beatles made is the best music that has ever been made? Because thats the hype I hear. it isn't really hype when something is an established, nearly fifty year old act. hype just isn't the right word at all. and no, i don't personally think it's the best music ever made. i've never heard anyone say that. actually, who is hyping the beatles? the nme? lol it's a bit like saying tolstoy is overhyped. Ok hype is the wrong word. To quote the OP best band ever imo sir george martin incl. When people say such things, and Ive heard plenty of people say it. How can they not be overrated? EDIT: I do actually like The Beatles though. Revolver gets quite a spin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaini Posted August 28, 2010 Share Posted August 28, 2010 if they in fact are the best band ever, then they're not overrated. you'll notice i phrased that very carefully. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zephyr_Nova Posted August 29, 2010 Share Posted August 29, 2010 Well, there's certainly no one band I could point to and say "those guys are better than the Beatles". There are probably a few other bands like that, I'm sure...? Though Beatles are the obvious and immediate example that springs to mind. It's like I would never say singer X is better than Billy Holiday, or trumpet player X is better than Miles Davis. Once an artist is at that level there's not really much point in trying to argue that someone else is better. No one did what Beatles did better than the Beatles did it, and there will never be another band that does what they did. When it comes to artists who for the most part are just aping another better known artist's style without bring anything new to the table, that's a different story. So yeah, I wouldn't ever say The Beatles weren't the best band in the world. But I also wouldn't say The Beatles were better than Jimi Hendrix because it just wouldn't make any sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baph Posted August 29, 2010 Share Posted August 29, 2010 By the way, I wouldn't bother listening to 'The Rite of Spring' since you can simply pretty much pick up on everything Stravinsky did through other musicians' work. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJxxJpWcTGA DUKE OF PRUNES i said millstone:it's a big heavy weight It would totally suck if you had to carry that weight a long time, and nobody ever gave you a pillow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaini Posted August 29, 2010 Share Posted August 29, 2010 saying any band is the best band ever is fuckin stupid i seriously couldn't answer the question 'what is your favourite band?' or 'what is the best band ever?' questions like that are reductive and dumb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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