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Post by pothos on Mar 20, 2019 23:04:24 GMT
I was just wondering if The Beatles are actually underrated. If you think about it, they put the UK on the global music scene, they opened the doors for other bands to gain recognition, the media recognised music outside the capital. They put art, poetry design in the public eye and they were never afraid of the consequences of speaking their minds even when it got them in trouble. Teen culture was taken seriously and 50 years on their output still stands up.
On a slightly more tricky issue. Were The Beatles the first indie band think of I Feel Fine. Paperback Writer and Ticket to Ride you have the blueprint for guitar based indie.
The fact that they reinvented themselves and the amount they released is astonishing
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Post by lovelyrita1 on Mar 21, 2019 11:52:36 GMT
I was just wondering if The Beatles are actually underrated. If you think about it, they put the UK on the global music scene, they opened the doors for other bands to gain recognition, the media recognised music outside the capital. They put art, poetry design in the public eye and they were never afraid of the consequences of speaking their minds even when it got them in trouble. Teen culture was taken seriously and 50 years on their output still stands up.
On a slightly more tricky issue. Were The Beatles the first indie band think of I Feel Fine. Paperback Writer and Ticket to Ride you have the blueprint for guitar based indie.
The fact that they reinvented themselves and the amount they released is astonishing I actually bought a book on the strength of this argument. i'm holding back reading it until my trip back to Holland in May . I think this will be the book for you Pothos. www.penguin.co.uk/books/111/1116532/nothing-is-real/9781784164072.html
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Post by brewmaster on Aug 4, 2019 9:43:52 GMT
The Beatles were indeed underrated, and also under-valued. I heard a nugget on a Mark Lewisohn interview that at the height of "Beatlemania" when the lads were recording at Abbey Road, they would break for lunch, go to a nearby pub and have sandwiches which they paid for themselves. This, while being the biggest recording artists on the planet, and earning millions for EMI, whose top brass dined in an executive dining room. The Beatles paved the way and all other successful musicians since then have benefited.
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