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Lurks Often (505 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 02:15 PM Original message |
Who else thinks the Beatles are way over rated? |
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pintobean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 02:22 PM Response to Original message |
1. The greatest, or one of the greatest can't be over rated |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 02:48 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. I have to agree...n/t |
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Burma Jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 02:55 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. +1 |
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deutsey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 03:16 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. They dramatically transformed not just pop culture, but society in general |
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driver8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 12:49 PM Response to Reply #1 |
43. Exactly right! What the Beatles did with the technology they had is absolutely amazing! |
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LibDemAlways (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 09:59 PM Response to Reply #1 |
62. Agree. |
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Ptah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
2. Score one for Oasis |
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pintobean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 02:46 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. lol. that was fast. n/t |
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edbermac (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 02:50 PM Response to Original message |
5. This guy is typical of those who think the Beatles are over-rated. |
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Lurks Often (505 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 06:59 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. Yawn nt |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 07:47 AM Response to Reply #5 |
32. True about Sinatra and "Something." |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 10:58 AM Response to Reply #5 |
36. I think Sinatra was over-rated. |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 03:07 PM Response to Original message |
7. None of the acts you mention would consider them overrated. |
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Lurks Often (505 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 06:56 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. +50 |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 04:19 PM Response to Original message |
9. Christina Aguilera > The Beatles. |
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Lurks Often (505 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 06:54 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Not quite |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 08:49 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Well, she has THOSE. |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 01:13 AM Response to Reply #13 |
27. I'm a big fan of Those, I must say. |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 10:45 AM Response to Reply #13 |
34. I've heard she's named them John and Paul. |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 10:52 AM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Holy moley that's amazing! |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 11:00 AM Response to Reply #35 |
37. I think she puts dark makeup on it to try and minimize it. |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 11:09 AM Response to Reply #37 |
40. She has the most astonishing noses I've ever seen. |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 09:07 PM Response to Original message |
14. Nixon's election kinda depressed me, so I ain't been followin the Fab Four much recently |
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MiddleFingerMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 12:21 AM Response to Reply #14 |
25. "Her Majesty" might be my favorite Beatles' song. |
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Generic Brad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 09:19 PM Response to Original message |
15. I'm going out on a limb here |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 09:57 PM Response to Original message |
16. Amy Winehouse better than the Beatles? |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 10:20 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. She's good, but she isn't THAT good! |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 05:17 PM Response to Reply #17 |
53. The last four words of your subject line sum her up entirely. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 11:21 AM Response to Reply #16 |
41. Amy Alehouse? Bigger? I hope that's sarcasm. |
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Dyedinthewoolliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 10:22 PM Response to Original message |
18. Who else thinks this thread |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 01:17 AM Response to Reply #18 |
28. + a brazillion. |
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Joe Fields (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 02:53 PM Response to Reply #18 |
45. TYVM.... |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 11:19 PM Response to Original message |
19. LOL |
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last_texas_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 11:23 PM Response to Original message |
20. Not me |
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Aristus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 11:23 PM Response to Original message |
21. They just seem overrated because so many of the things they did were done for the first time. |
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vi5 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 12:25 PM Response to Reply #21 |
42. Here's the key rub in what you wrote.... |
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Sebastian Doyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 11:37 PM Response to Original message |
22. If they're still finding music to release 40 years after a band breaks up |
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denbot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 11:39 PM Response to Original message |
23. I vote for underrated. |
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Lindsey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 01:10 AM Response to Reply #23 |
26. Wow - I can't believe someone would say that. I've read a lot |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 12:13 AM Response to Original message |
24. The Beatles still sound remarkably good. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 07:46 AM Response to Reply #24 |
31. I consider it classical music. nt |
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cherish44 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 07:44 AM Response to Original message |
29. I think they were pretty revolutionary for their time |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 07:46 AM Response to Original message |
30. They saved us from more years of Frankie Avalon and Pat Boone. nt |
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Lurks Often (505 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 07:09 PM Response to Reply #30 |
57. Good Point |
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rurallib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 09:38 PM Response to Reply #30 |
60. don't forget the most over rated of all - Elvis! |
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DoBotherMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 11:51 PM Response to Reply #30 |
64. Oh god that music |
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vi5 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 08:45 AM Response to Original message |
33. I'll go one better.... |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 11:06 AM Response to Reply #33 |
39. PFFT!! |
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BlueJazz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 09:41 PM Response to Reply #33 |
61. I understand what you're saying. I'll admit I do find some of their tunes... |
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Joe Fields (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-17-10 12:18 AM Response to Reply #33 |
67. Hyperbole schmyperbole |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 11:04 AM Response to Original message |
38. How can you be overrated if you're bigger than Jesus? |
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Joe Fields (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 02:51 PM Response to Original message |
44. It's impossible for the Beatles to be overrated. |
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name not needed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
46. Lurks not often enough, apparently. |
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ceile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
47. I wouldn't say "over rated", but I'm no fan. |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 02:57 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. That seems to be an issue around here. |
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ceile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 03:00 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. Definitely. |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 05:16 PM Response to Reply #48 |
52. I see what you're saying. It's like my inability to comprehend your love for Justin Bieber |
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Joe Fields (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-17-10 12:13 AM Response to Reply #47 |
65. Love the Beatles more than life itself, but I could do without ... |
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Moondog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 04:27 PM Response to Original message |
50. There's no accounting for taste. It takes all kinds to make a world. |
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Amerigo Vespucci (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 05:15 PM Response to Original message |
51. It's like the famous line about Woodstock: "If you remember it, you weren't there." |
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GCP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 05:34 PM Response to Original message |
54. Whatever |
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Sky Masterson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 05:39 PM Response to Original message |
55. ....Grumble grumble!!!! |
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TK421 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 05:57 PM Response to Original message |
56. Amy Whinehouse....really? I agree with everyone else on that list |
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kayakjohnny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 08:02 PM Response to Original message |
58. My only problem with the Beatles was their incessant whining about women. |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 08:38 PM Response to Original message |
59. Nobody is better than the Beatles. |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 10:06 PM Response to Original message |
63. Their influence was gigantic. That is historical fact. Bob Dylan was more important, though. |
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Joe Fields (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-17-10 12:16 AM Response to Reply #63 |
66. I like Dylan a lot, but I don't recall him ushering in two waves of music |
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NoGOPZone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-17-10 09:36 AM Response to Original message |
68. I don't |
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