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If U rated nursery rhyme pop is you sort of thing i guess they were brilliant. Me id rather listen to some Led Zeppelin.

WildheartXXX said:

There's room for both.

minneapolisgenius said:

Well, they came up at the same time. They had a similar evolution during the 60's. They were eachother's direct competition. Years after their peak, they're still the 2 biggest bands in the world. I mean, thev've definitely got their differences, but they go hand in hand.

IstenSzek said:

And Anxiety's 100%, imho.
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CinisterCee said:

A Hard Days Night is a much better collection of original Beatles music.

The songwriting on Beatles for sale is great, beginning to move away from puppy love and towards more personal stuff, slightly darker than before. No Reply & I'm a Loser show more of Lennon's real nature.

But the album is kind of a step backward as a whole. They wrote all the songs on the predecessor A Hard Days Night, and I think 7 of these songs are rock & roll standards, like their first two albums.

Tessa said:

And that says what?

I didn't grow up on The Beatles, but discovered and embraced their music on my own around 1995 with the help of oldies stations, and the much hyped Anthologies. I bought alot of their music, and taped a radio program which played basically their entire catalogue from A-Z in a day. Just hearing their stories and knowing who've influenced them makes their music even more worth listening. Unfortunately I haven't listened in a long time cuz 80% of their music are on tapes. I would love to transfer it to cd then to my Dell DJ so I can listen to it more.

andyman91 said:

I was talking about this last night with my boyfriend. This is exactly what I don't like about it. I guess I don't necessarily object to the remakes per se, but they weren't exactly exciting remakes. A Hard Day's Night is a satisfying listen from start to finish. There are big lapses in Beatles for Sale.

RipHer2Shreds said:

Definitely. They were on an incredible pace of two records per year, and they'd just "conquered America" and filmed their first movie, toured since 1960 nonstop, it seems. How could they keep it up? Still the originals are pretty good. But Hard Days Night is probably their greatest early album.

andyman91 said:

I agree 100%! And the greatest opening chord for an album ever! Instantly identifiable.

funkyslsistah said:

That sounds similar to a show that is broadcast here in L.A. on 97.1 KLSX:
Breakfast With The Beatles (every Sunday 8am-10am)
Supposedly it's the longest running Beatles show in the states (over 20 years).

http://www.klsx.com/shows/beatles.shtml


tA

Tribal Disorder

http://www.soundclick.com...dID=182431

theAudience said:

Ah, I miss Breakfast With the Beatles!. Pretty sure KLSX did the Beatles A-Z show.

Also up here in Frisco, KFOG has done it.

Moonbeam said:

I'm just playing around. This thread wouldn't be very interesting if everybody here loved the Beatles.

you're right about live, but in the studio, the beatles were way more cool.

GangstaFam said:

GangstaFam said:

But they sound nothing alike.

andyman91 said:

KFOG is station I taped it from. It took four tapes, 8-10 hours. Usually they air it on New Years Day or sometime during a holiday weekend.

minneapolisgenius said:

Even they weren't competing. They were friends! They're different enough that I allow the Stones' title "Worlds Greatest Rock & Roll Band" even though I'm more of a Beatles fan.

andyman91 said:

I'm a fan of both. Although I would never give the Stones that title personally.

I recently went to Liverpool and it was really cool seeing all the beatles stuff and having a beer at The Cavern Bar and The Cavern Club - although not the original place you still feel the vibe. Great atmosphere!

DavidEye said:

Washed up...

ABeautifulOne said:

We're not talking about B's wigs (though they could use a good washin'). Get the fuck outta here.

RipHer2Shreds said:

Bitch find something new to talk about...Beyoncé is so last year.Unlike most of you idiots slobbing over a damn group that's been dead for ages, I have a life that I don't have to sit on my ass all day to mop over a bunch of dead beats.

ABeautifulOne said:

Are you sure you've got better things to do than to "mop over a bunch of dead beats?" Cuz you took some time to post about them. If you knew what you were talking about, it'd be a different story. How can a group that broke up 35 years ago be washed up?

ABeautifulOne said:

But you're taking the time to post about how they're a bunch of deadbeats. You should go back to that life you were just talking about.

RipHer2Shreds said:

I know I have way better things to do than to sit on my ass all day like most of you and speculate over a bunch of crap...

Jon Brion:

"The Beatles are just impossibly great. Most people who hear it can appreciate that it's just well-spirited at the very least, the rest of us just shake our heads and go,'Those fucking assholes!' It's almost a drag as an artist because we're all living under the shadow of the Beatles."

DavidEye said:

And they were innovators in the studio - writers - performers - producers. They set the standard for nearly all who followed as creative recording artists.