I wish I could get Beatles stuff on itunes.

coolcat said:

I thought that was coming this fall with all the remasters?

I agree, there’s nothing quite like The Beatles in this small a window.

You have 2, maybe even 3-world class songwriters (who certainly weren’t that when they started with the covers of great Black American musicians that they strongly admired), all coming together and evolving very quickly before they ultimately imploded.

And, unfortunately, since they were and continue to be so very popular, they have even more obnoxious, clueless fans that spoil the batter for many.

WildheartXXX said:

We have a winner. It's so annoying too, as if these Beatles fans congratulate themselves for their superior taste.

What is the release date for the remasters? That's gonna be an early Christmas present to myself

SoulAlive said:

9-9-09

the Beatles meant a lot to people of that time

just like MJ means a lot to certain people now

it has more to do with the impact they had than their talent or personalities

AlexdeParis said:

i will be getting them all on day 1... it's been a long wait!

AlexdeParis said:

Thanks!

AlexdeParis said:

number 9 number 9 number 9

DiminutiveRocker said:

Don't sleep on the mono mixes, fullas!

SoulAlive said:

You're welcome. It's an easy date to remember.

Rock Band: The Beatles also comes out that day.

Moonbeam said:

I'm with you and it's not as if i'm trying to be reactionary by not liking them. I just find them bland as hell and overrated and a lot of their music doesn't hold up today.

WildheartXXX said:

i agree. i actually like wings waaaay more!

AlexdeParis said:

I can't wait for the Rock Band to come out! Going to be a blast playing it.

This site is demeaned by such tripe as this. Of course, The Beatles are the greatest force in rock history. Having said that, and realizing how subjective these things are, I don't know many black people who get the Beatles.

This site is demeaned by such assertions as this. Of course, the Beatles at the very least deserve mention as possible the greatest in R&R history. That is my contention, but I have to respect the fact that not many black people I know get the Beatles. I also think Stevie Wonder and James Brown are up there.

asdfjkl said:

Most certainly those two... especially James Brown. As in changed music as we know it.
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ufoclub said:

And nobody does it all. As much as I love the Beatles, I don't think they did much for R&B, even if a lot of R&B artists covered them. And they didn't dance

And James Brown didn't do that much for melody, IMO despite shaming the beatles with his funk & his performance genius.

There is no "one" artist who did it all. Even Prince has serious obstacles to his status as being perfect. Not to ding him--he's great for who he is.

And I think that's good. If there was only one "greatest," that would be the only one I'd want to listen to. But there is no greatest, because it's not a competition.

Each artist simply expresses themselves as best they can. Just as no person is superior to another, no great artist is superior to another great artist. They're different flavors. You may prefer chocolate to vanilla, but that's just taste.

this topic is overrated.

Zannaloaf said:

asdfjkl said:

FtB.

asdfjkl said:

Billy Preston sure did.

AlexdeParis said:

true.. that's some funky organ soloing he did as the 5th Beatle on Let it Be.

ufoclub said:

His presence is a lot of the reason "Don't Let Me Down" is my favorite Beatles song. He totally takes it home at the end.

Billy Preston had been cool with the Beatles seven years before he worked with them. And remained that way until his death. He was particularly close to George.

Billy Preston was a huge component of some of the Beatles best late-era recordings. He really added something great to their music, was a perfect fit.

meow85 said:

Very good point.

People have short memories LOL. In the 80's, the beatles were not even a 1/4 of what they are worth now (case in point, Michael bought that Beatles catalogue at a very low price considering how much its worth now, and people, including the head of CBS, thought Mike had paid too much for it).

They were seen as abit passe and if anything, underated until the mid 90's with the "anthology" documentaries/new music etc. Then you had Oasis etc..., bowing down to pictures of John lennon on stage....

...I remember my bother getting laughed at buying old beatles records in the early 90's. Then, when Britpop and Oasis and the media in general started re-evaluating and loving them all over again, so did his schoolmates and everyone else. Then "no.1's" came out a few years later and even America took notice again. It went on from the mid 90's, but they wern't always as fondly remembered as they are now.

thesexofit said:

oh ma gawd. So absolutely completely wrong. The Beatles were a MUCH bigger deal in the 60's and even afterwards in the 70's. Check the number of people buying their music, and their influence on bands of that time. The Bee Gees (the biggest band of the 70's with hits for themeselves and for others) were Beatle-esque before they went disco, and even played Beatle's figures in a movie that was a musical of Sgt Peppers where all they did was cover beatles songs. The Bee Gees were much more influential, prolific, and freakin talented than Oasis.

#1's doesn't even contain half their great songs. That's just singles.

Every serious music collector I knew in the 80's, kids with a wall full of vinyl, had all the Beatles.

What song did Jimi Hendrix open his London concert with in 1967? Come on... tell me!