BS: I Hate the Beatles

Subject: BS: I Hate the Beatles
From: Raptor
Date: 03 Jan 11 - 10:26 PM

There I've said it

I feel better now!

Subject: RE: BS: I Hate the Beatles
From: Beer
Date: 03 Jan 11 - 10:31 PM

WoW!! , that takes guts. Of course you mean the kind that happens to crawl in your bed at night that scares the shit out of ya before you kill it. Right??
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Subject: RE: BS: I Hate the Beatles
From: GUEST,DonMeixner
Date: 03 Jan 11 - 10:55 PM

Thats odd, I am just now beginning to appreciate them.

D

Subject: RE: BS: I Hate the Beatles
From: J-boy
Date: 03 Jan 11 - 10:57 PM

Did you have a hard day's night Raptor?

Subject: RE: BS: I Hate the Beatles
From: Jack the Sailor
Date: 03 Jan 11 - 11:10 PM

Yesterday I was tired of them.

Now I'm OK.

Subject: RE: BS: I Hate the Beatles
From: Beer
Date: 03 Jan 11 - 11:14 PM

That is interesting Don. I grew up during their up rising and loved what they did but they never stuck to me like the folk musicians and at that time the country stars of the 60/70's. They were always there and as time went by I appreciated what they did but not in a hype way. Now for some reason I appreciate what they did more than then. Why?? Hell if I know.
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Subject: RE: BS: I Hate the Beatles
From: GUEST,Wesley S
Date: 03 Jan 11 - 11:24 PM

And some people don't like ice cream,puppies or long walks on the beach either. Go figure. Thanks for sharing.

Subject: RE: BS: I Hate the Beatles
From: Little Hawk
Date: 03 Jan 11 - 11:27 PM

I looked down my nose at them in the 60s, cos I was a folkie purist and I hated all rock bands! But around about 70 or 71 I began to appreciate them a lot more. However, I've never been majorly interested in them, only ever bought maybe 3 or 4 of their albums, but I like them reasonably well. They did some pretty cool stuff, specially in terms of chording and vocal harmonies.

I always liked George Harrison the best.

Subject: RE: BS: I Hate the Beatles
From: GUEST,Wesley S
Date: 03 Jan 11 - 11:29 PM

They were better before Paul died.

Subject: RE: BS: I Hate the Beatles
From: J-boy
Date: 03 Jan 11 - 11:38 PM

There is nothing better than walking your puppy on the beach whilst eating ice cream and singing a Beatles song. I'm not even kidding.

Subject: RE: BS: I Hate the Beatles
From: katlaughing
Date: 03 Jan 11 - 11:41 PM

I have two original 45s and the first cassette copy of Sgt. Pepper's. My ex and I loved them and the Doors...still do, as do my kids and grandkid and my Rog. Guess we are a Beatles Family and I don't mean VW!:-)

Subject: RE: BS: I Hate the Beatles
From: Beer
Date: 03 Jan 11 - 11:53 PM

I still have their first vinyl(Twist and Shout). I remember getting on the school bus and a few girls saying, "Oh! look he has his hair cut just like the Beatles". I didn't have a clue as to what they were talking about until I asked around who were the Beatles. I guess they didn't know that Dad wasn't home to give me a piss pot cut as there were no funds to go to a barber.

Subject: RE: BS: I Hate the Beatles
From: mousethief
Date: 04 Jan 11 - 12:15 AM

Gee, is it time again for another "I Hate the Beatles" thread? I could swear we haven't gone long enough since the last one.

Subject: RE: BS: I Hate the Beatles
From: GUEST,erbert
Date: 04 Jan 11 - 12:19 AM

He hates them.. yeah, yeah, yeah....

Subject: RE: BS: I Hate the Beatles
From: Skivee
Date: 04 Jan 11 - 12:59 AM

I was chatting with Ringo last week, and he says that they were very supportive of Raptor's work in the past; but if he's gonna be so snotty, Ringo and Paul tell him to go piss up a rope.
He went on to say that he was glad John and George were dead so that they didn't have to see this sad turn of events.

Subject: RE: BS: I Hate the Beatles
From: Little Hawk
Date: 04 Jan 11 - 01:10 AM

LOL!!!

Raptor has been cut off. I guess that's the end of that planned giant statue of James T. Kirk that was going to be erected on Raptor's land and used to beam cellphone calls and old Trailer Park Boys episodes all over southern Ontario.

Kind of a shame, really....he should've kept his mouth shut.

Subject: RE: BS: I Hate the Beatles
From: Slag
Date: 04 Jan 11 - 01:32 AM

A Day In The Life. Ok, I have to admit, that one was great. The rest, BLECK! ARRGH, YUCK, etc. They were amazing though, how they could all eventually hit harmony, OFF-KEY!

That's funny. The last time I ran into Ringo, he said he was glad for the ride but two of the others were idiots. John was bright but a real AH to work with. Good old Ringo. You've gotta love him.

Subject: RE: BS: I Hate the Beatles
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 04 Jan 11 - 02:31 AM

All soft sloppy and mushy. Not rock and roll at all.

Subject: RE: BS: I Hate the Beatles
From: Richie Black (misused acct, bad email)
Date: 04 Jan 11 - 04:09 AM

The Greatest group of all time.

Subject: RE: BS: I Hate the Beatles
From: theleveller
Date: 04 Jan 11 - 04:52 AM

"He went on to say that he was glad John and George were dead"

John and George dead? Oh no, not that old rumour. Have you been playing Revolver backwards again?

Subject: RE: BS: I Hate the Beatles
From: GUEST,Patsy
Date: 04 Jan 11 - 04:59 AM

I loved the Beatles and sometimes I didn't, there were other bands that I liked as much. When I was in my teens the Beatles were just about nearing their end and at that time amongst my friends at school then it was considered a 'safe' choice to like Beatle music rather than the Stones Frank Zappa, The Doors, Jimi Hendrix, Janice Joplin or Pink Floyd etc. But now I am listening again and re-discovering the Beatle albums it is enjoyable for me personally to listen to whole albums that have a beginning, a middle and an end rather than plough through tracks of over large CDs of a new band or singer only to find a couple of tracks of anything worth listening to.

Subject: RE: BS: I Hate the Beatles
From: MikeL2
Date: 04 Jan 11 - 07:15 AM

hi

Living here in the North West we got the very first TV of "this new group from Liverpool".

I just didn't like them or what they were doing.

However like othersd here I have sort of grown to like them more.

Maybe it's just an age thing....

cheers

Mikel2

Subject: RE: BS: I Hate the Beatles
From: GUEST,kendall
Date: 04 Jan 11 - 08:24 AM

I never cared for them either. Of course, I've never cared for any rock "Musician".Now if I can just find a couple of people who give a shit what I think...

Subject: RE: BS: I Hate the Beatles
From: Bee-dubya-ell
Date: 04 Jan 11 - 08:38 AM

Subject: RE: BS: I Hate the Beatles
From: GUEST,Wesley S
Date: 04 Jan 11 - 08:51 AM

When I hear that someone hates everything an artist put out - like the massive number of songs the Beatles recorded - I just have to think that they're trying too hard to tell us how cool and negative they are.

And I think their time would be better spent telling us what they DO like. If anything at all. Or is ALL music rubbish?

For the record I don't like Brittney Spears. But is that revelation worth the time it takes to start a thread to reveal it?

Subject: RE: BS: I Hate the Beatles
From: Bee-dubya-ell
Date: 04 Jan 11 - 08:52 AM

I DID NOT HIT THE SUBMIT BUTTON! HONEST! WTF?

What I was going to say is that I didn't care much for the Beatles during the '60s.. Not "heavy" enough. I only owned one of their albums (Sgt. Pepper's) versus everything by the Stones, Hendrix, Cream, etc. But, after a conversion to folk music relieved me of the need for "heavy" music, I found that the Beatles far more appealing. I still don't include any of their songs in my repetoire, but I'll listen to 'em.

Subject: RE: BS: I Hate the Beatles
From: Charmion
Date: 04 Jan 11 - 09:06 AM

I loved the Beatles when they were new and all the rage because I was young and excited by the excitement. I still love their stuff today because I am middle-aged and excited by their amazing creativity and musicianship.

George is dead? Say it ain't so!

Subject: RE: BS: I Hate the Beatles
From: Becca72
Date: 04 Jan 11 - 09:12 AM

I have always loved the Beatles even though they were "before my time". Like Little Hawk my favorite is George Harrison.

Subject: RE: BS: I Hate the Beatles
From: DonMeixner
Date: 04 Jan 11 - 09:20 AM

"I am middle-aged and excited by their amazing creativity and musicianship."

We I am not quite middle aged anymore but the rest of Charmion's quote pretty much covers it. None were/are virtuoso musicians but they sure were good at chord structures, harmonies, and tempos.

Ringo is not Ginger Baker but he is a steady and dependable drummer.
And the same could be said about the rest as well, fill in your comparatives. They were promoted as a band and not as a star with a band which was very unusual in Rock and Roll until that point.

Don

Subject: RE: BS: I Hate the Beatles
From: jacqui.c
Date: 04 Jan 11 - 09:40 AM

I also count George Harrison as my favourite. I was a fan when they first started out - had every bit of vinyl they put out until about 1966, when my ex husband sold what I had because we were broke.

Wasn't so keen on some of the later stuff - it was a bit too far out for me.

Subject: RE: BS: I Hate the Beatles
From: GUEST,Patsy
Date: 04 Jan 11 - 09:41 AM

Now I wonder what people will say about the Monkees?! Please do not throw anything at your screen or me....!!

Subject: RE: BS: I Hate the Beatles
From: Backwoodsman
Date: 04 Jan 11 - 09:54 AM

"Not rock and roll at all."

Nothing that came after 1960 is.

Subject: RE: BS: I Hate the Beatles
From: GUEST,kendall
Date: 04 Jan 11 - 10:01 AM

If all those famous groups only recorded what I like they would all starve.

Subject: RE: BS: I Hate the Beatles
From: GUEST,jeff
Date: 04 Jan 11 - 10:07 AM

Just got 'A Hard Day's Night' from the local library last week and watched it 3 times. The thing that struck me was that it was flimed, cut and released in 3 weeks. I was able to run back the dvd to pick up some of the phrases I couldn't understand because of the accents. Once I did I realized it was a VERY funny movie. George Harrison came off as the best actor of the 4 though alot of the script focused on Ringo's manufactered alienation.

In reference to their music one can say they're not to one's taste. But to deny their greatness is simply being stupid. Because of the combination of circumstances what they represented HAD to happen. They changed pop culture, completely. When I think of some of their songs,'Yesterday', Nowhere Man', 'If I needed Someone', 'Here Comes The Sun', I'm Looking Through You', 'In My Life', etc. Any songwriter would be glad to have one or two songs of the aforementioned quality. They ended up with a couple hundred.

Hate them or dismiss them if you want. I'm sure George and John's estates, Paul and Ringo's financial advisors will worry about your opinion all the way to the bank. And history's book will certainly make mention of your post(s) in reference to the Beatles. They're sure to show up in the bibliography.

Subject: RE: BS: I Hate the Beatles
From: olddude
Date: 04 Jan 11 - 10:13 AM

I hate Jell-o

Subject: RE: BS: I Hate the Beatles
From: Amos
Date: 04 Jan 11 - 10:18 AM

THis whole thread is a massive confession of abysmally poor taste.

A

Subject: RE: BS: I Hate the Beatles
From: Bobert
Date: 04 Jan 11 - 10:19 AM

Well, I loved them... They took the concept of "hook" to a new level... Prior to them, hooks were really rare... I'm not saying they didn't exist... I mean, Link Wray certainly laid one down in "Rumble"... Dwayne Eddy had some nice hooks... Even Buddy Holly snuck a couple in but...

...the Beatle's songs seemed to all have their own hook and I think that raised the bar fir songwriters no matter the style...

As for favorites??? When I listen to post-Beatles recordings, George Harrison's stuff, IMHO, was the most interesting...

B~

Subject: RE: BS: I Hate the Beatles
From: olddude
Date: 04 Jan 11 - 10:36 AM

suddenly got the urge to shovel off my roof, sit on it and play my guitar. don't think I will stop traffic however

Subject: RE: BS: I Hate the Beatles
From: MikeL2
Date: 04 Jan 11 - 10:45 AM

hi Dan

Ain't you too old to be out on the tiles ??????

Happy New Year

MikeL2

Subject: RE: BS: I Hate the Beatles
From: Ed T
Date: 04 Jan 11 - 10:58 AM

They were my favorite, from a social perspective, as they influenced (or kick started) a lot of social change, especially in the entertainment industry.

From a musical perspective, they are just ok, to my liking.

George's voice matured well, and I really enjoy his version of Dylan's Absolutely Sweet Marie. Unfortunately, John never really reached his musical peak. I mostly find Paul annoying,(on his own, that is). And, there is Ringo, I dunno about him.

When you have such a dominant influence, in this case music, it sometimes overshadows others. I often wonder what other musical acts would have shined brighter if the Beetles never emerged, and would it have changed the evolution of music?

Subject: RE: BS: I Hate the Beatles
From: Beer
Date: 04 Jan 11 - 11:13 AM

Well Raptor has done well in attracting many responses but I don't think he hates the "Beatles". He may dislike some of their songs, but "Hate"! to strong a word for anyone who like music.
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Subject: RE: BS: I Hate the Beatles
From: Bee-dubya-ell
Date: 04 Jan 11 - 11:15 AM

Now I wonder what people will say about the Monkees?!

Well, The Monkees did have the good taste to hire Jimi Hendrix as opening act for their 1967 summer tour. From what I understand, he was hired at the band's insistence even though they knew he probably wouldn't appeal to many Monkees fans. They just thought he was a phenomenal musician and wanted to hang out with him.

Subject: RE: BS: I Hate the Beatles
From: olddude
Date: 04 Jan 11 - 11:28 AM

Don't go going off on the monkeees or Chongo will kick your ass

Happy New Year to you to Mike

Subject: RE: BS: I Hate the Beatles
From: maple_leaf_boy
Date: 04 Jan 11 - 11:39 AM

I don't care for them either. When it comes to rock bands I usually
only like one song per band. The only rock band that I really love is
Runrig. They haven't been the same since Donnie retired, but I still
love their work.

Subject: RE: BS: I Hate the Beatles
From: mousethief
Date: 04 Jan 11 - 11:48 AM

Rock and roll was dead by 1962, overcome in a wave of mush. The Beatles didn't ruin rock and roll, they retrieved it from the slag heap, dusted it off, and gave it a second chance.

Subject: RE: BS: I Hate the Beatles
From: frogprince
Date: 04 Jan 11 - 12:00 PM

When I caught the bus to leave for my hitch in the Navy, my oldest nephew (about 4) was standing on the steps of an old hotel singing "I Wanna Hold Your Hand", which was on the air incessantly at the time. I thought it, and they, were totally over rated crap; never would have believed that by a few years later I would really like a lot of their material. Still can't believe that people voluntarily sat and listened to things like "I Am The Walrus".

Subject: RE: BS: I Hate the Beatles
From: GUEST,leeneia
Date: 04 Jan 11 - 12:07 PM

I'm with you, Raptor.

Here's what their voices remind me of:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaw6XzA_UuE&feature=related

(Sorry, the clickifier didn't seem to be working for this.)

Subject: RE: BS: I Hate the Beatles
From: josepp
Date: 04 Jan 11 - 12:16 PM

We have rap, Justin Bieber, Miley Cyrus, Katy Perry, Eminem, Kanye West and Taylor Swift taking over the music industry with crap and we could toss Susan Boyle to this unholy mix (you Brits have to take your lumps too). The pinnacle of mediocrity and when I mention them, people go "WHO????"

But you all want to bitch about a band that broke up 40 goddamn years ago. I mean, get with it, people! The Beatles are done, gone, over. At their worst they were 1000 times better than any of the people I just mentioned but you don't even know who these people are that are ruinung the music industry. You want to bitch about a band from the 60s.

I'd be happy to see a band today that could be called anything remotely as good as the Beatles. Stop worrying about yesterday, get your heads out of the sand and tell me what we're going to do about the abysmal mediocrity that's poised to take all the grammys this year. Kanye West already has 14. FOURTEEN!!!!

Subject: RE: BS: I Hate the Beatles
From: Charmion
Date: 04 Jan 11 - 12:44 PM

Kanye who?

The thing about the Beatles is that everyone has heard of them, and heard them.

Subject: RE: BS: I Hate the Beatles
From: Bonzo3legs
Date: 04 Jan 11 - 01:21 PM

You should listen to the sessions for their first album. The vocals are always spot on whereas their playing transforms from truly awful to very tight!!