Poll: Alright lads and ladies enough friendzone nonsense, we're discussing something both genders agree on

[Raven's Nest]

I can respect what they achieved as a band so I can't hate them.

But I find their music boring as shit...

Give me The Rolling Stones anyday.

 

[ReservoirAngel]

I never found the Beatles that good. I'm not denying they obviously were terrific musicians that become truly legendary, but for me personally? They're just "okay". I can listen to them just fine but given a choice I'd listen to a lot of other stuff before them. Like the Rolling Stones. Them I love!

 

[Trippy Turtle]

Never understood what was so great about them. Plenty of other good music around that time.

 

[Realitycrash]

Why can't we agree on 'friendzoning'? I'm a man and I have three women friendzoned at the moment.

OT: Beatles are great, but so are hundrerds of other bands.

 

[Shoggoth2588]

They're good: not my favorite band but I have more favorite Beatles songs than songs by Iron Maiden for example. I love She's Leaving Home and, Fool on the Hill for example. Great band really, I should have voted great instead of good...

 

[Hunter65416]

The people who think they are mediocre or over-rated just dont understand, Back in the 60's their music was revolutionary and there was nothing else quite like it, If you like any metal or rock or even pop alot of those bands took inspiration from the beatles or took ispiration from bands that took inspiration from the beatles, like so:

50's- Elvis Presley
V
60-s The Beatles
V
70's Black Sabbath/Led Zeppelin/Cream
V
80's Metallica/Iron Maiden/Motley Crue/Judas Priest/Guns n' Roses
V
90's-Present, Most metal/Rock bands we have today

Obviously thats an extreamly abridged version of the history of musical inspiration but if even one of those bands at the top was cut out of existance we likley would many of the bands we have today, Disputing the beatles is ignorance.

 

[Colour Scientist]

And the fact is that most of Beatles hits are written by them self (as far as I know) and that the lyrics (again imo is much better then simply singing)
"Baby, baby, baby oooh
Like baby, baby, baby nooo
Like baby, baby, baby oooh
I thought you'd always be mine (mine)"

In fairness though, the second half of 'Hey Jude' is "Na, na, na, na, na, na, na... Hey Jude" repeated for two minutes.

OP: I enjoy listening to The Beatles. Their music is easy to listen to and there's so much of it that's of a high quality. Help is probably the album I listen to the most, although Blackbird is probably my favourite song.

 

[Klumpfot]

Hows about monstrously influential, but quite bland?

 

[royohz]

I find it amusing that people hate twilight or Justin bebier but love the beatles. I can only imagine what the parents of kids who first listened to the beatles thought, probably the same things that people who hate JB think.

Except all the Beatles could sing AND properly play instruments, they wrote, composed and harmonised every song they ever made themselves, unlike ANY pop-artists these days. I could say a lot more, but I think you're catching my drift. Those people had talent, creativity and determination. Justin Bieber is just a fucking tool to make money for the big record labels.

 

[Promethax]

I'm not really a Beatles Guy, so to speak, but I do appreciate their impact on music.

 

[Exius Xavarus]

I'm not much of a Beatles fan. The only song I really like is Maxwell's Silver Hammer. :s

 

[Yuno Gasai]

I can't say I'm overly fussed by The Beatles.

I am grateful for the song 'Eleanor Rigby', if only because Pain later went on to cover it.

 

[Azure-Supernova]

I quite like The Beatles, though for all of my scouser rock 'n' roll I go to this guy:

 

[Azure-Supernova]

I quite like The Beatles, though for all of my scouser rock 'n' roll I go to this guy:

That's that elvis guy right?? I love his music

*mumbles*

Close enough...

 

[Something Amyss]

I find it amusing that people hate twilight or Justin bebier but love the beatles. I can only imagine what the parents of kids who first listened to the beatles thought, probably the same things that people who hate JB think.

Gotta love the false equivalency there.

 

[Rainmaker77]

Great.

Not the best band ever, I didn't grow up with the rise of the Beatles so I never had any of the hype surrounding them to influence me.

The reason I chose great is simple. I can sing to a great proportion of their songs and they probably have the highest percentage of songs from their catalogue that I personally enjoy and think are great of any band I know (even my favourite bands).
I think that?s a very rare feat - of the bands I listen to, most of their catalogue I only think of as 'good', the Beatles however seem to have great as their baseline.

 

[repeating integers]

And the fact is that most of Beatles hits are written by them self (as far as I know) and that the lyrics (again imo is much better then simply singing)
"Baby, baby, baby oooh
Like baby, baby, baby nooo
Like baby, baby, baby oooh
I thought you'd always be mine (mine)"

In fairness though, the second half of 'Hey Jude' is "Na, na, na, na, na, na, na... Hey Jude" repeated for two minutes.

OP: I enjoy listening to The Beatles. Their music is easy to listen to and there's so much of it that's of a high quality. Help is probably the album I listen to the most, although Blackbird is probably my favourite song.

Actually the "na na na" bit lasts for 4 out of the entire 7 minutes of the song. It goes beyond the very concept of filler.

...And becomes mesmerising. IMO, of course.

Also:

'Other'

I suppose it would be safe to say that on the whole I liked everything of their early stuff, but then only specific tracks of their later work. For example, I could never listen to the whole of Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, because of stuff like Being for the Benefit of Mr Kite, but things like Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds are still really good.

Funny you say that - "Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite" is one of my favourite Beatles songs.