Comments on: The Beatles are overrated, enough said

By: Bryan Connor

Bryan Connor — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:21:00 +0000

Where is your head at??? For the most part Lennon was the one who sung about love and peace,especially post beatle.
Part of the reason they stoped touring was because all of their fans,(especially the girls),weren’t listening to their music thet were yelling about them (esp.Paul) because of their good looks.
George Martin was BRILLIANT.
Brian May said that he would never been anywhere near the great guitar player he is if it wasn’t for George Harrison,May considered Harrison a hero.
Lennon was the only performer,that through his music was willing to show the world what a vunerable human being he was.Please listen to Double Fantasy.Through everyone of the songs he wrote you knew where he was in his life.Even in his songs as a member of The Beatles (Help,Norweignwood,etc) his life was an open book.I don’t know of any musician (including McCartney) who didn’t mind showing his vunerable side.
Jimi Hendrix,no doubt the greatest guitarist EVER.But song writing,please leave that to the
the two greatest song writing geniuses EVER==Lennon and McCartney.
I am soooo glad that you represent about 0.1% of fans that think your way.

By: Ian Yanne Zulick

Ian Yanne Zulick — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 05:52:00 +0000

THANK YOU!!! They have got to be the most overrated and misunderstood band in history. Their popularity was a result of the age in which they lived, and of circumstance. They’re decent at best. The Allman Brothers had the most creative music in the history of Rock n’ Roll, period. No one will ever be able to compete with their unique fusion of musical elements. The beatles ripped off existing styles and never deviated from their base formula.

By: Kylie

Kylie — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 09:04:00 +0000

It’s all just a matter of opinion. Your opinion (and mine as well) doesn’t make a difference because The Beatles will always be a huge part of music history. In my opinion, they are the best band ever. Millions of people like them for their music, not the hype. Do you like your favorite musician because of the hype? (I don’t think so)
Sure, not all of their songs were great. But they were human too, yunno? I don’t think you could make everyone happy with something that you wrote. Peace, love, and respect.

By: Mr.Henrybemis00

Mr.Henrybemis00 — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 12:31:00 +0000

Has no one mentioned Bob Dylan? By far the greatest popular “Artist” to come out of the sixties and still going strong to this day.

The Beatles were not artists by any means in my opinion. Sometimes I feel we get lost in the true meaning of what art really is.. Although pop rock is some kind of art, Nothing to scream about. Pop never fails to deliver the same message over and over again. Kinda gets boring. Plus their lyrics were simply weak, And unless you’re English you may find it hard at times to understand some songs..

And when It comes to the rock side of the equation, Give me The Velvet Underground instead, Now they were a band ahead of their time. They produced more material out of their few albums than the Beatles did their whole career… It was all about timing for the fab plain and simple. You could even make the same case for Dylan, But If only the Beatles could write half the songs Dylan (one man, for the most part) wrote.

I’m not really hating on the fab, They made some good songs. Just making my case that they were a good band, Not the greatest ever..

If anyone is interested in an A-Z guide from 1963-1977 of Psychedelic, Folk, Acid rock bands etc. I urge you to check out an excellent book by Vernon Joynson titled Fuzz, Acid & Flowers Revisited.

By: Unclesandwitch

Unclesandwitch — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 00:52:00 +0000

Check out Strawberry Fields Forever , A Day In The Life or I Am The Walrus. Those songs are incredibly creative. The psychedelic production is second to none. It still amazes me that those songs were created at any time – especially the 60s. Their earlier stuff was cute, nice pop music, but the later material was amazing. They changed modern pop music. People are still influenced by them to this date. Where there better musicians? Sure, but they we great songwriters and a very tight band. The music is timeless and still very well produced by todays standards. Abby Road and The White Album sound great.

Some people get it and some don’t. The Beatles were brilliant and ahead of their time.

By: Dustin Dc Cowles

Dustin Dc Cowles — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 23:23:00 +0000

you look at the bands that were going at the time of beatle mania andthen tell me they arent over rated .

By: Unclesandwitch

Unclesandwitch — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 07:47:00 +0000

Pretty funny and totally uniformed. A total troll article. It’s the equivalent of someone bashing Shakespeare or Mozart. I feel sorry for you if you don’t get it, but mostly likely you are trying to get a rise out of people. What’s next? Did the Godfather suck as a film too?

By: Zfzzf

Zfzzf — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 17:59:00 +0000

you are right. people just because the beatles sold 1 billion record doesnt mean that they are GODS OF MUSIC? they sucks

By: Peace551

Peace551 — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 18:35:00 +0000

you are crazyyyyyy sure those men are great but do they still have it now like Paul? go see him in concert, and trust me, you’ll change your mind, he sounds exactly the same on the records. and not to mention i saw him in 2010 and so he was 68, and jeez, that man played fr 4 hours straight, no starting band, no intermission, would those people be able to do it and sound the same? nope… and btw i love Mick Jagger but still….and Freddie Mercury <3

By: Peace551

Peace551 — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 18:35:00 +0000