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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 hours ago

I like ‘I wanna hold your hand’ though

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 hours ago

I have about 6 songs that I really like by the Beatles. Anything else I'll end up skipping, no matter how hard I try.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

Most overrated band ever.

“I’m the egg man! I’m the walrus! Coo coo cachoo!” Wow so deep.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

That song is literally nonsense meant to confuse people who overanalyze their songs. It's not meant to be 'deep' haha.

You don't have to like them, but there's a reason why I and so many others think they're fantastic.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 hours ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 hours ago

Because they're good! Excellent songwriting that stands the test of time.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 hour ago

The reason is that their promoters and managers pushed them hard by getting them played repeatedly on every radio station in North America and Western Europe and then getting them put on every popular music reviewer “best bands ever” list so that basic bitches would think “well if their music is everywhere and the corporate mandated music media says they’re good then they must be amazing!”

[–] [email protected] 74 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Oh look this guy doesn't like a band that almost universally makes the top of respected "best bands" lists.

[–] [email protected] 68 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

You don't understand because you're not as smart as this guy. This guy has great taste and a deep understanding of what good music is. It's everyone else on the planet in the last 50 years who are wrong :/

[–] [email protected] 4 points 16 hours ago

That guy in the corner meme here...

[–] [email protected] 0 points 17 hours ago

Curious that it looks like this echo chamber agrees with him

[–] [email protected] 41 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

That’s an earplug, not a Beatle.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 hours ago

Instructions unclear, I hear scritching and tapping.

I think the beetle is tapping out Yellow Submarine on my ear drum.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Instructions unclear, inserted Volkswagen Beetle into ear canal

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 hours ago

Is that how one glings?

[–] [email protected] 30 points 16 hours ago (3 children)

Unpopular opinion, but I can't stand listening to the Beatles. I admit, they have written some objectively good songs, I just don't enjoy them. They just don't sound good to me.

However, I'm not a hater, and if you like them, I'm happy for you!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 hours ago

I'm always in two minds. Like you, yes, I can say they're objectively good, but I tend to find myself enjoying the slightly more experimental stuff rather than the hits that immediately come to everyone's mind when you mention the band.

That said, one of my favourite songs is While My Guitar Gently Weeps 👌

[–] [email protected] 21 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

The Beatles are undoubtedly a huge part of music history and a huge foundational piece of rock and roll. That being said, listen to what you like and like what you like.

I have trouble watching a lot of classic movies and find them boring. I'd like to think that's fine!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 hour ago

I had a college roommate who thought the beatles were boring, and I had to think about that for a long time because it kind of went against my worldview at the time.

I think the Beatles were just so groundbreaking and influential that their influence is heard everywhere now, so if you missed listening to them as a kid, they just sound like old music

[–] [email protected] 11 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

Ooh... shots fired across the bow of the Yellow Submarine!

C'mon, plucky little yellow fellow, torpedo the sh#t outta that blue meanie m#th#rf#ck#r!

[–] [email protected] 9 points 14 hours ago

heh, gottem

[–] [email protected] 7 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

I can't stand them either. I get them. I respect them. I just don't like them. Stones are the better UK band from the 60s.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 13 hours ago

I like the stones less than the beatles but love tull. I mean there was a lot of change and progression in that period from elvis onward.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 15 hours ago

26 people can’t handle the truth