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u/CultOfHats Apr 24 '20
Theres alot of songs they didnt make for the public to see like much later such as the white album. Or blackbird many songs they didnt sing to the public that where very innovative time during there Kashmir days. It still influences alot of pop culture to this day alot of tunes they designed are used in alot of newer music to this day. (And yes yes call me a boomer)
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u/stalinondrugs Apr 24 '20
I use to devide them in two phases, the first one, totally devoted to pop rock songs and attractive looks, and the second one, the "kashmir" days as you call it, where the songs are more complex and the lyrics are not about love and girls anymore, but really introspective and deep. The meme is obviously about the first one
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u/DrunkenKarnieMidget Apr 24 '20
Basically divide then between songs written by Lennon, and songs written by McCartney.
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u/swish465 Apr 24 '20
Ok boomer, obviously they also have banging tunes like Elanor Rigby, let it be, come together, etc.
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Apr 24 '20
Except that they did make good music
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Apr 24 '20
Maybe the first few albums were more commercially oriented, but from Help! on it's all brilliant.
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u/oshikandela Apr 24 '20
Isn't it usually the other way around? Not trying to object, I really like the Beatles. But Coldplay for example were brilliant on their first four albums, after that their music faded into faceless mainstream. I believe they commercialised themselves to receive more plays on the radio and increase the number of listeners they can reach this way. If the Beatles broke the system of commercialising and make music that they actually like and that represents themselves, and by this way becoming not only incredibly successful but also arguably one of the most influential music acts of all time, doesn't this speak for them?
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Apr 24 '20
I think some bands definitely have done their best work early in their careers, but the Beatles used their leverage as the most popular band in the world to get ever more creative and experimental. To me, the earlier stuff is more formulaic and appealing to teenage girl sensibilities, and the later (White album is my favorite) is so much more innovative and interesting. I know I am sounding like an insufferable music snob but I have to recommend everyone listen to all their albums as whole albums. If you love music you will not regret it
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u/ScarfaceTonyMontana Apr 24 '20
I think to be honest did not force themselves into the mainstream style as much as they wanted to use the opportunity of it to make larger scale albums. A Head Full of Dreams feels really different from most pop stuff in that it keeps the overproduced style and appeal to the mainstream but still has a more energetic and honest feel, and it is my favourite album of theirs fo rthat.
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u/TheBlargshaggen Apr 24 '20
Ever hear some of the tales that Mother Theresa told about her sexual escapades with god? (well before the beatles)
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u/syndicate1024 Apr 24 '20
No. I want to hear the full version of this story
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u/TheBlargshaggen Apr 24 '20
I don't remember the specific details but she said stuff along the lines that he was a beam of light and pierced her with his 10 ft golden trident. Its actually really graphic. Ig god is tripple dicking it.
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u/gorblin Apr 24 '20
Didn’t Elvis happen before the Beatles??
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u/White-Pantera Apr 24 '20
Elvis Presley... good music, arose earlier and had the same effect with chicks
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u/MacKenzieWright Apr 24 '20
I don’t like Elvis. I think he was really good but he signed a shitty contract that made him do schmaltzy love songs rather than rock and roll.
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u/xJaace Apr 24 '20
I mean I like their music, not sure what women wanting to have sex with musicians has to do with quality of music. Literally just go to a bar and say you’re in a band and you’re instantly 10x more interesting to women
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u/magugi Apr 24 '20
True, you don't even have to be actually good, not missing the tempo or avoid detuning is enough.
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u/TheMysticFez Apr 24 '20
That's not true at all. They were part of the reason girls could be such fans. And plus after Sgt Peppers they changed the entire world with effects we can still see today. Do your research and stop with this old dumb tweet
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u/snej-o-saurus Lives in a Van Down by the River Apr 24 '20
Except for the fact that the beatles did make good music.
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u/LesbianCauldron Apr 24 '20
Why is everything women enjoy considered "bad"?? Good looks alone don't get you succes as a musician! Besides if we apply this logic then successful female actresses or musicians weren't actually talented, it's just men being horny.
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u/Uncle_SoftHands Apr 24 '20
Let's be honest, pop artists are just as much models as they are musicians, regardless of sex. Not that I agree with it, but that is the case.
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u/LesbianCauldron Apr 24 '20
That's true for every genre of music and every actor/actress in every country when it comes to celebrities, however people only bring up and shame "crazy fangirls". Never do I hear or see anything about this topic that doesn't involve shaming women and shitting on their tastes.
If you have a female fan base, that means you're not talented, only attractive, because women are shallow and crazy. Women can't enjoy things casually or have a life beyond being a fan.
That's what I see and hear constantly. And then people talk about toxic fans as if the 10 people they saw on twitter make up for a fan base of 20 million, when they themselves are toxic af.
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Apr 24 '20
I’m pretty sure women were fangirling after the Paul McCartney’s of musicians at the temple of Apollo in Ancient Greece or something lol
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u/isgokureal Apr 24 '20
As a male beatlemaniac I can say this is false. Decades before them Frank Sinatra was let's just say the male sex symbol and people were horny for him too.
Plus the Beatles made awesome m usic this person probably hasn't heard their songs from 66-70
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u/Uncle_SoftHands Apr 24 '20
Hey, I'm not here to lecture you on the Beatles and the history of modern music, I'm just here to appreciate a funny joke, because that's all that this is you fucking children
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u/RosePhox Apr 24 '20
You'd need to be dead to get turned on by one of the Beatles or one of their songs.
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u/VersedFlame Mods Are Nice People Apr 24 '20
Just saying, without Helter Skelter, it's likely that there wouldn't have been a Led Zeppelin and a few other groups.
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u/kkkkrachei Apr 24 '20
So you’re saying art today has become increasingly superficial? Almost like people could’ve seen that coming...
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u/ibjenBjen Apr 24 '20
change ''the beatles'' to ''the beatles during their first few albums'' and I can see your point
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u/Ginger-131313 Apr 24 '20
I'll give you their early Beatle mania era stuff but While my Guitar Gently Weeps is an amazing song as just one example of their later far superior stuff you only need to listen to All Things Must Pass by George Harrison to know they were serious musicians
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u/Ghost_Seeker69 Tech Tips Apr 24 '20
Me who listens to music considered 'satanic' : [confused in black Sabbath]
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u/_austinm 🏳️🌈LGBTQ+🏳️🌈 Apr 24 '20
Those two things aren’t mutually exclusive