13 Responses to “A confession of sorts”

1. #1 by Sunn
   April 27th, 2006 at 11:21 am

   What exactly do you mean “What would you do with them”. Sympathize? Torture? Kill? Degrade? Ignore? Agree? It probably depends on how you, yourself feel about it.
   I like Lennon, McCartney & Harrison equally.
2. #2 by anon
   April 27th, 2006 at 4:46 pm

   Consider the source….person must be a “LOOBY”.
3. #3 by MRambler
   April 27th, 2006 at 5:27 pm

   I am assuming this hypothetical person doesn’t like the music of “The Beatles” but likes other groups who drew off of “The Beatles” innovative contributions to music and not that this person dislikes the individual personal lives of it’s members….. I know I personally don’t like a lot of groups that have contributed to the diversity of popular music….. I don’t think I would “do” anything to them since I believe music is an individual thing based on what you’ve been exposed to, age, and a whole list of preferences…. That’s why there’s so many different styles of music….. The younger you are – The further you are from “The Beatles”, or so it seems….
4. #4 by huskysooner
   April 27th, 2006 at 9:32 pm

   I don’t really care about their personal lives and certainly don’t feel like some that they’re responsible for the downfall of western civilization. I definitely hear and like some Beatle-y things I hear in other music (XTC!), but I just don’t care for the band themselves. And this is in spite of Jek’s, and to some degree MR’s, comprehensive and informed tutelage.

   What prompted my question is that when I’ve expressed my only milquetoast-appreciation of the group to music-types (none of you here), they gasped like I was denying Papal infallibility. Not only was I to appreciate them but I must adore them as well! I thought it vary odd — MR’s opinion seems more reasonable to me.

   But then, I don’t really care for Mozart either.
5. #5 by Randalf the Grey
   April 28th, 2006 at 12:12 am

   DON’T CARE FOR MOZART ?!!?!?!? Lethal injection.
6. #6 by Randalf the Grey
   April 28th, 2006 at 1:15 am

   Actually, I don’t care for much of Mozart’s work either. Most of what I’ve heard is so busy. Emperor Phillip II said of old
   Wolfie’s music, “Too many notes”. He was technically gifted (and probably would have made a great mathematician), but his
   work didn’t have the soul of that of his contemporary, Ludwig van.
7. #7 by Sunn
   April 28th, 2006 at 9:34 am

   MR, you’re probably right. You had to have been there to fully appreciate (or not) the impact their music had on the way things turned out for us boomers. I have mixed emotions on the subject. I guess if it weren’t the Beatles, someone else would have carried the torch to take music to the next level, such as Elvis did. And yes, I realize Elvis capitalized on other musicians endeavors (mostly black).
8. #8 by anon
   April 28th, 2006 at 11:44 am

   I don’t get that “Too Many Notes” thing when I listen to a Mozart Opera. He does have a lot of notes in other stuff. (heresy: the Beatles did write some bad stuff)
9. #9 by Randalf the Grey
   April 28th, 2006 at 1:32 pm

   Well there you go. If we all liked the same music, there wouldn’t be as much variety and diversity in music, and it would be
   BOR-ING !
   I can’t stand opera. All of the classical music that I enjoy is instrumental with the exception of Herr Beethoven’s “Choral
   Symphony”. #9…#9…#9.
   The following is probably yet another heresy: I’ve heard Pete Best and Stu Sutcliffe referred to as the “fifth Beatle”, but
   without THE REAL fifth Beatle, George Martin, I don’t think they would have or could have taken it to the next level beyond
   Love Me Do and I Want To Hold Your Hand. Don’t get me wrong, when I was a teen during the “british invasion”, I liked all
   those “silly love songs”, but no more than what The Stones, The Animals and (god help me) The Dave Clark Five were doing.
   Martin was much more than a producer. He challenged, educated and brought out the best in John, Paul and George. His
   orchestrations and keyboard work defined some of those songs, although he didn’t take credit for them.
   I also agree with the observation that, if you weren’t yet alive in the early sixties, you might not fully “get” The Beatles.
10. #10 by Sunn
    April 28th, 2006 at 4:21 pm

    I agree with RTG, about George Martin being the fifth Beatle. Some of the Beatle bootlegs of recording sessions done in their raw state were pretty bad.From what Martin had done previously (comedy, etc.) you wonder how he had the vision to turn the Beatles music into something extraordinary.
11. #11 by Jek
    April 29th, 2006 at 11:06 am

    I like the Beatles (and Mozart), but I rarely spin them these days. HS probably remembers the time when Beatles and Beatle-derivatives dominated my collection. Now it’s hard for me to distinguish whether back then I was driven to find more Beatle-related music purely due to how the music affected me or to my completest tendencies. (Those tendencies are why I don’t play computer games anymore.) As in most of the music I liked and listened to in my childhood, it’s hard to judge the merits of Beatles’s music without all of the memories and emotions attached to it. Certainly I will always like the Beatles, but they are more like an old school friend or old teacher to me now. It’s nice to see them–hear them–every once in a while, but they were a different part of my life.

    As for Paul’s new stuff, can’t say I really dig it.
12. #12 by MRambler
    April 29th, 2006 at 2:04 pm

    I read a review of Led Zepplin’s first album shortly after it came out which went something like this: “They recorded this album in ten days – and it sounds like it“…. That’s always stayed with me….. I still find it hard to listen to a complete album of Led Zepplin at one sitting….. And, yes, I have to admit, when The Beatles first hit the U.S., I preferred The Dave Clark Five and I cussed The Rolling Stones for messing up Buddy Holly’s Not Fade Away…. Perceptions change….
13. #13 by J.J.
    April 29th, 2006 at 7:31 pm

    I can’t add anything to anyone Else’s comments they have said it all, It would be a hell of a world if we all liked the same things. You cannot Not acknowledge their impact on popular music and culture, but if that’s not your bag well… Remember, everyone has their own kick goin’. As for the “Too many Notes” Comment about Wolfie, Remember MR we said the same thing about Eddie van Halen Right after that movie came out.

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