I'm with vlady. I was a kid at the tail end of the Beatles and Elvis' death throes. Therefore, my beatles were kind of a joke of a group, who made terrible movies and sung shit like yellow submarine. Similarly, my Elvis was a fat old junkie in terrible clothes who died while taking a shit.

What there were at the end doesn’t take away from what they were in there prime

Ahoda @ 25/2/2018 17:33

What there were at the end doesn’t take away from what they were in there prime

It does when that's the pop culture you grew up with. It taints all of it. There stuff was neither original nor cutting edge when I was a kid. It was the stuff we were forced to sing in elementary school music classes. Pure cheese.

They do have a few songs I like, but by and large, they aren't my thing.

Much like Betty white is the funny old lady who says off color shit to most of us. Not the sex symbol.

I'm also not asking you to share my opinion of them.

Primate @ 25/2/2018 19:27

Ahoda @ 25/2/2018 17:33 What there were at the end doesn’t take away from what they were in there prime It does when that's the pop culture you grew up with. It taints all of it. There stuff was neither original nor cutting edge when I was a kid. It was the stuff we were forced to sing in elementary school music classes. Pure cheese. They do have a few songs I like, but by and large, they aren't my thing. Much like Betty white is the funny old lady who says off color shit to most of us. Not the sex symbol.

I agree, though more so they were to me little more than a boy band. Their early stuff is just an early incarnation of NKOTB- catchy songs about horny guys. They developed a bit more political conscience later, but the question was how much of that was real versus marketing to the developing "hippy culture". After the break up, Lennon was the only one who did much of anything. McCartney gave us terrible stuff from himself/Wings (that "Simply Having a Wonderful Xmas Time" song makes me want to punch a mannequin when I hear it in a store). George went on to do some solo stuff but did his best stuff with the Traveling Wilburys (so you have to question how much was him and how much was the other greats in that band). And ringo has always been...well, Ringo.

You guys r wrong

change your opinions at once

There is nothing more annoying than hearing that we all live in a Yellow Submarine.

A Yellow Submarine.

A Yellow Submarine.

Come on Vlady, you know deep down that Yellow Submarine is a poetic masterpiece. I bet Bob Dylan wished he had written that one

I just keep hoping an attack sub fires a torpedo at their Yellow Submarine.

Vlady thinks Oasis was better then the Beatles.

Incorrect- not an Oasis fan.

I think Jimi Hendrix is 1000 times better than the Beatles.

What if Hendrix had done a cover of Yellow Submarine?

He did cover Sgt Pepper, but it was hard edged Jimi.

vladykins @ 26/2/2018 10:23

Incorrect- not an Oasis fan. I think Jimi Hendrix is 1000 times better than the Beatles.

or 10,000

vladykins @ 26/2/2018 6:35

Primate @ 25/2/2018 19:27 Ahoda @ 25/2/2018 17:33 What there were at the end doesn’t take away from what they were in there prime It does when that's the pop culture you grew up with. It taints all of it. There stuff was neither original nor cutting edge when I was a kid. It was the stuff we were forced to sing in elementary school music classes. Pure cheese. They do have a few songs I like, but by and large, they aren't my thing. Much like Betty white is the funny old lady who says off color shit to most of us. Not the sex symbol. I agree, though more so they were to me little more than a boy band. Their early stuff is just an early incarnation of NKOTB- catchy songs about horny guys. They developed a bit more political conscience later, but the question was how much of that was real versus marketing to the developing "hippy culture". After the break up, Lennon was the only one who did much of anything. McCartney gave us terrible stuff from himself/Wings (that "Simply Having a Wonderful Xmas Time" song makes me want to punch a mannequin when I hear it in a store). George went on to do some solo stuff but did his best stuff with the Traveling Wilburys (so you have to question how much was him and how much was the other greats in that band). And ringo has always been...well, Ringo.

Dylan was a poet, Petty was a genius when it came to writing and playing what sells, Lynne had what Petty had only less so. Not sure what Orbison and Harrison brought to the table.