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Posted By: Gordon Posted On: May 31, 2009 Views: 445	Paul, John, George, and Ringo I picked George. I think he's way underrated, especially his solo stuff - particularly All Things Must Pass. Although, John created some of the Beatles's best music, and he had a fantastic solo career as well. So John's a close second, in my mind.
Posted By: gunfever Posted On: May 31, 2009 Views: 444	RE: Paul, John, George, and Ringo uk u stupid lil britesh bitch all those homos did was **in suck dick its all about he game nowu dumb bitch he represents true blood music lil dumb bitch ** nigga
Posted By: impersonator Posted On: May 31, 2009 Views: 442	RE: Paul, John, George, and Ringo What do people get out of the beatles music? What's the appeal? I've tried listening to it but I just don't get what's so special about it. I'm starting to feel that most people only say they appreciate them to be agreeable. I'm not saying that I feel that way about all beatles fans, but you know how anything popular goes to **** from the massive flocks of the "general populus" types. peace and love, impersonator
Posted By: gunfever Posted On: Jun 1, 2009 Views: 429	RE: Paul, John, George, and Ringo cuz those lil britsh bitches **in love to suck the beatels en gay homo bitches man hose fags need to listen to real music like the game dumb homos ** nigga
Posted By: weeze's toothpaste cap Posted On: Jun 2, 2009 Views: 426	RE: RE: Paul, John, George, and Ringo Impersonator, the bigger question you should be asking is why are you so narcissistic to think if something doesn't appeal to you it is unconscionable that anyone else could have a different opinion. Don't worry though, you aren't alone. It is human nature for a person to think their way of thinking is the norm and assume everyone thinks and behaves as they do. Minus a serious history of trauma, if you have someone that mistrusts everyone it is because they are projecting their own lack of trustworthiness on others. If someone sees everyone as homosexuals, they are projecting their own struggle with sexuality. As for the Beatles...I am not a big fan. I have over 6200 songs on my iPod and not one is by the Beatles. The closest I come is the first George Harrison solo album and Traveling Willburys. For early `60's music I prefer The Who, The Stones and The Yardbirds. Despite what some people like to think, art reflects life and in the early 60's times were changing. The commercial mainstream music of the 50's was fairly sterile. It didn't fit with the social and cultural unrest that was brewing. Presley started stirring up "white" music around 1956 and Ray Charles had been doing the devils work by singing gospel as R & B. The Beatles hit at just the right time in the early sixties to tap into the rebelliousness of the kids ("I wanna hold your hand" was scandalous) and quickly adapted into the peace movement with their later releases. Their commercial success is amazing. They first played in the US in 1964. By 1966 they stopped doing concerts and broke up in 1969. A pretty short run. To date they have racked up over a billion records sold. Think back to Hootie and the Blowfish. They had a 9 year run with the first few being their most popular. They sold 15 million records which is considered huge for any band. It isn't that they were exceptional musicians or songwriters. Popular music rarely correlates with top talent. The Yardbirds were the foundation for modern rock which they in turn took from American blues. They never came close to the same level of commercial success. The true innovators and real talent always take some work to find. The Beatles were huge because they were the right band for the era. Even today, they are permanently connected to the sixties peace and rebellion. I doubt people say they like them to be agreeable. More likely people like the ideas they represent.
Posted By: Pete Townsend's Guitar Pick Posted On: Jun 2, 2009 Views: 421	RE: Paul, John, George, and Ringo Or maybe- just maybe- they were pretty good. By the time they hit it big they had been working their asses off in clubs for something like five years, playing eight to ten hours a day in Germany, finding out what worked or didn't. So they obviously knew a thing or two about music. Don't underestimate the chemistry. Specifically the sweet and sour of the Paul/John songwriting team, George's tasteful lead guitar, and Ringo's excellent drumming. Would they have been as big with Pete Best on drums? I doubt it. An argument could be made that none of them was as sucessful after the Beatles broke up(although Paul may have sold more records, I don't know...) Timing was important. Some say the Beatles were big because they came along right after the Kennedy assasination, and we "needed" them, but "Beatlemania" had already taken hold in England prior to Kennedy GETTING HIS FREAKIN' HEAD BLOWN OFF. So, we'll never know. And don't forget good management, plus they had a sense of humor (or "humour" for you Brits) about the whole thing that was kinda cool. In short, although they became famous as a "pre-fab" boy band, they had the talent to build off their first sucesses instead of flaming out, like so many others. All I can say is, holding the top 5 spots on the Billboard charts at the same time has never been done before or since. No, "Beatlemania" is not too strong a word.
Posted By: gunfever Posted On: Jun 2, 2009 Views: 419	RE: Paul, John, George, and Ringo msan all u lil sumb **ing bitches dont knowwhat the u are talkin about mother in dumb bitches all those lil faggy queer bands dont do other then suck dick like i said u stupid lil fagits the only real artist now is the game hes the best their is u stupid bitch homos fagits ** nigga
Posted By: The Game Posted On: Jun 3, 2009 Views: 408	RE: Paul, John, George, and Ringo The Wigger Gunfever likes me? That's the end of my career. I'm going to kill myself now. Thanks a lot, Gunfever. Fuck your little white pussy ass.
Posted By: impersonator Posted On: Jun 3, 2009 Views: 402	RE: Paul, John, George, and Ringo weeze you're greatly misusing the word narcissistic. In no way did I say that everyone must think like I do about the beatles. I asked an open question that insinuated how the everyday joe flocks to something since it's popular. What I was getting at is the idea that perhaps the Beatles aren't really all that talented but rather everyone heard about it enough and they wanted to fit in with the rest of their friends so the beatles blew up huge because of this. Thank you for your history lesson but when you respond try not to be such a gunfever. peace and love, impersonator
Posted By: gunfever Posted On: Jun 3, 2009 Views: 399	RE: Paul, John, George, and Ringo ** u impersonator and weeze u en lil gay ass fagit bitch no one gives a what ty kind of music u fags likes en lil bitches we all know u lile big dick up the ass u dumb fags motha in nigga **
Posted By: impersonator Posted On: Jun 3, 2009 Views: 397	RE: Paul, John, George, and Ringo really gunfever? Wow, thank you, I never knew about that but now that you've been so kind to enlighten us we know. Thank you. Guess it's time for you to bend over weeze =D peace and love, impersonator
Posted By: gunfever Posted On: Jun 4, 2009 Views: 391	RE: RE: RE: Paul, John, George, and Ringo ya damn right bout time u relised m right u lil fagit qweers **** nigga
Posted By: Gordon Posted On: Jun 20, 2009 Views: 347	RE: Paul, John, George, and Ringo Impersonator, as for your original question about the Beatles: Just because they're a very popular band that's considered good by a lot of mainstream music critics/magazines doesn't mean it's crazy to not like them or not really get what's so special about them. I think you're right that a lot of people may "like" the Beatles, but wouldn't claim to love them nearly as much if they weren't so popular. That being said, I just happen to be into that kind of music. Bob Dylan, Rolling Stones, Yardbirds, Led Zeppelin, Velvet Underground, Kinks, etc. I don't know what it is specifically about that music that I love. I mean, if someone said "In less than 50 words explain why you like the Velvet Underground," I would find it pretty difficult to articulate. I just like listening to them. Hopefully that answers your question (sort of)?
Posted By: Gordon Posted On: Jun 20, 2009 Views: 344	RE: Paul, John, George, and Ringo Also, Impersonator, I'm kind of on the opposite of the spectrum; that is, I don't know why someone wouldn't like the Beatles. So my question is what is it about the Beatles' music that you don't like? The only thing I can really think of personally is that their pre-hippy 61-64 phase was irritating, and at that point in their careers the songs were pretty much all the same. But from Rubber Soul on I'm completely on board with the Beatles.
Posted By: gunfever Posted On: Jun 20, 2009 Views: 340	RE: Paul, John, George, and Ringo ** u lil fags it dont matter if both u like that hen both u ing qweers like i said u fags should just suck ech others cocks homo ** nigga

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