What do you guys think about The Beatles?

[boyay]

Does anyone here like them or dislike them?

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[Bisjac]

the boyband of their day.

meh

[Yosher]

overrated

[WaterOre]

they're ok

[Maxwell.]

i like some of their songs

[bestguy22]

the who??

[boyay]

the who??

You're kidding, right?

[Ringabel]

The fact that so many books still name the Beatles as "the greatest or most significant or most influential" rock band ever only tells you how far rock music still is from becoming a serious art. Jazz critics have long recognized that the greatest jazz musicians of all times are Duke Ellington and John Coltrane, who were not the most famous or richest or best sellers of their times, let alone of all times. Classical critics rank the highly controversial Beethoven over classical musicians who were highly popular in courts around Europe. Rock critics are still blinded by commercial success. The Beatles sold more than anyone else (not true, by the way), therefore they must have been the greatest. Jazz critics grow up listening to a lot of jazz music of the past, classical critics grow up listening to a lot of classical music of the past. Rock critics are often totally ignorant of the rock music of the past, they barely know the best sellers. No wonder they will think that the Beatles did anything worthy of being saved.

[Jairo]

they're alright, pic related is my favorite album of theirs

[Red Spy]

They're a pretty big icon of music but no the best

[ThatDarkNinja778]

Eh they're alright.

[boyay]

they're alright, pic related is my favorite album of theirs

No, I liked The Wall better.

[e-maxx]

i like tool more

[Mr Man]

I'm probably gonna get judged up the wazoo for this, but I've been a diehard fan my whole life. They were the first CD I had, the first band I really got into, the first record album I bought, and have always been special to me. Thing is though, I grew up on mostly their earlier boy band era stuff, and while I still love their later more experimental stuff, their earlier (up to about 1966) stuff is my favorite.

That being said, I'm a huge fan of older music in general, and actually just saw The Who in concert.

[RedJohn]