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LeftyMom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-11-08 10:19 PM
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40. Overrated.
Not a bad band, great harmony, but tremendously overrated. Once they started taking themselves seriously their music went to shit, and the early stuff, was just silly, pop-y proto boy band nonsense. Good for what it was, but hardly the best band ever.

They wouldn't be remembered half so fondly if they weren't all so cheek-pinchingly adorable back in their Ed Sullivan days.
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  -The Beatles. They are the greatest group ever. They will ALWAYS be the best Rock group. Taverner  Oct-09-08 07:39 PM   #0 
  - My avatar says it all  Whoa_Nelly   Oct-09-08 07:42 PM   #1 
  - Apart from Octopus's Garden  Godlesscommieprevert   Oct-09-08 07:42 PM   #2 
  - No argument from me  GoPsUx   Oct-09-08 07:49 PM   #3 
  - No arguments here.  DarkTirade   Oct-09-08 07:50 PM   #4 
  - Before saying '"Love" sucks', you should see the Cirque du Soleil production  Godlesscommieprevert   Oct-09-08 07:51 PM   #5 
  - ...and the store they have there is freaking amazing.  MrsGrumpy   Oct-09-08 07:53 PM   #6 
  - You should try and check out a Beatle's Fest  Godlesscommieprevert   Oct-09-08 07:55 PM   #7 
     - Oh...I didn't buy anything. Just the layout, the lights... incredible!  MrsGrumpy   Oct-09-08 07:58 PM   #8 
  - I've seen it  Taverner   Oct-09-08 08:52 PM   #13 
  - replace elvis with johnny cash and i'll agree  Ava   Oct-09-08 08:05 PM   #9 
  - Elvis had much more influence on Country than he did Rock  Taverner   Oct-09-08 08:54 PM   #14 
     - No way-Elvis influenced the Beatles themselves.  Dr Fate   Oct-09-08 11:16 PM   #21 
        - I cannot speak to pre-Elvis country. All I know from that is Hank Williams Sr and Patsy  Taverner   Oct-11-08 06:15 PM   #30 
  - Oh yeah, like they're better than Gory Blister.  Forkboy   Oct-09-08 08:09 PM   #10 
  - I LOVE THE BEATLES!  elshiva   Oct-09-08 08:10 PM   #11 
  - There's nothing better--especially (IMHO) their early stuff.  fifthgendem   Oct-09-08 08:50 PM   #12 
  - Yes, they are. nt  antfarm   Oct-09-08 09:07 PM   #15 
  - While there is music I enjoy better than the Beatles...  Elrond Hubbard   Oct-09-08 09:19 PM   #16 
  - "across the universe" sucked????? Why???  rurallib   Oct-09-08 10:14 PM   #17 
  - Agreed.  Robeson   Oct-09-08 10:51 PM   #18 
  - Opinions are a delight.  flvegan   Oct-09-08 11:01 PM   #19 
  - You are right- except Elvis is indeed Rock & Roll.  Dr Fate   Oct-09-08 11:05 PM   #20 
  - Sgt Pepper sucked ...??  Tuesday Afternoon   Oct-09-08 11:18 PM   #22 
  - "Sgt Pepper","Across the Universe" are movies made from Beatles songs  Taverner   Oct-11-08 03:07 PM   #27 
  - They are great.  jaredh   Oct-09-08 11:30 PM   #23 
  - You won't get an argument from me  Maccagirl   Oct-10-08 02:46 AM   #24 
  - To tell you the truth  Art_from_Ark   Oct-10-08 03:00 AM   #25 
  - They were certainly the greatest pop band of all time.  MrSlayer   Oct-10-08 05:54 AM   #26 
  - Thanks...  vi5   Oct-11-08 09:06 PM   #34 
  - Being named after a Beatles song, I will have to agree whole-heartedly agree with you.  Scarlett17   Oct-11-08 03:56 PM   #28 
  - i can't agree  pitohui   Oct-11-08 04:40 PM   #29 
  - yep. nt  momophile   Oct-11-08 06:40 PM   #31 
  - AMEN!  Mad_Dem_X   Oct-11-08 06:58 PM   #32 
  - amen.... I love Across the Universe!  carlyhippy   Oct-11-08 08:42 PM   #33 
  - The Beatles were Gods  Ishoutandscream2   Oct-11-08 09:14 PM   #35 
  - Show off? :D  Ahpook   Oct-11-08 09:41 PM   #36 
  - They didn't rock all that hard.  kwassa   Oct-11-08 10:04 PM   #37 
  - Meet The Beatles play it really loud.  mulsh   Oct-11-08 10:14 PM   #39 
     - I can play anything really loud  kwassa   Oct-11-08 10:23 PM   #41 
  - What I find strange is that the Beatles were enormously popular BEFORE they did their best work  bob_weaver   Oct-11-08 10:12 PM   #38 
  - Overrated.  LeftyMom   Oct-11-08 10:19 PM   #40 
 

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