Beatles 'most influential in 100yrs'

[demobrit]

THE Beatles are the most influential entertainers of the past 100 years, beating out the likes of Elvis Presley, Charlie Chaplin and Mickey Mouse, according to a survey conducted by showbusiness newspaper Variety.
Behind the Fab Four's first-place finish, were in alphabetical order: jazz pioneer Louis Armstrong, television comedienne Lucille Ball, movie legends Humphrey Bogart, Marlon Brando, Charlie Chaplin, James Dean and Marilyn Monroe, cartoon hero Mickey Mouse and singers Elvis Presley and Frank Sinatra.
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,16926256-23109,00.html

[rpannier]

1. How did Bugs not make it???

I consider him more influential.

[GrpCaptMandrake]

7. Make that Bugs AND Daffy

* Bugs: "Would you like to shoot me now, or wait until you get home?"
* Daffy: "Shoot him now, shoot him now!"
* Bugs: "You stay out of this, he does not have to shoot you now!"
* Daffy: AHA! There's the problem! Pronoun trouble! It's not 'he doesn't have to shoot you now,' it's 'He doesn't have to shoot me now'." *pause* "Well I say he does have to shoot me now!" (to Elmer) "So shoot me now!" BANG!


Comically genius. Elegant. Informative (as a kid I learned what a pronoun was from that exchange)

:rofl: :spray:

[chelsea0011]

11. If cartoons make the list, the Muppets have to be there

For 30 odd years they have been #1 one amoung the young set and even popular amoung adults. Education and entertainment. Mickey, even though a corporate empire, certainly has influence. And Bugs? Oversite on the list to not include that whole Warner Bros. and earlier crowd.

[H2O Man]

2. Without a doubt!

The world would be a better place if more people took the time to listen to Beatle music. I'd include John and George's "post-Beatle" music, too. And perhaps Paul's tribute to the Plastic Ono Band, "Let Me Roll It."

[Canuckistanian]

3. Shrub said he liked the Beatles "before they got all weird"

Don't know where I heard that.

[FloridaPat]

4. Nothing like a scientific analysis to determine influence of entertainers.

Just pull out a survey to determine facts.

[FormerDittoHead]

5. "cartoon hero Mickey Mouse"???

Like, did ANYONE really like Mickey Mouse that much?

DONALD DUCK!

[TallahasseeGrannie]

8. Mickey Mouse is the AntiChrist

[demobrit]

6. Another link

The same story can now be found on this link
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/4344910.stm

[tularetom]

9. Beatles vs Elvis

I remember someone putting forth a theory that you could tell almost everything you needed to know about someone by asking them whether they preferred Elvis or the Beatles. I tried it on a few of my friends and acquaintenances and its true! Those who are assholes - preferred Elvis. Not assholes - Beatles. Personally I disagree with bush - I didn't like the Beatles until they got "all weird".

[acmavm]

12. That remark about liking the Beatles coming from bush** is sort of

ironic. I bet there wasn't a day in bush**s life where he wasn't what would be described as 'all weird'.

[chat_noir]

14. wait a minute!

My mother and 11 year old niece love Elvis. They are certainly not assholes.

[nvliberal]

16. And if you had asked the Beatles when they first

came to America who they wanted most to see in this country, they'd have told you Elvis Presley.

Which was in fact what happened. They visited him shortly after they arrived in the U.S.

Were the Beatles assholes because they were huge fans of Elvis?

[chelsea0011]

10. Pink Floyd didn't make the cut?

[NicRic]

13. The Beatles advanced music quality !

The beatles ,from the early stuff when they where barely twenty years old to their later stuff like Sargent Peppers Lonley Hearts Club band White Album ,where they actually had other musicians going WHOW ! They brougt other forms of music and mixed everthing ,they where and are (Jonh & Paul) the best writing team ever , I wish the music industry ,driven only by $ would pay more homage to these giants of music. When ever my kids haccidently hear a Beatles song they will say who was that ,we should all have our kids listen to their best songs from the eary ones on !

[nvliberal]

15. And I say

bullshit to that article.

If it weren't for Elvis Presley, the Beatles would NEVER have gone into show business.

What an ignorant piece of crap that survey is.

Elvis is the most important individual in the history of popular music. There's no question of it.

There's a huge cult surrounding Elvis today, bigger than even during his lifetime, and it shows no signs of abating.

[demobrit]

17. There is no doubt

There is no doubt that Elvis has his place in History but who was the most influential ? That is the question .
As songwriters Lennon and McCartney were arguably the most influential
in the pop music world and as performers with the Beatles were equally
the same.
The Beatles were inspired by Elvis and that is his legacy as well.
The argument will go on I am sure .