Now you see, I like the Monkees
and the Beatles!
And the Stones and The Doors..............I still do not get someone not liking The Beatles. I'm sorry. It is like someone saying "I don't like soup." Or, "I don't like ice cream." You see, there was no definitive "style" to the body of their work. There were:
1) Hard rocking edgy "John" songs from early on like " Bad Boy,"or "Dizzy Miss Lizzy."
2) Hard rockin "Paul" songs from early on like " I'm Down" and "Drive my Car."
3) Beautiful two and three part love songs the likes of which inspired the entire genre like " Yes it Is," "That Boy", and " If I Fell."
4) Goofball, fun Ringo songs like "Boys" , "Act Naturally," Octapus's Garden, and Yellow Submarine.
5) Very Hard rocking edgy later stuff like "She Said, She Said," "Hey Bulldog", Helter Skelter."
6) Wonderfully crafted early pop songs by George like "If I Needed Someone," or "You Like Me Too Much," and "I Want to Tell You."
7) Country Twangers like "I Don't Want to Spoil the Party."
9) The later , deeper "John" stuff like "Dear Prudence" , "Julia," "Cry Baby Cry,"
10) The entire "B" Side of "Abbey Road."
11) The Eastern "George" stuff like "Within and Without You." and "Love to You."
12) The rediculously beautiful and yearning "Paul" songs like "Yesterday" , "For No One." "Mother Nature's Son," and Blackbird."or "She's Leaving Home."
13) The later sloppy, loose "John" songs like "Revolution," "Happiness is a Warm Gun," "I've got a Feeling."
14) The "drug songs" like "Lucy in the Sky" or "Tomorrow Never Knows.""It's All too Much."
15) Songs of despair: "Nowhere Man"
16) Songs of Joy "There's a Place."
I could go on all day. Anyone who say's "I don't really "get" or "like" The Beatles, has never really "listened" to the Beatles beyond the tired old warhorse songs even I am tired of like "Twist and Shout" or "Ticket to Ride.". I'm sorry. I understand people having their own tastes and all. But the quality of their work is not really even up for debate. Anywhere! They are not like say "Elvis" who was maybe "three dimensional." The Beatles were "50- Dimensional." They evolved and then re-evolved. I am not really a big Stones fan (although I think "Exile on Main Street " is one of the greatest rock albums of all time,) [/i]because
they always sound the same to me. They always sound like "The Mick Jagger Band." I guess I cannot really even criticize the DEad on this basis, because I have really only heard about 5 of their songs. But I can say that I saw Bob Wier on VH1 with his new group last night and what they were playing sounded just like the 5 Dead songs I have heard.
Now, go out and buy "Revolver" and tell me that this isn't the # 1 album of all time. It is, in FACT!!!!!!
http://www.beatles-discography.com/
