Am I the only one who just ain't a Beatles fan

[LynneSin]

I mean sure, I like some of their songs and I suppose as someone who collects music I have some of their CDs and most of their stuff on Vinyl.

But I just have to say this - I'm just not that into the Beatles

Am I alone?

[flvegan]

1. No. Short of a few songs of theirs, I'm not into them at all.

[redqueen]

2. Nope. My ex mother in law can't stand 'em.

She preferred The Kingston Trio & crap like that...

[Bake]

17. Begging your pardon ...

but the Kingston Trio was not "crap."

That is all.

:hi:

Bake

[redqueen]

20. IMO it is.

:hi:

[Bake]

23. And you call yourself progressive!

BAH!

By the way, nice post, Qaddafi!

:rofl:

Bake

[Oeditpus Rex]

25. THAT does it!

:P

[redqueen]

30. Pbthbhthbhthtbhtht!

Top of the table, baby!

:7

[Oeditpus Rex]

31. Meh — Arsenal ride the MTA

And since you don't like the Kingston Trio, you won't get that. :P

[redqueen]

32. Manhattan Transit Authority?

:shrug:

Either way... TOP OF THE TABLE!

[taterguy]

3. There's about 10 billion people on this planet

Surely one or two them just don't get into the Beatles

[ceile]

4. No.

I can take or leave 'em. Never been a fan.

[Cant trust em]

5. The Beatles will always be my favorite

Abbey Road changed my life.

[LynneSin]

6. Kashmir changed my life

I suppose that's why I'm the biggest Zephead out there!

[Cant trust em]

9. I've always felt like Kashmir was one of the weaker songs

of their big hits. It always seemed to lack some of the raw power that the songs I really like have.

[AngryAmish]

7. Never liked them much

Just the same old corporate rock.

[Bake]

18. Corporate rock?

HA! Corporate rock didn't start until much later.

Bake

[pintobean]

37. Apple?

[leftofthedial]

8. yes

[lost-in-nj]

10. I don't like them either

I could never understand the following they had


same with Rolling Stones





lost

[KG]

11. i don't get the bubble gum stuff - but the

Rubber Soul - Revolver - A Collection of Beatles Oldies - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - Magical Mystery Tour - The Beatles (The White Album) - Yellow Submarine - Abbey Road - Let It Be 5 year streak was pure genius.

[AlCzervik]

12. I love The Sgt. Pepper album and thats about it. I liked Lennon much more on his own.

[last_texas_dem]

13. Nah, they're probably my favorite band

But your post does pretty much describe how I feel about another big band:

>>>I mean sure, I like some of their songs and I suppose as someone who collects music I have some of their CDs and most of their stuff on Vinyl.

But I just have to say this - I'm just not that into Led Zeppelin>>>>

:hide:

(And I'm just picking on you, LynneSin, 'cause I know they're your favorite band. But that really does describe about how I feel about them.)

[Guava Jelly]

14. I feel the same way about Rush

I don't get it.
Closer to the heart is ok but the rest makes my skin crawl

[Bake]

19. Don't even speak the name Rush in the same sentence with the Beatles.

Sacrilege!

Bake

[ghostsofgiants]

42. Word.

Some of the most utterly sterile music I've ever heard has come from Rush.

[stuntcat]

15. I can take or leave the Beatles

I have a lot of their songs but none of them are my stand-out favorites.
Also I have a natural hate for boy bands, which they were, no doubt about it :puke:

But they were my Dad's favorite band so that gets them pretty far with me, their songs always remind me of him.

[LeftyMom]

16. A decent but unimpressive group that harmonized nicely then devolved into self-indulgent crap.

Nope, not a fan.

[zingaro]

24. That's an excellent description. My college roomie was

a beatles FREAK. Think four foot-high statuettes and posters on every wall and you'll be just getting started.

I just couldn't get worked up about the remarkable intricacies of Golden Slumbers. *yawn*

[kwassa]

21. Wrote more good songs over a longer period of time than any other group

I like a harder sound than they had, but Lennon-McCartney were much better together than on their own.

[Chovexani]

22. No, in fact I actively hate them

They're probably the most overrated act in the history of music, and I so totally don't get the cult that's sprung up around them.

[Blue-Jay]

36. "actively hate" and "cult"....

Are you supposed to be in GDP right now?

[Chovexani]

44. I dunno

If we're comparing cults, at least Michelle Obama's a lot cuter than Yoko. :P

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

26. To a large degree

to understand why they were/are so popular you had to be there when they first arrived on the scene. For one thing, the harmonies were different than anything else, at that time. :) Therefore they sounded so unique, now of course we know it was just a slight shift in the chord progression but still, I think you had to be there to really understand what it was like, what happened and what it is like now. Oh wait, wrong forum for that last comment! :)

[Zavulon]

27. Not even close.

I can't think of a single Beatles song I like. The most overrated band of all time.

[Burma Jones]

28. No, they're such an easy target

They haven't existed for nearly 40 years now, and yet people still feel the need to bash them and their devotees......If that ain't greatness.......

[x-g.o.p.er]

29. Pretty much, yeah

[DaDooRonRon]

33. Damn, you all must be really young

If you lived through the 60's you'd understand why they are one of the greatest, if not THE greatest, rock band to ever put words on plastic.

Now, as for Zeppelin - biggest posers around. Take Willie Dixon and his friends, steal their songs, pretend you wrote them and then play "the bluze". The only thing worse than Zeppelin then would be (gasp!) Zeppelin now.

"and she's buying a motorized stair chair to the bathroom...'

Christ, at least when Page was in The Yardbirds (a criminally under-rated band, BTW) they at least gave proper writing credit.

[DarkTirade]

39. Hey now, I wasn't around then and I discovered the Beatles on my own.

Don't try to lump all young people in with a few people who have no taste. :P

[DaDooRonRon]

43. So noted

:)

[pokerfan]

34. The first boy band

My big sisters were 12 and 15 when the Beatles appeared on the Ed Sullivan. They had all the records and played them constantly.

So for me it was anything BUT the Beatles. So I got into the Stones and Led Zep. Then Jethro Tull, Black Sabbath, Lynyrd Skynyrd, etc.

Anything but the Beatles.

http://www.youtube.com/v/RHsDa9_HSlA&rel=1

[trof]

35. yes

[Perry Logan]

38. For me, they still have MANY of the greatest songs ever.

[ashling]

40. No. I am afraid that there are plenty of others here

wo have absolutely no taste!
:rofl:

[ghostsofgiants]

41. Wow, you and I are on the same page musically for a topic that isn't Radiohead...

Weird. :P

[Jade Fox]

45. Their first album was brilliant.....

and sounded like nothing else at the time.

Sargent Pepper and beyond I didn't care for.

[hippywife]

46. Not really.

I can listen to some of it when I'm in the mood, but I think McCartney obviously has no talent. Now Lennon and Harrison, they were a totally different story. They were the talent in that band...definitely.