Why do The Beatles get so much shit?
Because they are nowhere near as good as it it said they are.
Because all of those 12-year-old girls who wanted their Ds
Because they were popular
The fact that so many books still name the Beatles "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 worth of being saved.
>>60400005
Because they suck
60s One Direction
>>60400005
Dumb boyband
>>60400198
Clearly the most intelligent response I'm going to get...
>>60400237
> That tripfag with "lad" in his ID
Opinion discarded
They're fookin boring m8
The 60s is a meme decade for music, 99% of it is overhyped dadrock
>>60400435
That's right. They fuck all for psychadelic rock.
>>60400005
Because of 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.
Fucking copypasta
I used to shitpost about the Beatles daily on /mu/ despite never having listened to a whole album of theirs
>>60400544
I've already posted the copypaste, you retarded piece of fistfag
>>60400589
ahahahahah
>>60400589
Yup. You're typical /mu/. Fucking moron, lol.
>>60400589
wtf
why tho
>>60400005
They're often called the greatest band of all time, so when you listen to them with that in your head, and they're just okay at best, instead of passing them off as "just okay" you see them as shit.
>>60400402
It's the most accurate response you're gonna get
>>60400435
>The 60s is a meme decade for music
fuck this board
>>60400062
>>60400544
Would you two like some meat sauce to go with your copy pasta?
Beatles rock. Haters can go an hero!
They're the most universally accessible and popular band there is, and almost everybody knows their singles by heart. They're a cultural staple, so common that it's easy to think they're just ordinary.
>>60400825
>They're often called the greatest band of all time, so when you listen to them with that in your head, and they're just okay at best, instead of passing them off as "just okay" you see them as shit.
There's a bit of that too, though I think they're better than just "okay". I've grown to like them a lot more with time — sure they're straightforward pop most of the time, but they were great at it, and they had a very wide range of styles too.
