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thucythucy

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27. And "Twist and Shout" was a kick-ass track,

Sun Feb 9, 2014, 11:47 PM

Feb 2014

along with "Money," "Long Tall Sally." Hell, even "Do You Want to Know a Secret" had some amazing chord changes.

I think most everything after "Love me Do" was exceptional, especially considering how so much of the top 10 back then was just awful. In fact, I think I can count the number of truly bad Beatles tracks on a hand and a half.

And to think they produced so much great music in only seven years...

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What the critics wrote about the Beatles in 1964 [View all] Zorro Feb 2014 OP

Was Buckley ever right about anything? Scuba Feb 2014 #1

legalization of marijuana eShirl Feb 2014 #3

Yeah, he chartered a boat to go outside the three mile limit to try it Warpy Feb 2014 #31

In part it was this kind of stuff that drove rock to new heights KurtNYC Feb 2014 #2

The conservatives have been complaining since Elvis... steve2470 Feb 2014 #4

I hated Nickelback before I knew conservatives loved them! Dark n Stormy Knight Feb 2014 #51

actually the more fundy conservatives probably don't like Nickelback... steve2470 Feb 2014 #52

Classic R&R, much of it I like. But Nickelback--no. And when my RW brother-in-law Dark n Stormy Knight Feb 2014 #53

yes I find their music very repetitive nt steve2470 Feb 2014 #54

Feh on him! WinkyDink Feb 2014 #5

I wonder if he ever changed his mind. napkinz Feb 2014 #23

TY! arthritisR_US Feb 2014 #28

Early Beatles music was crap. former9thward Feb 2014 #6

Define early. n-t Logical Feb 2014 #7

Before 1967. former9thward Feb 2014 #10

LOL, Not true. Lots of #1 songs. Successful. n-t Logical Feb 2014 #12

I agree deutsey Feb 2014 #15

Very true! n-t Logical Feb 2014 #18

I used to be in the "post 67" camp sweetloukillbot Feb 2014 #19

Nice summary deutsey Feb 2014 #20

Their artistic growth is nothing less than astounding sweetloukillbot Feb 2014 #22

And "Twist and Shout" was a kick-ass track, thucythucy Feb 2014 #27

Aside from Love Me Do, all the songs you mentioned were not written by the Beatles. Dark n Stormy Knight Feb 2014 #49

"Do You Want to Know a Secret" was a Lennon-McCartney tune, but yeah, thucythucy Feb 2014 #108

Yean, sorry, I missed Secret. I love the Beeb sessions. Soldier of Love Dark n Stormy Knight Feb 2014 #128

WHAAA!!!!????? Adrahil Feb 2014 #21

Different people like different things. former9thward Feb 2014 #62

BURN THE HERETIC!!!!!! ;) NT Adrahil Feb 2014 #67

I am pretty much just ash as it is. former9thward Feb 2014 #69

::::Perk:::: A HERETIC I AM Feb 2014 #132

I will disagree, Sir�"Love Me Do"� Tikki Feb 2014 #8

Well I was a Stones fan. former9thward Feb 2014 #11

The Stones best song.."Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby(Standing in the Shadows?) Tikki Feb 2014 #16

I was a "mocker." (Name that quote ref!) n/t TygrBright Feb 2014 #40

Spinal Tap.... Tikki Feb 2014 #41

Good guess, but not the one I was thinking of. TygrBright Feb 2014 #42

You are correct...it's from A Hard's Day Night Tikki Feb 2014 #43

Right film, wrong character. TygrBright Feb 2014 #44

Well you could in my school mimi85 Feb 2014 #33

NO! delrem Feb 2014 #24

YES...From 1962�says so on the video�I was 13. Tikki Feb 2014 #29

Their first single Love Me Do was crap, but their 2nd single was Please Please Me. edbermac Feb 2014 #35

The early Beatles music was fantastic. Dark n Stormy Knight Feb 2014 #50

I see it differently LordGlenconner Feb 2014 #76

"if i fell" is one of the greatest songs of all time. unblock Feb 2014 #59

The competition between the Stones and the Beatles made them both better bands. former9thward Feb 2014 #63

i think lennon and mccartney had enough competition between themselves unblock Feb 2014 #73

And you would be how old? WinkyDink Feb 2014 #74

What difference does that make? former9thward Feb 2014 #75

You missed a pronoun there. malthaussen Feb 2014 #86

No, I know it was. former9thward Feb 2014 #96

Indeed indeed, to each his own. malthaussen Feb 2014 #99

Most current garage bands could not play I Want to Hold Your Hand, nor Dark n Stormy Knight Feb 2014 #130

You are just being silly. former9thward Feb 2014 #134

It's OK if you can't discern and enjoy those characteristics. Many can. Dark n Stormy Knight Feb 2014 #135

Well, there's your opinion ... Trajan Feb 2014 #102

My flippant comment has generated more replies than anything else I have posted here. former9thward Feb 2014 #117

Leonard Bernstein loved them. Jefferson23 Feb 2014 #9

All You Need Is Love Jefferson23 Feb 2014 #13

My parents (who liked Montavani and Herb Alpert) were cool with them. progressoid Feb 2014 #14

Well, I was only 14 and loved BOTH the gorgeous Herb Alpert and the Beatles! WinkyDink Feb 2014 #25

And meanwhile what at least one serious critic was saying about them in 1963: Spider Jerusalem Feb 2014 #17

It was the chord progressions that got me. RoverSuswade Feb 2014 #36

I have no idea what this person's talking about but I do know that LiberalElite Feb 2014 #46

I knew it was 'something'! (eom) CanSocDem Feb 2014 #71

That's some review. malthaussen Feb 2014 #88

John said an Aeolian cadence sounded like the name of an exotic bird nt NoGOPZone Feb 2014 #94

William F. Buckley. delrem Feb 2014 #26

I use to loathe that pompous asshole. n/t RKP5637 Feb 2014 #32

You mean you stopped loathing him? n/t malthaussen Feb 2014 #87

Oh, oops, nope, loathing still is on! Ohhh, he looked, acted and talked with such a RKP5637 Feb 2014 #97

Yep, I recall well too the hatred from the establishment against the Beatles. Those were RKP5637 Feb 2014 #30

Kind of funny.... Adrahil Feb 2014 #61

LOL! Yep, people change, then look back and "Hey, I always loved them!" LOL!!! RKP5637 Feb 2014 #70

Chet Huntley didn't run the footage of them arriving at JFK Airport Manifestor_of_Light Feb 2014 #34

Hey Zorro... For You... WillyT Feb 2014 #37

Another musical event from 50 years ago: Ron Green Feb 2014 #38

+1000 Tom Ripley Feb 2014 #72

Eh, I enjoy them both. malthaussen Feb 2014 #89

They're certainly more accessible Ron Green Feb 2014 #104

Well, for one thing... malthaussen Feb 2014 #106

Yeah, I realize the "outgrow" phrase sounds Ron Green Feb 2014 #109

I'm watching the video right now that was pointed to elsewhere... malthaussen Feb 2014 #115

I like Miles wilt the stilt Feb 2014 #105

When John made that remark about the Beatles and Jesus... Archae Feb 2014 #39

Maybe that's why I never heard anything about the Beatles for a while Art_from_Ark Feb 2014 #45

Here is Art Buchwald's "cure" for Beatlemania: Art_from_Ark Feb 2014 #47

"with their bizarre shrubbery".. lol Condesending bullshit.. Cha Feb 2014 #48

Well... the Beatles just weren't that good. Scootaloo Feb 2014 #55

really??? napkinz Feb 2014 #58

Almost everything you've posted here is wrong--e.g. "first brand name band", "broke little new Romulox Feb 2014 #66

+ a Brazilian.... opiate69 Feb 2014 #112

Your post is not ENTIRELY without merit NoGOPZone Feb 2014 #80

You need to cultivate the pronoun, too. malthaussen Feb 2014 #91

My own moment with generational disconnect vicman Feb 2014 #56

I give up vicman Feb 2014 #57

I never think about the Beatles, until someone brings the topic up. reformist2 Feb 2014 #60

This makes me think of gollygee Feb 2014 #64

I remember seeing the Beatles in their first appearance on MineralMan Feb 2014 #65

And 50 years later Beatles/shag haircuts are so common I don't even notice any more. tridim Feb 2014 #79

Bleh joeglow3 Feb 2014 #68

I understand you don't get it wilt the stilt Feb 2014 #107

And everything the beetles did was because of someone else joeglow3 Feb 2014 #114

and I like Miles also wilt the stilt Feb 2014 #118

And I like Beethoven, what's your point? malthaussen Feb 2014 #120

I like the Beetles and Beathoven! napkinz Feb 2014 #121

They have much in common. malthaussen Feb 2014 #122

I was just kidding on the spelling of both names napkinz Feb 2014 #124

Yep, I watched that yesterday. malthaussen Feb 2014 #125

Beetles didn't exist in a vacuum joeglow3 Feb 2014 #123

Of course they were influenced by music before them. malthaussen Feb 2014 #126

If that's not a big ol' DERP I don't know what is. tridim Feb 2014 #77

Leonard Bernstein on The Beatles, The Kinks, and rock music napkinz Feb 2014 #78

Even James Bond piled on. MindPilot Feb 2014 #81

another reason to love The Beatles ... napkinz Feb 2014 #82

They also, when asked, refused to play South Africa thucythucy Feb 2014 #127

they also were one of the first groups to speak out against the Vietnam War napkinz Feb 2014 #131

I will never think of "Octopus' Garden" the same way again JHB Feb 2014 #83

Good catch! malthaussen Feb 2014 #92

You know who else hated the Beatles? Bongo Prophet Feb 2014 #84

then and now ... the right always DISTORTS to stir up hate napkinz Feb 2014 #95

Was talking to my mother (age 89) about that yesterday. malthaussen Feb 2014 #85

50 years from now, Justin Bieber will be recognized as a genius Enrique Feb 2014 #90

If true, I'll be glad that I'm dead. n/t malthaussen Feb 2014 #93

you can still roll over in your grave Enrique Feb 2014 #98

Nope, cremate me and toss me in a dumpster. malthaussen Feb 2014 #119

Even the Flintstones were critics JHB Feb 2014 #100

The Mosquitos ruled! napkinz Feb 2014 #103

saw the beatles live in 64. NOBODY cared what the critics said....NO BODY spanone Feb 2014 #101

Willaim F. Buckley, who took a shit once a week, whether needed or not hatrack Feb 2014 #110

I love the Beatles. Some of their songs are horrible, imo. chrisa Feb 2014 #111

Music is indeed subjective. malthaussen Feb 2014 #116

For the working class hero taken by a lone nut with a gun Omaha Steve Feb 2014 #113

I was doing really great watching the CBS Special�the 50 years. Tikki Feb 2014 #129

I remember when Edwin Newman dissed John Lennon just after Lennon's murder. calimary Feb 2014 #133