Am I the only one who thinks The Beatles are overrated hacks?

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59. I was born in 1949

and playing (violin and guitar) and listening to music since the age of three. I went to the theater in 1956 when Elvis sang Love Me Tender. I remember listening to Hound Dog on the radio as a kid when it was brand new. Again, I have a habit of not liking to knock other musicians, but by suggesting that Elvis Presley was the first breath of fresh air after How Much Is That Doggie In The Window is contrary to everything I remember. Elvis didn't invent rhythm n' blues or rock and roll. In fact, his first recording was a cover of an Arthur Crudup R&B tune, almost identical to the original in musical style and delivery. Presley didn't write his own tunes or invent or create a musical movement. He made his rockabilly style very popular with a new generation of teens, it's true. But if you think Presley was influential (which he obviously was) and swept away previous genres, you've got to recognize that the Beatles did the same thing to Bill Haley and his successors, Presley, Bobby Vinton, Fabian, and the entire universe of slick-haired, teen idol solo-act stand up singers. And they did it by writing and performing their own personal stuff.

I was blown away in 1964 when I first heard this. It was as far away from the doo-wap and rockabilly I'd heard in malt shop juke boxes as I could imagine. True that the Beatles were less R&B influenced than the Stones but their tunes were pretty unique to me as a teen.