Reply #25: I'm talking about people who STILL find it necessary to hold on to

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their reactionary ideas about 70's rock; people who STILL find it necessary to prove their hip credentials by putting down Yes and Genesis and Foghat or whoever, ignoring completely how the wave of musicians who replaced them (the punks/post-punks) lowered musical standards....which was exciting for a while but has considerably dumbed down and stunted the rock audience's expectations of their artists.

You'll find the MOST (not all) people who put down the Beatles (Or Yes or Genesis) are doing it based on standards of "cool" and not on the actual quality of the playing/writing of the musicians.