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Wow, that drop for the Beetles is really surprising. I didn't care much for the Beatles in my teen years in the 90's, but I found a great appreciation for them
by kbenson 6y ago
Wow, that drop for the Beetles is really surprising. I didn't care much for the Beatles in my teen years in the 90's, but I found a great appreciation for them in my 20's. It seems odd to me that they would stay #1 through 2012 and then abruptly drop. Some of that is likely other works finally being appreciated, but 22 spots?
I'm also kind of wondering how much of this is meme driven. What's Going On is amazing, but it's also immediately recognizable by title and main song chorus, and as such used to evoke the song through that alone to great effect to this day. Does that effect it's ranking here? Should it?
Edit: While a few Beatles albums on this list saw large drops, there are also a couple others that gained ground. Interesting.
- npunt 6y agoI've been a huge Beatles fan since my early 20s, I can recognize and sing almost every song, but somewhere in the last 5 years the relevance of their music just fell off a cliff and I never listen anymore. Some of it is probably life stage related but I can't help but think a lot of it is just that they describe a time that now bears little resemblance to our own. We're entering some dark times, and hearing songs from the golden age of the 60s can create a kind of visceral rejection. I'm glad to see Abbey Road surpass Sgt Pepper though, past cultural relevance aside it's just a better album to listen to. I'm fully in support of ranking What's Going On much higher, musically its fantastic and its themes are unfortunately still so relevant. As a ranking criteria I'd say a mix of music & timelessness or relevance are the most important, followed in distant third by how groundbreaking or influential they were in their time, as that feels more like an intellectual footnote than a judgment of the music.