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> Here is an idea: maybe the Beatles are only great in the context of pop music, and particularly in comparison to a lot of pop music that came after the Beatl
by bnralt 4y ago
> Here is an idea: maybe the Beatles are only great in the context of pop music, and particularly in comparison to a lot of pop music that came after the Beatles.
I often think it might be the opposite. A lot of the overly effusive praise for the Beatles seems to come from people who aren't very familiar with what was happening with music at the time, and act as if the Beatles single-handedly created modern rock (you get some of this from Velvet Underground fans as well). If you really dig into the music at the time, though, you see that there was a very rich mix of different musical groups experimenting with a lot of different styles that would influence what came later.
- kazinator 4y agoBy the way, we can imagine a music critic when he had been a baby. "Yesterday's lullaby sung by my mother was very sweet and I fell asleep like I was supposed to (mostly due to boredom), but beyond that it had little redeeming value. The lyrics were overly simple and repetitive, and it didn't stray from the major scale, except by accident, which could partly be attributed to the gaping lack of instrumental accompaniment."