Comments on: The Beatles Were Overrated, Hendrix Was a Hack and Classical Music Is Stupid.

By: keith

keith — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 22:45:43 +0000

It’s impossible to call ‘Bullet the Blue Sky’ gay bro. It rocks.

By: joe

joe — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 05:12:08 +0000

I agree but U2? Dude, that’s even gayer than classical music…

By: keith

keith — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 01:39:58 +0000

Yes John, very true. In fact, it was Pet Sounds that had a huge influence on the Beatles writing the Album as a whole piece of work rather than a collection of singles. I think the Beatles were challenged and possibly threatened by them. I often wonder what would have happened if Brian didn’t go off the deep end.

By: john

john — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 00:39:33 +0000

Did you know that:
the beach boys, NOT the beatles, were the first pop/rock act signed to capitol.
the beach boys, not the beatles, were the first rock act EVER to gain FULL CONTROL in the studio.
brian wilson quit touring to work in the studio long BEFORE the beatles quit touring to work in the studio.
the beach boys started their own record label Brother records over a year before the beatles started their own record label apple records.
drug references…the beach boys beat the beatles to the punch on that one too…when brian wilson changed the lyrics of sloop john b to ‘this is the worst TRIP i’ve ever been on.’

By: keith

keith — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 02:56:57 +0000

Yes but to most it’s just ‘classical’ as opposed to Jazz or Polka. Baroque or Romantic or whatever are commonly thought of as ‘types’ of classical. And you could argue that punk is a subset of pop if you define (rightly I think) pop as popular music.

By: keith

keith — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 02:54:32 +0000

Beatles overrated? No way. Beefheart was a different animal entirely, that’s comparing apples to oranges. If you compare the technical ability of the Beatles to say, the Mahavishnu orchestra, of course they weren’t ‘great’. But to dismiss them as overrated when they were one of the most influential entities of Western culture is to invite disaster on your inner child.

By: Joplin

Joplin — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 14:32:48 +0000

btw “classical” music refers to a certain time in history, not classical music per se. Baroque music for example is not classical, it’s baroque. Huge difference, because it’s setting pop music in the same group as punk.

By: Joplin

Joplin — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 14:29:13 +0000

Yes the Beatles were huge overrated, just put a record of Captain Beefheart into your CD player (whom the Beatles, most notably Lennon admired) and you know it for sure.

By: keith

keith — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 19:19:52 +0000

Well, yes, but the question is what ears are you listening with? And what are the filters you are dealing with that affect your perceptions and consequently your apprectiation?

By: 45wytera

45wytera — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 11:20:37 +0000

what a surpirse that actually listening to the music enstead of making assumptions bassed off first impressions makes you appreciate it…