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@No-Quarter said in Memes/Tweets (No politics):
@Catogrande said in Memes/Tweets (No politics):
@canefan said in Memes/Tweets (No politics):
@Catogrande said in Memes/Tweets (No politics):
To be fair, I don't think any of the Beatles, save Paul, were particularly enamoured of THAT song.
They wrote a lot of very simple songs. Doesn't detract from the main body of work
I fully agree and even in the later years there were some fairly simple songs but Hello Goodbye was something less than simple IMO. Having said that a very catchy tune nonetheless. However when you put it up against some of their contemporaneous output - Penny Lane/Strawberry Fields, Sgt Pepper, Hey Jude etc, it doesn't really stand up too well. And I am a Beatles fan.
Far be it for me to defend the Beetles but part of the beauty of their songs is their simplicity, which makes them very catchy. Completely different style of music.
I watched a doco on Disney about the rise of Beatlemania. They interviewed several people and asked them why the Beatles struck such a strong chord. The early music felt like they were speaking directly to the listener, about love in ways that had not been done before, which was intoxicating at the time. The later music was obviously more complex
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@canefan said in Memes/Tweets (No politics):
@No-Quarter said in Memes/Tweets (No politics):
@Catogrande said in Memes/Tweets (No politics):
@canefan said in Memes/Tweets (No politics):
@Catogrande said in Memes/Tweets (No politics):
To be fair, I don't think any of the Beatles, save Paul, were particularly enamoured of THAT song.
They wrote a lot of very simple songs. Doesn't detract from the main body of work
I fully agree and even in the later years there were some fairly simple songs but Hello Goodbye was something less than simple IMO. Having said that a very catchy tune nonetheless. However when you put it up against some of their contemporaneous output - Penny Lane/Strawberry Fields, Sgt Pepper, Hey Jude etc, it doesn't really stand up too well. And I am a Beatles fan.
Far be it for me to defend the Beetles but part of the beauty of their songs is their simplicity, which makes them very catchy. Completely different style of music.
I watched a doco on Disney about the rise of Beatlemania. They interviewed several people and asked them why the Beatles struck such a strong chord. The early music felt like they were speaking directly to the listener, about love in ways that had not been done before, which was intoxicating at the time. The later music was obviously more complex
Yep and then Yoko Ono came along and proved that not only is love blind but it’s deaf too
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@Victor-Meldrew said in Memes/Tweets (No politics):
From Revolver onward, they were bloody complex. Penny Lane has something like 8 key changes
would just have been easier to change the locks.
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@Nepia said in Memes/Tweets (No politics):
I like all Beatles eras but unlike most fans I think I favour the earlier "simpler" stuff.
Anyway, since I'm handing out bans at the moment, I think whoever posted that idiotic meme needs a spell on the sidelines too.
Hawke’s Bay sucks
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@MN5 said in Memes/Tweets (No politics):
@Nepia said in Memes/Tweets (No politics):
I like all Beatles eras but unlike most fans I think I favour the earlier "simpler" stuff.
Anyway, since I'm handing out bans at the moment, I think whoever posted that idiotic meme needs a spell on the sidelines too.
Hawke’s Bay sucks
My lack of power to ban sucks.
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@Nepia said in Memes/Tweets (No politics):
@MN5 said in Memes/Tweets (No politics):
@Nepia said in Memes/Tweets (No politics):
I like all Beatles eras but unlike most fans I think I favour the earlier "simpler" stuff.
Anyway, since I'm handing out bans at the moment, I think whoever posted that idiotic meme needs a spell on the sidelines too.
Hawke’s Bay sucks
My lack of power to ban sucks.
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@No-Quarter said in Memes/Tweets (No politics):
contemporaneous
I suspect that you don't know what this word means.
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@Kruse said in Memes/Tweets (No politics):
@No-Quarter said in Memes/Tweets (No politics):
contemporaneous
I suspect that you don't know what this word means.
I think the suspicion lies in the quoting.
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@Kruse said in Memes/Tweets (No politics):
@No-Quarter said in Memes/Tweets (No politics):
contemporaneous
I suspect that you don't know what this word means.
That’s pretty punctilious @Kruse
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@Bones said in Memes/Tweets (No politics):
@Kruse said in Memes/Tweets (No politics):
@No-Quarter said in Memes/Tweets (No politics):
contemporaneous
I suspect that you don't know what this word means.
I think the suspicion lies in the quoting.
I always thought it meant existing or occurring in the same period of time. Say like 1967/early 68.
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@Machpants said in Memes/Tweets (No politics):
I like that song by Nickelback
Nickelback are about as underrated ( ie people say they hate them but they’re kind of ok ) as the Beatles are overrated ( people say they’re the best band ever, they’re not ) so the meme is accurate. Despite what @Nepia says I don’t regret sharing it
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@MN5 said in Memes/Tweets (No politics):
@Machpants said in Memes/Tweets (No politics):
I like that song by Nickelback
Nickelback are about as underrated ( ie people say they hate them but they’re kind of ok ) as the Beatles are overrated ( people say they’re the best band ever, they’re not ) so the meme is accurate. Despite what @Nepia says I don’t regret sharing it
But that’s two different questions really. A band can be ok but it’s still ok to hate them maybe because you don’t like the genre or the singer or whatever. Saying a band is the best ever is only ever going to be a matter of opinion. Having said that, if enough people are saying that, then maybe that band is at least in the conversation.
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@MN5 said in Memes/Tweets (No politics):
Nickelback are about as underrated ( ie people say they hate them but they’re kind of ok )
I thought they were Canadian? They can't be underrated if Deadpool likes them
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@MN5 said in Memes/Tweets (No politics):
@Machpants said in Memes/Tweets (No politics):
I like that song by Nickelback
Nickelback are about as underrated ( ie people say they hate them but they’re kind of ok ) as the Beatles are overrated ( people say they’re the best band ever, they’re not ) so the meme is accurate. Despite what @Nepia says I don’t regret sharing it
This is getting way OT, but as composers and importance to music, the Beatles are regarded as hugely influential and why their music is studied seriously. Apart from the quality of their music, they are credited with bridging the split between Classical, Jazz, Avant Garde etc, and "serious" composers like Philip Glass, Bernstein, John Taverner, Steve Reich, John Adams, etc have all quoted their work as a major influence. No need to mention their influence on rock music...
Nickelback may be a great band and better performers, but the Beatles wrote the rules, developed the production techniques and pretty much created the musical environment they exist in.
