I think they are all great, which do you like best?
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as a group they had a pleasant if musically unchallanging sound. many other groups are a lot more talented. Pete Best the original drummer(I have the first album with him) was quite talented whereas Ringo was merely adequate and coud barely bang out a rhythm which for the time is all that was required in a rock band.
Ringo was friends with the other three and group dynamics were more important to them then talent and history shows they made a good decision, with Pete (the fifth Beatle) they possibly would have sounded crisper have been less successfull - moot point nobody will ever know and hardly anyone cares:wink:
As far as individuals I don't care much one way or the other for any individuals.
While I liked John Lennon's music I was not a particular fan of him personally before his murder and saw no reason to glorify his lifestyle because he was shot.
I also see nothing really admirable about most rock stars outside of their music.
the majority seem to enjoy lives of excess and while the Beatles were not that bad in comparison this is probably because they started in the early '60s
Paul sucks. I don't wish to be mean, but sometimes I think to myself, "Why couldn't you have been the one to meet Mark David Chapman outside your apartment?"
Wings my ass.
as a group they had a pleasant if musically unchallanging sound. many other groups are a lot more talented. Pete Best the original drummer(I have the first album with him) was quite talented whereas Ringo was merely adequate and coud barely bang out a rhythm which for the time is all that was required in a rock band.
Ringo was friends with the other three and group dynamics were more important to them then talent and history shows they made a good decision, with Pete (the fifth Beatle) they possibly would have sounded crisper have been less successfull - moot point nobody will ever know and hardly anyone cares:wink:
As far as individuals I don't care much one way or the other for any individuals.
While I liked John Lennon's music I was not a particular fan of him personally before his murder and saw no reason to glorify his lifestyle because he was shot.
I also see nothing really admirable about most rock stars outside of their music.
the majority seem to enjoy lives of excess and while the Beatles were not that bad in comparison this is probably because they started in the early '60s
That's a whole lot of text just to say you don't like them :?He was after john anyways for saying they were more popular than God.Paul sucks. I don't wish to be mean, but sometimes I think to myself, "Why couldn't you have been the one to meet Mark David Chapman outside your apartment?"
Wings my ass.
my_mortal_coil
Whoever sang the main chorus of Back in the USSR, whoever that was makes it automatically him, despite how amazing they all are!!
That was lennonWhoever sang the main chorus of Back in the USSR, whoever that was makes it automatically him, despite how amazing they all are!!
CleanNJerk
as a group they had a pleasant if musically unchallanging sound. many other groups are a lot more talented. Pete Best the original drummer(I have the first album with him) was quite talented whereas Ringo was merely adequate and coud barely bang out a rhythm which for the time is all that was required in a rock band.
Ringo was friends with the other three and group dynamics were more important to them then talent and history shows they made a good decision, with Pete (the fifth Beatle) they possibly would have sounded crisper have been less successfull - moot point nobody will ever know and hardly anyone cares:wink:
As far as individuals I don't care much one way or the other for any individuals.
While I liked John Lennon's music I was not a particular fan of him personally before his murder and saw no reason to glorify his lifestyle because he was shot.
I also see nothing really admirable about most rock stars outside of their music.
the majority seem to enjoy lives of excess and while the Beatles were not that bad in comparison this is probably because they started in the early '60s
That's a whole lot of text just to say you don't like them :? never said I did not like them. what I said was that I found their music pleasant. in other words I do like them as a band. but as a musician I realize they were not exceptionally talented in comparison to other musicians which is not out of the ordinary for rock groups. I mentioned Ringo Starr in particular as a mediocre drum player because that was the truth. While I enjoyed their music it was as celebrity personalities I was not overly impressed.:wink:but as a musician I realize they were not exceptionally talented in comparison to other musicians which is not out of the ordinary for rock groups.iowastate
Just because they didn't play 10 minute speed metal solos and roar like lions doesn't mean they weren't good musicians. Of course they weren't virtuoso players, but they were amazing songwriters, and that matters much more than technical ability in a band.
Great respect for John Lennon as a musician but as a person he always seemed like an arrogant punk.
Look at this interview of Julian Lennon talking about his dad (John):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6eV7ZsghCs
That was lennon[QUOTE="CleanNJerk"]
Whoever sang the main chorus of Back in the USSR, whoever that was makes it automatically him, despite how amazing they all are!!
racer8dan
Lennon is in the background yes but McCartney is the lead singer
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