There's always been a tendency by indie music fans to worship bands with cult followings. I have my own obscurantist leanings because I spent several years listening to blues and reggae musicians that nobody ever heard of.
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I remember my dad telling me that he liked The Beatles until they really blew up. After that he couldn't be bothered with them.
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The Beatles were wildly popular from their first album release in 1963 and unless your father was following the Beatles from their Hamburg/Liverpool days of 1960-1962, I'm wondering what he's complaining about. To the Beatles credit, they refused to be predictable and continued to develop as artists, even if they were successful.
By contrast, Sting has become a boring middle of the road "adult alternative" artist since his days in the Police and has completely made me forget that his music once meant something to me.