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Originally Posted by Janszoon
Around and around it goes. First you demand that the Beatles not be considered pop because they're so "experimental". Then, when I point out artists from their era or before who were much more experimental, you retreat back into "Beatles as pop innovators" territory. This shifting of goal posts and definitions seems to be a hallmark of conversations about the Beatles status, sadly. It would be great if people could simple say they were a good band who made some great pop music and leave it that instead of trying to make the argument that they were magical beings who shat rainbows.
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I always wished people would do that with both bands. Brian Wilson puts his panties on one pant leg at a time also. They were both pop bands that added influential elements to their music to add texture. ****ting rainbows would have been great for their stage shows though, the possibilities.