To put my intention as clear as possible, I am only throwing together my thoughts together on this:
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Originally Posted by RJDG14
Sorry if I sound like I'm being my usual critical self, but something I really want to know is why many regard The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band as one of the best albums of all time, because I gave it a listen and didn't like any of the songs on it 
.......and also try and justify the reason why it was so popular, when I regard it as one of my least favourite popular albums of that era. |
in the discussion.
Now I relate somewhat to some of his comments on it, though I still like "Within you, Without you" and "A day in the life" reasonably much.
Now, when there is immense popularity, cultural recognition and/or seemingly universal influence being thrown around behind the claims we've talked so much about, I will quite obviously want to investigate.
I don't seem to have succeeded but I have tried to be as clear and eloquent as possible in my discussion on this topic. Again, my side of the conversation hasn't been
against them (even the cynical hyperbole I started off with), but I can't just take something (even that I cherish) at face value because life is far more complicated than that.