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Originally Posted by rostasi
the Beatles stuff probably was considered experimental - mostly in comparison with what they did earlier
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Yeah it's a good point, it's easy to overstate just how experimental they were - though to me experimentation
within the very narrow confines of pop/rock has its own charm.
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It reminds me of all the fuss people made in the day about Dylan plugging in a guitar -
and today I see articles still bringing that up as some kinda astounding feat.
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The entire body of discourse engendered by Bob Dylan is to me a striking example of the American genius for mythologizing or self-mythologizing. As an outside observer, I have no desire to partake in this practice, and those things that get the mythology machine into overdrive often bore me, whether it's Dylan or the ****ing Empire State Building. But on a certain level I also can't help admiring the energy that goes into it!