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Originally Posted by bonzodrummer
i have to say honestly that the beatles are my 3rd favorite band
1st: Zeppelin
2nd: Pink Floyd
3rd: the Beatles
4th: the Who
I really like the beatles but i don't think they are the greatest band of all time. I really do love them.
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Pete Townsend is a twat
I hate the ****er
anyway
John lennon acknowledged that Chuck Berry was a big influence and even referred to him as 'Mr Rock and Roll'
all music comes from the blues but that doesnt mean the Beatles didnt start something new.
Elvis is only revered the way he is today and was back then because he was the first white man to sing the blues his music wasnt revolutionary and he didnt bring anything to music, he was just a pretty white face bringing a style of music that had existed for decades before to wider and white audience in a just world we'd have millions of Robert johnson and Muddy Waters impersonators rather than Elvis ones and it would be a guy dressed as Howlin Wolf posing as a minister and marrying you in Las Vegas.
The Beatles werent clean cut suit wearing, pleasant boys when they started playing in England and germany
they were scruffy lads jumping around like lunatics on stage and talking to the audience and even chatting up women during their sets, they hated the idea of wearing suits on stage looking liek cliff richard and the shadows. Their true image and attitude and outlooks on life and how music should be was illustrated in their revolutionary never before heard sound. Thank god for brian Epstein otherwise The Beatles may have never been broad to the worlds attention