All of that has to do with sound. Their lyrics were garbage. "we are the village green preservation society"....garbage...."There's nothing you can do that can't be done"..garbage. They brought a great sound but their lyrics were garbage. The British Invasion inspired sound + garbage lyrics.

I agree, they were probably not very well known in Tibet.

That album is based around character sketches from traditional English village life. The lyrics are not meant to be relevant unless you know what you`re looking for and even then they`re open to debate. FTW I think the lyrics are good on that album.

i'm the only one who prefers the unsung heroes of the British Invasion - The Hollies, Herman's Hermits, The Searchers, The Tremeloes, Dave Clark 5

Lennon and McCartney and Ray Davies lyrics..."garbage".
You write off 3 songwriters with 2 examples and dismiss them as garbage.
And this after you complain about British Invasion bands ruining music and somehow negatively effecting American culture.
Perhaps you can tell me just exactly where British Invasion bands were influenced, before hitting the shores of the U.S.A. like a destructive musical and cultural tsunami?

As most everyone already knows, a lot of the British bands and artist were influenced by American Blues.

Artist like Robert Johnson, Chuck Berry, etc.

I don't get the bad lyrics/"garbage" bit myself? :laughing:

All that matters with lyrics, for me, is that they fit somehow with the music. I don't want to hear 'She Loves You' with Peter Sinfield lyrics on top of it.

The "garbage" claim is ridiculous. It's like the Good v Bad music thread... in the end it's all subjective.

Influence and lyrics
 

British bands were influenced by Blues musicians as already said. John Lennon is not a good writer and neither is Paul McCartney. They have written good songs but not on a consistent basis. I'm sure music as a whole would have been of a higher quality nowadays if the British Invasion never happened.

I don't really pay that much attention to the lyrics myself, especially music from the Hard Rock & Heavy Metal genres. Anything besides the occasional "Hook Line" anyway.

Look at Aerosmith for example, some of the hardest lyrics you can find to interpret, especially 70s material.

Who cares about the lyrics when its rock.

It's a passing thing with lyrics for me. I only notice if it doesn't feel right. But yeah, it's all about the music still.

To put some perspective on the British Invasion the last #1 song before The Beatles hit was Bobby Vinton's "There I've Said It Again". America was in the middle of the great Bobby Scare!









The Beatles sound was light years beyond what was charting in America.