Duraddict

How do you determine such people? Because I've had tons of people throw that at me. Saying that I only hate them because they are popular.

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blackdragon123

Well even thought i can completely understand why people don't like them. People say they're boring, too clean cut, too superficial, and that's fair enough. They're some of the reasons why The Beatles will never be my favourite band. But the amount of aggression and hostility that's directed towards them and their fans by certain people is just uncalled for and obviously reactionary because of the general resentment towards their popularity. I didn't start this thread to praise the fab four. It was started to ignite a discussion about what albums are considered the best by "the unseen panel of hipster judges" to quote Max Bemis. The Beatles aren't the only band to feature on the list and yet you homed in on them. Bob Dylan has 2 albums in the list, why not accuse the thread of being a "Bob Dylan fan thread"? I think Blonde on Blonde is a crap album. But there's a difference between not liking something and holding a grudge.

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Duraddict

Because the majority of this list is Beatles records.

And it's very annoying when there are at least five new threads a month about how The Beatles are the greatest thing since music began. I'm sorry, but that's just not the case. And constant fluffing of the band's overrated stature breads hostility and does turn a lot of people off. I used to dislike their music; now I absolute loathe it and cannot tolerate anything they've done because the fans have run them into the ground.

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Janszoon

I think the reason people have focused on the Beatles is that 40% of the albums on the list are Beatles albums. That really is pretty ridiculous on a list that allegedly represents the best of all styles of music from all eras in which albums were released.

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blackdragon123

But i didn't write this list...this isn't my top 10 list...I'm not a die hard Beatle fan.....This thread doesn't give additional praise to any band on the list.......There wouldn't be any Beatles albums anywhere near my top 10 list. Your issue lies with Rolling Stone. Not me.

and if you really, really want to get pedantic about it. The "majority" of the albums on this list are actually not Beatles albums .....6:4

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With a half of bitter, bread and jam,
And if it pleases me, I'll put one on ya man,
When the copper fades away!' - Jethro Tull

Janszoon

I've said that from my very first post. My disagreement isn't with you, it's with Rolling Stone.

That's why I said 40%.

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blackdragon123

My reference to the "majority" was actually directed at Duraddict's mathematical misunderstanding

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And if it pleases me, I'll put one on ya man,
When the copper fades away!' - Jethro Tull

The Batlord

Quit being defensive. I doubt anyone really cares about your part in this thread. They have issue with The Beatles, not some random internet person.

Come on, do you really think that this was a worthwhile sentence?

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blackdragon123

Well if no one cares about my opinion in the thread then why are posts being made that accuse the threadmaker of trying to make mb a "beatle fan site?" and yes it was a worthwhile sentence. Because the childish resentment towards a pop group completely overshadows the fact that 60% of the entries on the list are not by that band..........

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With a half of bitter, bread and jam,
And if it pleases me, I'll put one on ya man,
When the copper fades away!' - Jethro Tull

blackdragon123

Viewed in the context of the compiled "500" list. The Rolling Stones and Bob Dylan both have the same amount of entries as The Beatles, yet they are not repayed with the same scorn...odd

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'Well, I'm a common working man,
With a half of bitter, bread and jam,
And if it pleases me, I'll put one on ya man,
When the copper fades away!' - Jethro Tull