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Originally Posted by LoathsomePete
Anyhow for the people who dislike The Beatles, I want to see if your reasons run parallel with mine.
Way back in the day when I was a fresh faced 14-year old my dad got that Beatles 1 CD and told me that I should listen to it because he thought I would really like it. Now my dad had already been right about Pink Floyd and Tool so I listened to it and it just didn't click with me. I didn't like the songs, the lyrics, the instrumentation, or the production. Fair enough thought my dad, at least I gave it a try. Well fast forward a few months to when I discovered my first Internet forum (Taborama) and there was a Beatles thread. I posted my findings in a professional and respectful manner as to not offend anyone and was met by either waves of criticism or people telling me to listen to their own special mixes, many of which contained the songs I had already tried and didn't like. Before then I just didn't like The Beatles, but after being told that I had misinterpreted my own opinion, a mere dislike turned into full on hatred. So in conclusion, fuck The Beatles.
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On one hand, that doesn't really make a lot of sense. Allowing random people to further your dislike of The Beatles like that.
On the other hand, i've been there myself. It shouldn't have any effect on you at all but often it does. If i listen to a band and I don't like them then thats MY opinion. Maybe they have a vast back catalogue and fans of the band want me to sample different songs, albums, era's of that band...thats fine. People telling me i'm wrong is not.