It's laughable, this Beatles are overrated shit. Lennon/McCartney tower over their contemporary songwriting teams. Sure they wrote some bubblegum pop...but they had serious songwriting chops and produced more great music in a relatively miniscule period of time than anybody.

The Beatles are still a huge influence and they haven't been a band for 50 years. They transcended multiple genres. There music is gorgeous set to an orchestra.

Goffin/King and the rest are fucking great...but they're no Lennon/McCartney. They stand with the greatest songwriters of the 20th Century...at least.

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No. Kenny Rogers.

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Take it easy. It's only the Beatles. It's not like they are the eggmen.

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Wattabout Kodak Black?

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Their first albums were “sell-outs.” They they did whatever the fuck they wanted. That’s why I don’t get dissing them for the I Wanna Hold Your Hand days. Even then, John’s screaming on Twist and Shout among other things, was amazing.

Are you really sure about all of that or have you just been beaten over the head with it so much that you've accepted it as gospel?

I'm pretty sure Lennon and McCartney don't tower over Brian Wilson. Are the Beatles really better or even more influential than the Byrds?

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Don't take it personally.

Yes

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The Beach Boys never made a song I ever wanted to hear again.

Awful.

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You know me like that.

But the Beach Boys made the Beatles Jealous with Animal Sounds

yup yup yup yup yup

Lot of peer pressure to like the beatles. like it was forced upon so many. like if you didnt recognize their genius you were an idiot. fuck that.

and i think also a lot of their popularity has to do w/ conditioning. their songs in the past even after they broke up were played in elevators and everywhere where people were conditioned to like them without consciously knowing what was going on.

Pet Sounds?

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Supposedly inspired by Notes from Underground.

While I am at it...

Favorite Beatles lyrics, and probably the best lyrics (in the shorter category) I have heard would have to be "Eleanor Rigby."

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I think he (accurately) calls it the Wall of Schmaltz

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Man get the fuck out of here with this narrative that MJ being the GOAT is Chicago centric. Its a universally accepted fact among NBA fans over the age of 30 nation wide.

And yeah the Beatles are fucking great too. The hype is for a reason

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

This is a tremendous exchange

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I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

In a world without the beatles...

Music would be pretty much the same and everyone would say the Rolling Stones were the most influential band of all time.

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For the record... Playing with the Boys is the gayest song played over the gayest scene in American cinema outside of gay porn.

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Im not a musician. You are (were?). I dont have an opinion on most influential but id much rather listen to the beatles best songs than the stones. Neither would be in my top 5 though

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I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

Man I love the stones. The Beatles are like Mom Rock to me.

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I had to google it to get the reference and this seems like a fair take

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Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

If were you mate I'd scrub your search history.

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I really like the Beatles. Cant say I love them cuz half their catalogue kinda sucks.

I have zero use for the Stones. A few cool songs but imo they are unquestionably the most overrated band of all time

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

Man I wish I could have seen the stones before mick got embalmed.

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Consider Jerry. I could not agree more with that sentiment

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

This guy gets it!

I like 3 or so.

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Saw em in 95, I was a junior in HS..they were washed up.

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It's not though. Even Jordan's own teammates don't subscribe to it.

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Don't take it personally.

Come on. There's not a single Beatles song that measures up to this:

https://youtu.be/CWPo5SC3zik

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Don't take it personally.

I learned recently that they’re revered in the UK. I made a joke about The Beach Boys being terrible to a British friend and he proceeded to lecture me on Brian Wilson’s greatness.

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