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IAmXlxx t1_jae7fy3 wrote

Well, it's difficult to explain why different artforms, in general, move us. It's not just music, of course. For others, it may be film, novels, poems, fashion, etc. At the end of day, these artforms are truly unique (and often beautiful) expressions of our creativity and imagination. We're drawn to the greatest artists and creative individuals probably because of 1) admiration and 2) we somehow relate to their works of art.

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cymbalmonke t1_jae7900 wrote

The Beatles hugely shifted the goalposts at the time, there was no popular music on the radio like what they offered - but specifically what they eventually made popular was a huge shift in popular culture and they largely spearheaded it.

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shanerbaner16 t1_jae77ov wrote

My problem isn't that the Beatles are overrated (they're not). It's just that they get too much credit for inspiring bands after them and too many people act like they're in a league of their own. Other bands clearly would've figured out their sound and played music like artists had been doing for centuries without the Beatles.

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Because_I_Cannot t1_jae750i wrote

For you to offer the opinion that The Beatles are overrated, I'd like to know your opinion on bands that, at the time, were making better, more interesting music at the pace at which they were making it. My personal opinion is that no one other than Brian Wilson rivals The Beatles in that category and even that is pretty subjective

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geo_mallory t1_jae6w31 wrote

There was a guy in the classical music room in the Tower Records in El Toro, Orange County, SoCal, his name was Charlie, he was a walking Penguin Guide of classical music recordings. It was so great to chat with him about current releases, warhorse recordings, everything. I miss being able to chat with Charlie about the latest offering from Georg Solti.

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CaptainCactusPunch t1_jae6dc3 wrote

I think that, for the time, the Beatles were extremely innovative and different. Controversy aside, when they started doing drugs is when they got kinda groundbreaking. While they’re not as musically complex as some modern Uber-dense Prog metal band, they still deserve to be recognized as giants in musical and artistic history. I am not really a Beatles fan, as there’s only ten or so songs of theirs that I regularly listen to.

To really answer your question I just don’t know, man. It’s like sometimes I think there’s no such thing as “overrated”. Plenty of underrated bands though.

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