This Week in the Mercury
Monday, November 23, 2009
Music The Beatles Still Suck 1000 Years From Now
Posted by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey on Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 2:45 PM
A thousand years in the future, people are STILL going on and on and on about what a supposedly huge influence those overrated hacks The Beatles had on modern music. Unfortunately, people in the future don't always have their facts straight, as you will see from the following hilarious video documenting the career of John, Paul, George... and Scottie Pippen?
End Hits: Where the future... is THEN.
2
I have to say I agree with the FACT that the Beatles are incredibly overated BY PEOPLE WHO DON'T KNOW SHIT ABOUT HOW MUSIC IS MADE.
They did have a FEW great tunes tho. They just did NOT reinvent the wheel as it were.
They did have a FEW great tunes tho. They just did NOT reinvent the wheel as it were.
4
Well, there's a lot of BS in music. For example, that rock was some kind of invention out of whole cloth, and yet it is just a development out of certain aspects of the jitterbug music of the WWII era. Listen to "In The Mood" and tell me that that isn't the evolutionary predecessor to "Rock Around The Clock."
There's nothing new under the sun, just something standing on the shoulders of what went before.
The Beatles did sort of pioneer the "concept album" with Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band and Paul is one of the all-time great rock bass players (listen to Nowhere Man, for example, to hear some really creative bass lines).
But, no, they weren't THAT earthshaking in retrospect.
What is clear, though, is that despite what Nirvana, for example, meant to its generation, they contributed very, very little new to the music and The Beatles have a catalog of songs that seems almost endless. If they are the sort of thing you like (and a LOT of people apparently do, there is plenty of it).
Want earth-shaking? Jimi Hendrix. There is pre- and post-Hendrix rock guitar, quite definitely. I remember clearly the day I heard Jimi for the first time. He arrived on the scene with far less hoopla than The Beatles, but the first time I heard Foxey Lady and Purple Haze I knew the world (well, the musical world) would never be the same.
There's nothing new under the sun, just something standing on the shoulders of what went before.
The Beatles did sort of pioneer the "concept album" with Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band and Paul is one of the all-time great rock bass players (listen to Nowhere Man, for example, to hear some really creative bass lines).
But, no, they weren't THAT earthshaking in retrospect.
What is clear, though, is that despite what Nirvana, for example, meant to its generation, they contributed very, very little new to the music and The Beatles have a catalog of songs that seems almost endless. If they are the sort of thing you like (and a LOT of people apparently do, there is plenty of it).
Want earth-shaking? Jimi Hendrix. There is pre- and post-Hendrix rock guitar, quite definitely. I remember clearly the day I heard Jimi for the first time. He arrived on the scene with far less hoopla than The Beatles, but the first time I heard Foxey Lady and Purple Haze I knew the world (well, the musical world) would never be the same.
Most Commented on Blogtown, PDX
-
City's "Overnight Sleeping" Program Finds First Host—and Neighbors React in Ugly Fashion by Denis C. Theriault
-
Game of Thrones Recap: Calm Before the Storm Edition by Joe Streckert
-
Happy World Goth Day! by Marjorie Skinner
-
Feds Dish Out $745.2 Million to the Light Rail by Alex Zielinski
-
Good Morning, News! by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey
-
Portland Button Works Opens on Killingsworth by Alison Hallett
-
Oh, Did You Think The Great Gatsby Movie Was Going to Be Good? by Alison Hallett
-
We're Number One! by Alex Zielinski
-
Hecklevision: Point Break—The Wisdom of Point Break by Erik Henriksen
-
Weekend Eatings: Corazón and The Slide Inn by Marjorie Skinner
Our Friends
- UrbanHonking
- Culture Shock
- Portland Roundball Society
- Steph Cassano
- Cort and Fatboy
- Street Roots
- Powell's Books Blog
- Portland Transport
- Portland Afoot
- Bike Portland
- Eater: PDX
- Portland Food and Drink
- Mr. Movie
- Sunday Softball
- BlueOregon
- Sightline Institute
- Ultra: Arts Portland
- Bitch Magazine
- Blazer's Edge
- Reading Local: Portland
- Portland Food Carts
- Stumptown Vegans
Our Enemies
The Handyman Pro - Your Honey-Do Specialist
Don’t let our name fool you. The Handyman Pro, LLC is a repair and remodel service provider with over 25-years experience. We cover all aspects of construction and repairs for residential and commercial clients.
Bands Page
Housing
Jobs
Musicians
For Sale
Wheels
Services
Health
The Arts
Friends 'N' Neighbors
Bulletin Board
Personals
Adult
RSSGoing to Seattle?
Comments (5) RSS