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Imo McCartney was the genius behind them. The rest of them were just average musicians. Lennon is revered because he's dead, simple as that.
 


The Omega Man said:
The thread about Queen led me to you tube and you dont stumble very far before the The Beatles emerge.

Clearly the songs they wrote defined them. Shea Stadium defined them and set the scene for the mass open air concerts/gigs that we know today.

However to basically define a whole decade in human history, the 1960's, takes some doing.

Widely regarded as the most influential musical act in history what do we make of them now 45 years after they basically ended their recording together?

Has Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band ever been eclipsed?

Can songs like this be bettered?

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Errr yes mate, Thriller by Micky J is the biggest selling album still to this day. Never be a better album than that marrow ;)
 
The Beatles surpassed Sgt Peppers the previous summer with Revolver (and possibly even surpassed that the year before with Rubber Sole - not sure which is the greater album)

Sgt Peppers was probably the defining record of the era though.

Great story about them coming back from getting the first press of the record done sitting in McCartneys ( ? ) flat in London with the windows open and playing the album at full blast to the world at 6 in the morning.
 
The 1950s had been dominated by rock & roll and ballad singers. Elvis had been a big influence on both but the Beatles began as a leather jacket and jeans wearing rock & roll band that had some success in Germany. They definitely changed the musical form and bridged the gap into the more pop orientated dance music of the early 60s. She Loves You was a huge hit and the Beatles wrote many dance, ballad and rock & roll songs during this period. They got rid of the drummer Pete Best because he was the best looking and they thought that would distract from the front men, Lennon and McCartney, who did the singing. Change of image and they soon caught the eye and ear. They then met Bob Dylan who turned they on to dope and Norwegian Wood must be one of the earliest psychedelic tracks, that also featured a sitar. They were always willing to experiment. Revolver was a cracking album. I think Lennon and McCartney complimented each other. Lennon was raw and McCartney added a smoothing effect. McCartney without Lennon was too smooth by far, so the mix was well balanced. One of the greatest bands of all time but there are other genres where the same could be said.
 
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PhilSAFC said:
Imo McCartney was the genius behind them. The rest of them were just average musicians. Lennon is revered because he's dead, simple as that.
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Light and shade. McCartney was the popster and Lennon provided the bite. Complimentary to each other. Harrison was hardlys an average musician.
 
I'm Spartacus said:
George martin was the genius, Paul McCartney wrote yellow submarine and the f***ing frog chorus.
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George was a genius of production. Peppers and stuff like Eleanor Rigby was purely down to him.

PinzaC55 said:
Harrison was the one where few people could remember his name.
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The baby of the band and didn't manage to get out from the shadow of the other two until later. His single Got My Mind Set On You was written with the Beatles but it was considered to kitch even for McCartney at the time and so was shelved.
 
JonMc said:
Nee Cliff Richard.
Folk who dismiss The Beatles have to remember that before them, that fella was about as dangerous as music got in the early 60s. He was this county's rock and roll star.
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Before the Beatles there was Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Eddie Cochran, Dion and James Brown to name but a few.
 
SteveB said:
The Beatles surpassed Sgt Peppers the previous summer with Revolver (and possibly even surpassed that the year before with Rubber Sole - not sure which is the greater album)

Sgt Peppers was probably the defining record of the era though.

Great story about them coming back from getting the first press of the record done sitting in McCartneys ( ? ) flat in London with the windows open and playing the album at full blast to the world at 6 in the morning.
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I reckon Revolver just edges it, like.
 
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