Are The Beatles "The Greatest Band of All Time"?

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Жыл бұрын

The Beatles are great, right? I think virtually everyone agrees with that statement. But what makes them so great? Is it their melodies? Their chord progressions? Their lyrics? Production? Singing? Was it John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison.... RINGO?
All of the above, and more? Well, yes. There are a lot of ways to talk about how great they were - and this is my little attempt at it.
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@jugibur2117 Жыл бұрын

You've summed it up really well! I would say, with the Beatles just EVERYTHING wonderful came together, besides the ability for catchy melodies, joy of experimentation, musical talent, good voices, etc., they were also as people special characters. The Beatles were just more than a music band, maybe it was just the story of 4 friends who went out to conquer the world (peacefully). People love such stories - and besides, admittedly, they simply made great music.

@TheKongShowJapan Жыл бұрын

Very well done! Thank you :-)

@OperationPhantom 7 ай бұрын

This is quite an impressive and well substantiated take, thank you! With the Beatles, even besides their music, as artists in their time, it is hard to see anyone else come close to feeling, articulating and expanding the(ir) zeitgeist while never becoming too far removed from popular culture (Revolution #9 excepted and noted of course). Plus, only Dylan really was there already when they started recording, all their main peers came up after and necessarily had to find ways to distinguish themselves uniquely in this glorious new decade of the sixties (now in colour). And the Beatles obviously very much paved the way for global acceptance of English bands. Also, it is quite hard to think of any other band where each individual member is such a unique and essential part of an fascinating and somewhat enigmagic whole, that only four people really ever experienced. Although, it probably was a mundane slug for them a lot of the time (esp. touring), the way they seemed to be able to tune in to each other is just something else. Eventually, when even your third most talented member has contributed several classic songs to the band, it naturally had grown too constricting. XTC might be considered a band approaching a Beatles level of scope and quality in a lot of ways but, like Ween, probably a bit too idiosyncratic for mainstream taste.

@toddpacker4683 Жыл бұрын

This was a great watch

@cynthiaforsythe8989 Жыл бұрын

Excellent! I love your analysis of the unparalleled emotional breadth of their music. This quote (sorry I can’t attribute it to the author) really summed it up when Sgt Pepper was released in 1967 and stunned the world: “In 1967 the Beatles were holding up an aquarium with live fish. Everyone else was holding up blue construction paper and four Crayola crayons.” The Beatles always led the way. In a word - they were ORIGINAL. cheers!

@bigyellowpraxis Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the very kind comment. Glad you liked my video :) Although, I guess if I were going to be a bit picky, I might say that my point is more that every other band had an aquarium with just one or two fish in, whereas the Beatles had a full blown ecosystem in theirs!