It's odd that Lou Reed thought that British music was garbage considering his most successful album was produced by two Englishmen in London.

Lou Reed saying British bands shouldn’t play rock n roll, what a c••k

Stipe didn't say he hated them, he just didn't identify with them. He also acknowledged their talent.

envy is a bad thing

I love The Beatles but we all have their own opinion. I personally have no interest in Lou Reed mumbling through songs.

When Frank Sinatra said that Something was the best love song written in 50 to 100 yrs. When Leonard Bernstein talked about how cleverly structured some of the Lennon/McCartney songs were then it doesn’t matter what these guys think

Lou Reed what a pr1ck

I am not a big Beatles fan but they are legendary for sure.

Anyone who says they can’t find anything they like in the Beatles catalogue is a liar or a poseur.

Personaly deep down inside i think there just trying to be " contriversial" ," different" " Go against the grain"

I think Lou Reed forgot that John Cale, the co-founder of the Velvet Underground was British and the sound that the Velvet Underground got had a lot to do with Cale plus Bowie along with Mick Ronson, two more Brits produced Reeds best selling album, Transformer.

Who cares what these dudes think of the Beatles? None of them can hold a candle to the Beatles. Sure, Quincy Jones is super talented but he has a very bad habit of knocking other artists. Not a very nice quality. Jealousy brings out the worst in people and these 5 are prime examples. The Beatles are awesome. Each of the four of them is talented in their own way.

The old saying. “Opinions are like assholes ,everyone has one”. Applies here.

If all twelve people who bought The Strokes' albums refused to buy a Beatles record, I'm sure they'd survive.

I expect in 100 years lots of people will know who the Beatles were. These other guy’s, probably not.

The fact that they are the only band to have a #1 hit 54 years later after they disbanded, proves that they are the greatest rock n roll band to ever walk the earth.

I had a feeling before watching this that whomever the people were not liking the Beatles were probably no one worth their comments anyways....... "I was right"

1000 years from now the Beatles music will be held in the same esteem as now

I think Quincy Jones might have had every right to say what he did about the Beatles when he said it. He was coming from the standpoint of having been a jazz musician. When you're listening to one style of music most of the time and hearing a minimum level of proficiency, people like John, Paul, George and Ringo who were not formally trained or educated, it kind of stands to reason that somebody like Quincy Jones wouldn't have the kindest words to say about their proficiency. What I would like to know is if Quincy had changed his mind about them by 1982 when Michael Jackson was recording the music from *Thriller* and they recruited Macca to duet with Michael on "The Girl is Mine".

All five of these artists i wouldnt cross the street to listen to....

A bunch of rich junkies that barely knew how to play their instruments were better than the Beatles. Sure Lou Reed, keep telling yourself that.

None of these "artists" could ever measure up to the talent, influence on other artists, and accomplishments of the Beatles. 50 more years from now, people will still know of the Fab Four, but these others will be merely be footnotes in music history.

It's ok to not like the Beatles, but some of these people sound maybe afraid or intimidated by the Beatles and their way of dealing with it is to write the Beatles off as just rubbish.

Not one of these people were involved in a musical relationship with another person where the art they created was greater than the sum of its parts. Let alone 3 other people! These people are egotists and feel inadequate by the high level the Beatles operated on compared to what they were capable of, given their own talent combined with the musical relationships they had with other people.

Translation: I'm not really that good but saying this will get me attention. I'm so cool and edgy. Look at me. Look at me.

Having grown up in the sixty’s seventies and eighties.The Beatles were one of the greatest song writing teams on the planet. I have to say what exactly did Lou Reed Offer up. Just saying.

What's the big deal, why can't someone dislike the Beatles.

Lou Reed is the biggest foooool of them all. Yes, Lou has two good song but it makes him think he was way better than he really was. The Beatles could not have had so many songs on so many albums for for many years that millions of people of all generations know word-for-word if they were not something special. "Silly Love Songs" by Paul has a great bass line so he has no clue what a bad bass player is. Lou Reed interviews are always more interesting than his songs and that really is the truth if you watch them you'll agree. If Lou didn't get the legendary bass player Herbie Flowers to play bass on "Walk On the Wildside" Lou would have half the fame he has. Herbie is the one that came up with the idea to use an electric bass and a double bass to double track on that song for the unique sound not Lou yet Herbie gets almost no credit. Lou didn't like any British groups but Herbie was from Sussex England was the player he used on his most famous song. Lou is a fake. If any bass players are reading this far look up "Serge Gainsbourg - Melody (Histoire de Melody Nelson 1/7)" on youtube and you'll love it. That is Herbie playing. It is one of the best bass song ever.

Who the hell are the first 2 nobodies? Lou Reed is grossly over-estimating his own qualities, Jones would be hard pushed to write a song like Penny Lane

mind you, if I did not like he Beatles I wouldn't be shy in telling everyone, but it just so happens that I have always liked them.

REM had one good song. Reznor will be forever known as the guy who wrote Johnny Cash's last hit and Quincy Jones is a Jazz snob. Lou Reed? I barely even know who he is.

I have no REM ..LOU REED..QUINCY JONES...NINE INCH NAILS and I have no idea who the 5th guy was....but I own 0 of the fives albums.. how's your math??????

I can understand if people wouldn't consider the Beatles as a great band if they had stopped making music in 1965. Although all their songs were very nice up to that point, and you just feel joy and nostalgia listening to them, I agree that they weren't something really groundbreaking. But after that, everything changed. If people, and especially musicians, listen to songs like "Eleanor Rigby", "Tomorrow Never Knows", "Within You, Without You", "Strawberry Fields Forever", "I Am The Walrus", to name just a handful of their masterpieces, and almost everything out of the "White Album", and say that they are overrated or nothing special, their out of their minds. Ok, yes, music has progressed miles since then, and more innovative and progressive stuff may have come out, like Pink Floyd, of course, but if they don't keep in mind in what era the Beatles created, and they don't acknowledge how within 3 years went from "Help" to "Helter Skelter", they're idiots. I love Lou Reed, the Velvet Underground is also one of the greatest and most influential bands ever (although short lived), but if he really meant what he said and he wasn't trolling, then there was something wrong with him. If someone can't enjoy listening to the Beatles and prefers more experimental stuff like, I don't know, Amon Duul II or Popol Vuh or whatever, fine, but saying that the Beatles were garbage or whatever, makes you an ignorant idiot. They sure were not the ONLY great band of the '60s, or the only innovative, but they sure made the biggest impact. No other band in the history of music made the transformation that they did from how they started to how they finished, all within about only 7 years. It's not an opinion, it's a fact, so stop making a fool of yourself.

It all comes over as a little churlish. None of those artists are fit to tie the Beatles' shoelaces. Whatever someone's musical preferences it is ridiculous to doubt the revolution in popular music the Beatles created. As for Lou Reed's comments about British bands I doubt most people would name a single non British band in their top ten of all time. What a dick.

Man i love Reed, REM,Strokes,etc, but nothing of them made of the Four guys did, they were from another GALAXY❤😂

I was born during the white album sessions. Their best music came after Rubber Soul. They overplayed the dumped boyfriend trope in their "silly love songs."

I have to believe that many of these opinions are an attempt to get attention!

If they genuinely don't like them then fair enough but sounds like their frustration is with media coverage which wasn't something that the Beatles had any control over so that sounds more like jealousy because they can't articulate what was supposedly bad about the Beatles as creative musicians

"They just make the songs up, bing, bing bing. They just have to be the most incredible songwriters ever - just amazingly talented. I don’t think people realise how sad it is that The Beatles broke up" Lou Reed

Quincy Jones was used to studio musicians ( hired guns) who were just doing a job. It’s not fair to compare hired guns to people creating their own music.

Lou Reed has covered John Lennon songs Jealous Guy and Mother. Quincy Jones had Paul McCartney on the Thriller album. Trent Reznor was definitely influenced by The Beatles white album and that Charles Manson era.

agree - Beatle worship is for sad lemmings as they jump off the cliff and Paul McCartney absolutely triggers my gag reflex

It’s a hipster image thing. Too cool for school.

I love the beatles and like stuff by all these other artists. How lucky I am for being so eclectic.

People today think Nine Inch Nails is something you find at Home Depot

I'm not a Beatles fan, I don't find their music entertaining to me, but I have to admit that they were the most influential rock band of all times. Every band wanted to be popular as them.

Lou Reed saying British people shouldn't play rock'n'roll is like saying Americans shouldn't read Shakespeare. Or speak English..Seriously, the guy wrote 2 good songs at best. The Beatles wrote hundreds.

The Beatles gave licence for British and believe it or not American bands to experiment and many copied some of there ideas.thats how important they were.

Lou has actually said that he thinks they are some of the greatest songwriters ever. But he flip flops often.

I'm the same way about hearing about how great The Beatles were. Zepp and other bands like The Who surpassed The Beatles by far in a lot of ways but often get lukewarm praise from mainstream commercial media.

Lou Reed was a genius, The Strokes, REM, NIN are great bands with brilliant music, Quincy is a top-notch producer, I like them all and their records, and their opinions are totally valid. But I love The Beatles, they're the best.

Lou Reed sucks, always did

Music.is not nem.it is songs.it is love.

Lou Reed was utter shit not even in the same league.

'Who Loves the Sun' is very Beatley, harmonies, lyrical imagery and his chord patterns seem straight out the same well. If not from The Fabs, then from the Stones, indirectly. Detuning the guitar to drop D -as in Venus in Furs-also a British folk innovation most famously done by Beatles via Donovan.

Lou Reed... during his SIgourney Weaver phase.

95% of these Beatles Stans have no idea who Lou Reed is and if they do have no clue on his massive influence. SHOCKING😂

Lou loved to bait journalists. You can probably find him criticizing whatever sacred cow or flavor of the day that will cause the most discomfort in the interviewer for sport. While he may have actually hated the Beatles, it will not affect my love of the band or my love for Lou or the Velvet Underground.

The common thread seems to be that they are Americans. The Beatles repackaged American music and sold it back to the USA. That will probably have been annoying or confusing to some Americans. There's quite a culture gap between the two countries despite the assumption that a common language helps us understand each other. Lou Reed's career was resuscitated by Bowie incidentally so his statement that Brits shouldn't play anything was particularly daft. He can go and boil his head frankly.

Musically the Velvet Underground were pseudo classical/ avant garde rubbish. Most of there audience were niche and bohemian types who disliked mainstream rock music.

Lou Reed said a lot of shit to provoke people, not because he necessarily believed hid own words. At one point or another, he pretty much ended up hating everything.

1. Lou Reed 2. Trent Reznor 3. Some guy from a band called "The Strokes" 4. Michael Stipe 5. Quincy Jones

Human envy is such a sad and ugly emotion.

I think we must not confuse "don't like" something with saying something is rubbish, shit or of bad quality there're very different things nobody is forced to like a particular artist musician, singer or writer but we can recognise the quality of a good production .

though I love the Beatles I totally understand some people not enjoying their music because much of their music ("She loves you yeah yeah yeah") was very light weight.

LOL and the only reasons Lou Reed gets mentioned anymore is when discussing who hates the Beatles

The only one in this clip that had an iota of talent was probably Quincy Jones, and I even have my doubts how much of the material he's credited for was actually his.

It is possible to appreciate what a band did for music, but not actually like their music. I think that's what several of these musicians are saying.

Well there are people that hate dogs too, but like they say, never trust someone who hates dogs or the Beatles

LOL Lou Reed always was so full of himself that he results amusing 😹

I totally get those who don't have any great enthusiasm for their work being irritated by the Fabs' "sacred cow" status. People should be left alone to be underwhelmed or even repelled by Beatle music. However, the Velvets have acquired a very similar position in the "sacred cow" stakes and in a way it's worse because their acolytes still hold onto the idea that being a VU devotee is somehow a really obscure and left-field stance; those days are long-gone.

Many of those names probably didn't like the Beatles because of Jealousy.

Yeah, the Beatles never did for me either. If they come on a playlist, I'll go to next band

Who Lou Reed did for the music ? I dont know him, neither every other or their art who was interviewed on this video.

I’m not a big Beatles fan but these guys other than Jones and Reed are jokes and most people have never even heard of them

It’s ok to dislike the Beatles. All the insecure and insulted Beatles “fans” and other assorted main streamers here just can’t think outside the box and presume popularity and record sales defines talent.

I was born in the early '60s and, even to this day, I cringe any time I hear a beatles tune. Simply not my cup of tea as my UK friends would say...

Bunch of has beens that nobody will remember in 20 years If not already forgotten ( Lou ) Beatles are forever

John Lennon wrote a song about Lou Rude "Jealous Guy".

Why should they worry about the Beatles instead of concentrating on their progress? I've learned a lot from Beatles

People can have opinions. Lou Reed may not.

A friend of mine is an ENORMOUS Beatles' fan and musician(he was in a successful Ottawa band;didn't know him then) who would,to a point,agree with Quincy Jones about the band's musical abilities(have always thought they played great). Go figure.

................and with all the dislike, the Beatles laughed all the way to the bank.

The one thing I like about the Beatles is that they did their own thing----nothing wrong with that.

Wow, if these guys hate the Beatles, then id love to know what they think of ... literally .. ANY of the musicians/bands today. But in this bizarro world, I can only imagine they'll probably have flattering things to say.

5 twits, jealousy won't lead you nowhere.

I acknowledge their importance, but its obvious even musicians who wrote some of the most memorable songs of their time (Rem, NIN certainly did) arent crazy about them. It's just like in film, where so many people idolize Nolan, Tarantino, Scorcese, yet you can always find more exciting filmmakers. What irks me is when there are best of lists made and they list like 5 Beatles albums among the top 10, which is ridiculous. So many amazing artists are left out. I guess i was always outside the mainstream taste, not just in music and film...

The Strokes ?!? NIN ?!? I STILL hear The Beatles EVERY-SINGLE-DAY somewhere on the radio. I can’t even remember when I last heard The Strokes or the Nails on the airwaves. Anyways, who the f*ck cares what these, at best, “B - listers” think ? Collectively, these ‘barely-even’ artists probably sold less music than just the Sgt. Pepper album alone. Lou Reed on a different level ?!? Puh-leeze. Spare me. Besides “Wild Side” and then a distant “Sweet Jane” and MAYBE “Dirty Boulevard”, that’s all he brought to the table. Day In The Life, Eleanor Rigby and Fool On The Hill blow any of those artists’ songs out of the water in terms of craftsmanship and relevance; even 55-ish years later. The Beatles weren’t virtuosos. Quincy’s right about that, but just cuz it ain’t Motown don’t mean it ain’t good. It’s either hubris or some alternate reality to deny that The Beatles’ contribution to music is the ‘modern’ equivalent to Mozart’s contribution to classical music.

By the way...who are they?

Without George Martin to guide them, the Beatles wouldn't have added up to much.

Nothing wrong with disliking the Beatles. "Dear Prudence," "I Am The Walrus" .. not everybody's cup of tea. I agree with Stipe. Saying that you're not drawn to the Beatles isn't denying their significance. Beatles' fans, as a whole, are a bit too precious.

Famous doesn’t equate they know shite…jealousy streak. Q only wishes he penned their best material…rumours are, he’d intimidate artists into giving them songwriting credit in order to use his industry advantages. BIG DEAL ❌

Saying you hate the Beatles is like saying you think Shaq is the greatest basketball player ever. Okay.

Wow just confirmed why I have NEVER bought any music from these 5 "artists"

Can you say.......... JEALOUS??????????? Plus all those critics SUCK AND SUCK AND SUCK AGAIN!!!!!!!.............

Don´t hate ! say instead " I don´t like" Love and piece like Ringo my favorite musican.

I’m I listened too the Beatles when Iwas very young . But as grew older , I out grew them. I discovered the Rolling Stones, the doors , black sabbath and jimmy Hendrix along side “ David Bowie “ (sarcasm) a band that came out roughly 7 years later that get no recognition is “ Genesis “ what they did was quite amazing along side Peter solo work. Not too mention Phil’s work with band and solo work . As you discover more musicians on your journey of discovery, you tend too find the Beatles very juvenile and more for young children and would be fine too play in a infants crib as it’s very safe and does not talk of mature subjects such as the “ Wall” . The Beatles are good for first introduction too rock music, but are more regarded as nursery rhymes for small children.

Quincy's comments on Paul's bass playing are as weird today as the day he made them. Countless, leading bass players, across genres, regard McCartney as one of the most melodic bass players ever, and some even regard him as underrated as a bass player. So who would you rather believe... one record producer who can play the trumpet, or an army of bass players?

Problem is a lot of musicians realized they would never be half as relevant or talented as the four Beatles were.hard thing to accept when your famous and striving for the best. Beatles were a pop culture and music phenomenon. won’t happen again however the only thing that comes close to it as far as popularity and taking over a one generation at a time would be Nirvana I haven’t seen anything since or before and Nirvanas music did not come anywhere near the Beatles did just for pop-culture point of you.

The Velvets "Noisy" "Droney" Songs were John Cales doing. Lou's Ballads were straight up Jazz Pop standards and only the Words were "Progressive".