thebes Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 (edited) Today's news reveal the not-so-surprising information that once again, the Beatles conglomerate is releasing yet another special, super-duper, best-of-all-times, music-for-the-ages-eureka-we're-greedy box set. With, surprise-surprise, plans already under way for yet another box set for release next xmas season. To my mind the Beatles are collectively the worse boy band ever concocted and that includes the Back Street Boys. So herein are the 3 biggest things, amongst dozens, on the suck-fest that constitutes the Beatles: 1. Thievery. Look, I know everyone borrows a bit from everybody else, but the Beatles never even came close to having an original music thought. They stole from rockabilly, they tried to steal from the blues, but were too pathetic to even come close to making blues. they stole from 1930's and 1940's British music hall bands, and when they ran out things to steal they went to India and like the progenitors of The British Raj, stole from the Indians. 2. Treacle. There is no other word to adequately describe the depths of blandness accruing to the Beatles. Norwegian wood, or Woodenhead, as I think of it, I wanna hold your gland, yellow submarine. I refuse to use caps for these songs since they lack anything approaching a capitol idea. Pah a curse on them all and it's a good thing their progeny has even less talent then they did. The most insipid lyrics ever penned fall squarely within the Beatles firmament. 3. Nice boys. Buncha mamas boys. The kind we used to use as cat's paws to distract parents when we were trying to sneak into their collective daughters panties. Even when they became hippies they became nice hippies. Probably used napkins to wipe their mouths after eating Alice B brownies. Pah! A pox on the Beatles and their latest box set. Edited December 18, 2013 by thebes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captmobley Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 Now c'mon Thebes. Tell us how you really feel. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldenough Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 He's just getting old and grumpy....Heck he was old and grumpy when the Beatles were recording..... 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CECAA850 Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 1 They aren't around anymore. 2 Yoko Ono 3 Ringo's vocals Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RT FAN Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 (edited) Well I see our resident Crusty Curmudgeon has awoken from his long winters nap and apparently someone has pi$$ed in his Wheaties. The Beatles & their legacy have morphed into a far ranging conglomerate, and I have no interest in buying any of these releases of out takes, bootlegs and early air checks. Lennon's legacy has taken a bit of a bruising over the years and McCartney has relaesed plenty of objectionable material. However without question the Beatles remain the single most important rock band to grace the idiom. I put it to you Sir Thebes that the Beatles material was so far superior to most bands that the 20th 0r 25th best song in their oeuvre is better than the best song released by 90% of all the rock bands in history. Let's see which of their songs would fit that bill? Ticket To Ride, Revolution, She's Leaving Home, If I Needed Someone, Drive My Car, Magical Mystery Tour? I would think most rock historians would exclude these songs from their top 10, but yet considering the drival that constitutes the ouput of most other rock bands, including plenty of those voted into that travesty of a "Hall of Fame", these tunes crush the best output of the also rans. As a stocking stuffer for Mr. Thebes I would recommend the book the Portable Curmudgeon which might make an appropriate substitute for the well deserved lump of coal. Merry Christmas. Edited December 18, 2013 by Stephen Schaffer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deang Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 If memory serves (usually doesn't), but I think they wrote 184 songs. Let that one sink in. I think the first Zeppelin album was all covers. Everyone steals from everyone. For crying out loud, we're only dealing with 12 notes. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hugeroost Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 Elvis is the KING, the beatles were ok I reckon. What ticks Roost off is the fact that Elvis outsold those guys by a long shot but the recording industry didn't start counting sales overseas until like 1960, if they had E would be waaay over a billion records sold. As it stands now E is close to a billion, theres a faction of guys in the industry that has vowed to straighten this out, I don't know how they can go back to the 50"s and figure this out but its said to be in the 3-400 million sales. The only beatles I have ever owned is the white.......Roost Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigerwoodKhorns Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 I can't find the video but this reminds me of the original Saturday Night Live spoof commercial for "Elvis's Coat, live in Concert." Gotta keep milking the cow, even if it is long dead. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CECAA850 Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 Elvis is the KING, the beatles were ok I reckon. What ticks Roost off is the fact that Elvis outsold those guys by a long shot but the recording industry didn't start counting sales overseas until like 1960, if they had E would be waaay over a billion records sold. Going third person this early in the morning. Gonna be a long day. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iRONic Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 This thread is a thinly-veiled attempt by the OP to wrest the 'Forum Queen' title back from Amy. Resist! Don't fall for it! As in most cases, 'tis better to protest with your wallet than to leave a watery diatribe on a less-than-high traffic interweb forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mallette Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 All need to remember that Thebes idea of truly inspired music is Parliament-Funkadelic. Dave 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boxx Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 “Bah," said Scrooge, "Humbug.” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babadono Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 I dunno about 3 things but the number one for me is that funky stereo recording/mixing of Sir George Martin with the vocals on one side and the instruments on the other. Was that the best they could do back then? but babadono Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebes Posted December 18, 2013 Author Share Posted December 18, 2013 Well I see our resident Crusty Curmudgeon has awoken from his long winters nap and apparently someone has pi$$ed in his Wheaties. The Beatles & their legacy have morphed into a far ranging conglomerate, and I have no interest in buying any of these releases of out takes, bootlegs and early air checks. Lennon's legacy has taken a bit of a bruising over the years and McCartney has relaesed plenty of objectionable material. However without question the Beatles remain the single most important rock band to grace the idiom. I put it to you Sir Thebes that the Beatles material was so far superior to most bands that the 20th 0r 25th best song in their oeuvre is better than the best song released by 90% of all the rock bands in history. Let's see which of their songs would fit that bill? Ticket To Ride, Revolution, She's Leaving Home, If I Needed Someone, Drive My Car, Magical Mystery Tour? I would think most rock historians would exclude these songs from their top 10, but yet considering the drival that constitutes the ouput of most other rock bands, including plenty of those voted into that travesty of a "Hall of Fame", these tunes crush the best output of the also rans. As a stocking stuffer for Mr. Thebes I would recommend the book the Portable Curmudgeon which might make an appropriate substitute for the well deserved lump of coal. Merry Christmas. Curmudgeon? Why you whippersnapper. I’m way too old to be labeled with such a youthful sobriquet. “Your Decrepitude” has a more august ring to it.And another thing, how can you possibly call the world’s #1 pop band a rock-and-roll band? I’d Roll Over Beethoven but they stole that from somebody else. Better rock bands? Just about everybody. Start with The Stones, then go from there. Hell, Bob Dylan and Paul Simon, a couple of folkies, have written far better, and mostly original material, than the mob-haired pretenders could even dream about. Want more proof. Here’s the top 3 Beatles song by sales: 1. She Loves You 2. I Want to Hold Your Hand 3. Can't Buy Me Love Grumpy Thebes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaddeus Smith Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 I'm 31 and I've never thought of the Beatles as a rock band. They're always a pop band in my mind.. maybe that's where your frustration lies, in comparing them to other rock bands? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RT FAN Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 Oh Thebes you senile old geezer, everyone knows the Stones were "The Greatest Rock & Roll Band !!!" Let's face it everyone ripped someone off, with Chuck Berry being the guy the Stones and a myriad of other bands used as their template. Dylan stole from Woody Guthrie, Elvis borrowed from Big Mama Thornton, and everyone stole from Louis Jordan! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seti Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 Thebes are you just trying to provoke me to first waving and sputtering to the lord because that is what you have done........ I lack the emoticon for how this thread makes me feel ( insert inappropriate emoticon here ) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mallette Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 Thebes are you just trying to provoke me to first waving and sputtering to the lord because that is what you have done....... To quote the immortal John Wayne "Figgerd that out fer yerself, huh kid?" Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Morbius Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 My list of 3 things are; 1. They broke up. 2. John got shot. 3. George got cancer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigCliff Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 (edited) 1. Beatle boots 2. Moe (of the three stooges) haircuts 3. Screaming teen girls Edited December 19, 2013 by BigCliff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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