I hate the beatles

Not liking the Beatles is fair enough, but suggesting the Jonas Brothers are more talented? That's unforgiveable. I can say without any regret, and with total truth, that you are in all probability shallow and stupid, and live in a world of blissful ignorance. Just like every other Jonas Brothers/Miley Cyrus fan in the world.

So you hate the beatles but you like the jonas brothers. Hmm I'd say your normal ... Just with unbeliviably shit taste in music.

Only an idiot would choose the fucking Jonas Brothers over the beatles.

I can understand not liking the Beatles (I love them, but plently of my friends are annoyed by them) but championing the Jonas Brothers? Fresh my arse. They're disney, and sound like every other disney artist (imo).
Lol@ mind control though. I always assumed that was what sold out Mariah Carey gigs...

go eat shit! the beatles are classic! ur not normal at all...

The Jonas Brothers are rubbish. They probably have a backup band for every instrument. Their lyrics are tragic. Whether you like the Beatles or not, they had a big influence on the world. And they were actually talented.

First of all, how freaking old are you? If you are twelve, then I can see how you would like the Faggot Brothers more than the Beatles. However, if you are over the age of 20, then you are not normal!

The British government didn't actively promote the Beatles. They (and the Kinks, the Rolling Stones, the Who, etc.) promoted themselves during the so-called "British invasion." I've always found that Brits are every good at making rock'n'roll as Americans are.

A lot of the Beatles' rock is basic, but that makes for good rock'n'roll. But they experimented with sounds, styles and time signatures and, in the end, produced a body of work that is impressive.

Perhaps you hate the Beatles because you've heard too much on the radio. You're not abnormal for hating a band, but just accept the fact that most people love the Beatles and that there's a reason for that: good music and good memories associated with it.

Ha ha ha... The Jonas Brothers ?? Who The Hell Are They! ....That Pretty Much Sums My answers And Because you Added "Their American" It Proves That You Only Dislike The Beatles Because They Are Brits!
The Beatles AINT Like Marmite... You either Love Them or Are Deaf.
Im Judge Hollie.. CASE CLOSED.

It’s actually, factually, scientifically incorrect for anyone to say that they don’t love the Beatles. OF COURSE you love the Beatles. DON’T BE STUPID. As the rock critic Dorian Lynskey once pointed out, saying that you don’t like the Beatles just sounds as if you’re trying too hard: “It’s probably an Oedipal thing.” With a back-catalogue that runs the stylistic gamut from Everyone’s Got Something To Hide Except Me and My Monkey to Mr Moonlight, what you’re really saying when you say, “I don’t like the Beatles” is “I don’t like music”. Just admit it. Don’t drag the Beatles into it. That’s passive-aggressive. And it will upset Paul.

Bwahahahahaa you just compared the BEATLES to the Jonas Brothers! Fool!

I don't like classical music but I would never think or say that Beethoven,Mozart,& Bach sucked and are crap,I also don't like Bob Dylan but I also would never think or say that he sucks & is crap.I would would make a toal ignorant fool of myself. I believe that Beethoven,Bach & Mozart were the brilliant composers they are widely considered & regareded to be. And I believe that Bob Dylan is one of the greatest song writers he's widely considered to be too.

1. Ok, hating The Beatles - normal. Although I love them, personally.

2. The Jonas Brothers more fresh and talented? My ARSE! Even Hanson were more fresh and talented. And they were American too.

3. British government, blah, blah. Pft, that's just stupid. And to bash The Beatles for not being American? That's stupid too. That American superiority complex is why a lot of other nations hate you. Conspiracy theories are usually just dumb.

No, I'm not British at all, although I'm not American either. Dude, you have many other American bands which are/were more talented and refreshing than the Jonas Brothers and that's all that you can mention? What about the Pixies, Sonic Youth, etc? Oh, and by the way I don't think The Bealtes are the most overrated, maybe Nirvana or Radiohead.

i personaly think that the beatles are amazing but liking your own music is definaltey fine. i also hate the jonas brothers but likeing them is definalty fine. but your point about how the people only liked the beatles becasue they were mindwashed by the british government does not make any sences because u said the joanas brothers are good because they are american. that right there is a hypocritical statement. i dont beleive that the government would choose to make propaganda for the jonas brothers but i beleive that disney chooses what kids like mainly so people were pretty much mindwashed into likeing them like all other disney music stars.

But the Beatles are like chocolate--you CAN'T hate them. It's physically impossible.

If you don't like the Beatles you do not like music
End of

okay, apparently you must not care about lyrics and think too much of conspiracies... the beatles were totally against "the system" and if you think the jonas brothers are "fresh" theyve been out since like 2006 they sucks gigantic ones okay?

p.s. the beatles have a better name & totally not overrated. the jonas brother however, are.

Fuck jonas faggots beatles all the way

firstly, if you're a twelve year old girl, you shouldn't be entitled to an opinion on the beatles.

however, if you're older than 16 i think you should realize that without the beatles, you probably wouldn't have the jonas brothers. the majority of the bands you hear nowadays were probabily influenced by the beatles or influenced by bands who were influenced by the beatles. therefore, no beatles, no popular music as we know it.

successful troll is successful.

How dare you insult the best band ever!

You don't think the Jonas Brothers are better than the Beatles; you're full of shit. I've seen this same bluff on YouTube...somebody says the 'Beatles sucked,' and that 'the Jonas Brothers are actually better'...and then that person just sits back chuckling and watches all the angry Beatlemaniacs defending their precious Beatles. Don't you have anything better to do with your time? Get a life! At least write something real on here instead of being a pathetic little lying troublemaker...

But yeah dude, I'm reading the comments again after posting my last one, and I'm realizing something... I think people would have said you were normal for not liking the Beatles if you just hadnt mentioned the Jonas brothers. I mean, it WAS an INCREDIBLY random thing to say. You can like/dislike whatever you want. It's like preferring a certain type of soda over another. But you screwed yourself when you mentioned The Jonas Bros.....

Well, that's fine to not like a band and to like another band better. No one can tell you what to like. But your little Jonas Brothers would not be around if it weren't for The Beatles. They changed the way music is. Almost every sound you hear today is derived from them, so go ahead and have your opinion, but have some respect too.

your an asshole they were great shit head

...hmmmk...well, i can easily tell you are a young girl and greatly influenced in modern music. im 14 and hate most of todays music. i love the beatles because their music is meaningful and have good messeges of peace and happiness. most of todays music has shitty messeges like drinking having sex and just being rich. theyre no real messeges anymore just messges that turns girls around me into bitches that hate old stuff. fuck society

Both suck. The difference is, the Beatles are straight and the Jonas Brothers are gay, and suck 50 times more than the Beatles.

I grew up with the Beatles. They were great til the other British bands emerged. The Beatles had several great sings but most of it was chill bump producing silly, ie, Yellow Submarine, Pretty Penny, Meter Maid, Octopus Garden, etc. John and Paul were smart asses. I never thought Paul had talent. It was elevator music from Day 1. Sgt Peppers was stupid. Bottom line: The Beatles were just first. The Rolling Stones and Led Zeppelin made the Beatles look sick. Paul really, really sucked after they split up. Admiral Halsey and a butter pie? What the Hell?
The Jonas Brothers????????! In a year they will be forgotten like the other boy bands.

I don't even know who they are.

lol
thanks to all the beatles fans for all the fun info. :P
i grew up listenin to the beatles. theyre awesome.

jonas bro. can go have more gay sex w/ eachother. hahaha.

your entitled to your opinion obviously, but im afriand your clearly outnumbered friend.

it's ok that you think the Jonas brother's are great you're older teen brother has just acidentally spiked your morning OJ with his LSD eeeek it would probably explain the 'screaming' beatles

They have to be the most Overrated band ever.

You're right. I hate the Jonas Brothers now. Despise them actually. They suck.

I think Jimi Hendrix is more overrated than the Beatles... [commence tomato throwing]

No, you are completely normal. The beatles are not the only sucky band, but they are the worst sucky band overrated and propganda-d (is this a word?) into morons of the world. They also ripped off the Rutles. The only thing good about the beatles is Yoko Ono. She broke them up early.

(I also refuse to capitalize the beatles. That would infer some form of importance.)

Actually when the beatles first came over they had some harmony and a little bit of talent, singing mostly happy, peace, and love songs. Then they quickly got drugged out, started to really suck, and sing mostly about drugs and being stoned. This is funny because a lot of beatles fans will get enraged and threaten to kill you if you say they suck; ergo to reiterate about the peace and love theme of the beatles.

What I hate about them most are the brain dead retarded drugged out dirty hippies whose only arguments are they were the greatest band ever, and they influenced ALL music forever with no facts or evidence. Then they call you a brain dead retard just for simply saying you don't care for the beatles.

4 British panzies with the help of the media and advertising did all of this in just a few years.

Now I know how Clinton and Obama got into office!

Well, I'm sure the Beatles hate you too. You damned jingoist. I love the Beatles.

I Bet Your Some Pathetic Little American Teenager. And No It Is Not Normal To Hate The Beatles. Are You Serious. When I First Saw This Comment I Thought It Was A Joke, But I Realised It Obviously Wasn't, So I Had To Make An Account Just To Comment. I'm Obsessed With The Beatles, And I'm 14, And That's Very Observernt Of You Because There Not American Like The Crap Jonas Brothers. That's What Made Them Legends. They Started In A Tiny Sweaty Cavern Club In Liverpool And Inspired The WHOLE World, And Are Remembered Today As Heroes. And Still They Continue To Inspire. The Beatles Will Live Forever. And You Can't Compare No One To The Beatles, Let Alone The Jonas Brothers. It Makes Me Sick Just To Say That. Why Do You Think All The Beatles Received MBE's From The Queen And Are Loved All Over The World. I'd Like Too See In A Couple Of Years If 'The Jonas Brothers' Have Statues And Parks And Museums And Monuments All Over The World. No Way!. If You Don't Like The Beatles Your Either, Deaf, Blind, Stupid Crazy, Or A Hypocrite, Just Copying The Type Of Music Your Friends Like. The Music They Make Today Ain't Even Music, Its Noise. If You Don't Like The Beatles You Don't Like Music. Simple. Because The Beatles Are The Ones Who Gave Music A Good Name. They Saved The World From Boredom.

I used to hate the Beatles, they were to me, old-ass conformist music my parents listenned to, I said that there was tons of better music than this Beatles crap, that is until I started listening to them, not the Jonas Brothers though.

Please look at all of you , The Beatles were and always will be the greatest band ever , The Jonas Brothers copied one of their songs , Just ask the jonas brothers if they wished they were the beatles , THEY WOULD OBVIOUSLY SAY YES , the only reason you guys hate them is because 95% of you listen to shitty mainstream rap and listen to Justin Bieber , 5% of you listen to death metal (WORST GENRE OF MUSIC) i like metallica , but bands like "Dying Fetus" sound like they have a dick jammed a mile down their trachea and are trying to call for help.

I fucking hate the beatles too.
But I also fucking hate the Jonas brothers.

so yeah..

Normal to me. I honestly hate The Beatles. They're the most overrated band in history. Don't know how everyone fell for them, they're anything but amazing. They were good song writers, agreed, but the singing, performing, and just appeal was absolutely nothing.

But, I have to disagree with you on one matter you stated. You said Jonas Brothers are better. I may hate The Beatles but I will never say the Jonas Brothers are best. The Jonas Brothers are overrated, too! You said they were "fresh". Believe it or not, but the "fresh" music we listen to today is just plain awful! I don't know what the hell happened to rock'n'roll! Well, actually I know when. It died on August 16, 1977. The death of Elvis Presley. The King of not only rock'n'roll but music itself. He started every single rock band out there. He broke the ice, he stepped over the boundaries for music. He risked his life for crying out loud for rock'n'roll. The absolute legend. The King of Music is, and always will be, Elvis Presley

1.) You're entitled to whatever music you want
2.)The Beatles are the greatest band there EVER will be and some of the greatest humans.
3.)If there's one thing in this world that IS NOT overrated (that's not much) it's The Beatles.
4.)The Jonas Brothers? they're pretty much Disney Channel material and nothing else and
5.) what's up with "and they're american" thing? who cares what nationality a band is???

other than that, you're normal.I'm sure there are tons of people who would side with you, but don't count me.

THE BEATLES!!!! <3

You're a complete idiot.
kz if you looked at the Jonas Brothers & see their style in clothes, hair, music... they're the beatles of the new millenium you douche! they're like the best. have you evn listened to any of their songs? and i dont mean they're popular songs that everyone knows the beatles for like twist & shout or can't buy me love. how about listening to their real stuff b4 you judge!

I vaguely remember the late 1960's and it was an unusual and memorable era. The Beatles filled an important niche then.

You can say you don't like the Beatles' style. But it is quite narrow to say they sucked (you make yourself look like a fool) by taking them out of context and comparing them to the 2000's pop culture.

You can do better!

Fuck you, millions of people love them millions bought there albums people are crazy about them including me.

They are a LEGEND

I agree with you there m8, but still, really? British mind control.but they are really overrated

There were a load of British band and singers .the Beatles Gerry and the pacemakers .cilla black .billy fury .billy j Kramer and the Dakotas mersey beats .they all come from my home city of Liverpool these are the people who made the jersey sound

That's not normal dude. Everyone likes the Beatles, you should see a therapist. Might might have caught Aids or something, good luck. :(

I'm sorry to tell you this, but the Jonas Brothers have no talent. Period.

FYI john lenon is one of the most talented musician in history. Jonas brothers r shit compared to the beatles.

Hard to believe but I was born and raised in Liverpool and I prefer the rolling stones to the Beatles but not complaining the number of visitors who come to Liverpool to see where it all started

Sober-up and use your little brain for more than a chunk of shit to keep your ears apart.

Nice bait m8!!! But seriously, the beatles suck balls. Everyone pretending they are better because they like the beatles should kill themselves ASAP

you asshole the best ever

Am I the only one who's more concerned with the fact that he mentions mind control than the fact he prefers one thing over another?

Holy fuck dude, you really don't wanna go out there offending Beatlemaniacs like that and specially choosing the Jonas Brothers as a "better choice of music" as an argument to prove your point LOL You're declaring war over the internet and personally i think your musical taste is an utter pile of shit. Go listen to something like Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Joy Division and The Beatles, then you come back here and we'll discuss over this again.

im calling fucking bullshit nobody can hate the beatles whats wrong with you

I like that I found this in the messed up category for posts, it's fitting.

You must also pee in your kitchen sink and stuff crayons up your nose.

I hate both of them

Are you a troll? Its Ok to hate the Beatles (I used to hate them simply because my dad used to sing along with his headphones on--horribly I might add).Its normal for a young person--18 and under--to think the Jonas Brothers are the best. However the Jonas Brothers suck--big time! Its probably your age or the fact that you haven't been exposed to much good music. As you get older your music tastes will change (at least I hope they will).

*Covers ears*

AND I'LL SEND ALL MY LOVIN' TO YOU
AND I PRETEND THAT I'M KISSIN'
THE LIPS THAT I'M MISSIN'
Blah.. blah.. Blah..

Annoy you yet? That was only three lines of All My Lovin'!

i hate the beatles too!! lol! im young so yea no wonder i dont give a damn bout tht stupid band

listen to them for a day and you'll be a better person, I promise. If you don't feel better after listening to them for one day, kill yourself because you're never going to live for real.

Lol obvs troll

People just buy into talentless retards like the Beatles because their music's happy-sounding. For God's sake, they sang so terribly as if their dicks were literally on fire! Sex is even more relevant than those stupid Liverpudlians.

Ah, the amount of people who take this seriously. Was I the only one who laughed when reading the post? Reading the majority of other comments, it seems so.

The Beatles suck, but the Jonas Brothers suck just as much.

What do I expect from a person who likes the Jonas Brothers, who only got famous because of Disney and mind control really? what world are you living in?

Its a bit unfair saying they are good just because they're American and the Beatles are just respected, their music is not the best NOW but sure was then, mostly because they were one of the first British bands to make it in the US which is a huge achievement and I doubt the Jonas Brothers will be cared about even 5 years from now, sorry but they suck!

I don't know why I hate them so much...but I just do! I mean I seriously hate their music! Along with the tragically hip... don't get me started on them -_-

This made me want to kill several cats. The beatles will poo on your doorstep.

its ok to not like the beatles, but then you said you liked the jonas brothers and i knew you were some 9 year old girl on her moms iphone

This bitch. -.-

I don't like neither the jonas brother nor the beatles.

Hate Beatles but like jonas brothers?

Kill yourself!

Sorry, but what kind of stuff are you smoking?

Nooooooo! Never!!!!!
Na just kidding, your opinion mate you can choose,for me, I love 'em!!!

Please do us a favour and go burn in hell. :)

This is what's wrong with America.

I agree with the "I hate the beatles" part, but jonas brothers? OH god no..

Seriously? You hate the beatles, but you LOVE the Jonas brothers. The beatles CHANGED music. They're inspirational. The Jonas brothers honestly don't even have very good voices, and they're stupid for dating the prettiest actresses/singers in America and ditching them. The Jonas brothers were just a trend, the beatles will live on forever.

The Jonas brothers are 100 times WORSE. I think the beatles are OK, but those Jonas brothers are a bunch of Transgender idiots who are WAY overated!!!

wwhhhaaaat cmon dont say that the beatles are cool

lets see, who will we remember in 7 years? The Beatles, or the jonASS (where they like to get it) brothers?

score: 1 Beatles, -7 J. B.

I just love the sweet smell of Troll in the morning :-D Err...afternoon...

That's the 60s for ye, the Beatles were and will remain one of the biggest bands of all time, u had Lennon/McCartney as major song writers and u won't get another band like them, as for the Jonas brothers they r crap compared to the Beatles. There's no band could even come close to the Beatles m

to be honest, anyone i know hates the beatles. it's only really americans that do like them- so hats off to you for not!

No it isnt

"i hate the beatles. is that normal?" No, it's not normal but who wants to be normal? the problem for starters is that there are too many sheeple who are afraid of being "abnormal". I hate the beatles too. Their rabid fanbase annoy the me even more.

People,just chill. It's obvious this is a troll.

PUSSEH

Obvious toll Troll is obvious.

Is it normal to waste your time, and others', by writing stupid f---ing "questions" and "opinions" that are so obviously fake? Either you're a) just f---ing around on the site like an idiot, lying for no good reason, OR you b) actually think the... Jonas Brothers(?? Stupid as all f---ing hell to say so, but not funny) better than the Beatles. I'd say 90% chance it's a)--and 10% chance it's b). Either way, you f---ing suck, and should consider dying. Asshole.

really now? the jonas brothers? ARE YOU KIDDING ME?

God are you people idiots? Look at the replies! The OP is OBVIOUSLY TROLLING and he's getting the exact response that he wants. - It needs to end HERE.

mhm. ummm. are you gay! what are you like 11 years old. The beatles are stll making more money then any of the singers today by the beatles rockband, their cd's ect... im 14 i've loved the beatles all my life! no one likes the fag bros anymore, and the beatles do not scream, screamo was'nt even invented in the 60s, go do some reading

And in Paul McCartney's authorized biography Many Years From Now, Mick Jagger's former girlfriend singer Marriane Faithful says that she and Mick used to go over to Paul's house a lot and hang out in his music room. She said he never went to see them at their house they always went to visit him because he was Paul McCartney.She also said that Mick was intimidated by Paul but that Paul was totally oblivious to this.

Paul also says in this book that he turned Mick on to pot in his music room and he said which is funny because a lot of people would assume it was the other way around.


The Beatles revolutionized popular and rock music,and were very innovative,creative & prolific and no other group was as much as The Beatles were,and their songs the most covered in music historty by ev are the most covered of all time with everyone
from jazz,classical,Motown,rock,and even heavy metal recording and playing their great timeless music.



Many academic musicologists and music scholars have done serious studies and analyses and praise of their music,like university of Penn graduate AlanW.Pollack who did an 11 year detailed analyses of every musicologists like university of Michigan music professor and musician Walter Everett who wrote the 2 volume,THe Beatles As Musicians:Th Quarry Men Though Rubber Soul, and The Beatles As Musicians:REvolver Through Anthology.And British musicologist,classical composer and music professor Willifrid Mellers 1973 book,Twilight Of The Gods;The Music Of The Beatles and he also wrote about Beethoven,Mozart and Bob Dylan.


And award winning music professors teaching college courses like award winning music professor and classical composer Dr.Glen Gass who has been teaching a course on what brilliant composers they were and a course on rock music since 1982 at Indiana University School of Music. Dr.Gary Kendal's Beatles course is the most requested North Western University,and Oxford University recently had a Beatles course so does The university of California etc. How many serious music scholars,musicologists and award winning music professors and composers are teaching colleg courses and writing serious academic works on how brilliant The Rolling Stones were?

Not only did The Beatles give The Rolling Stones one of their first hits with their rock n roll song I Wanna Be Your Man,and they wrote it right in front of them and Keith Richards and Mick Jagger were impressed and like wow how can you write a song just like that and it motivated them to start writing their own songs.

And as I already said The Rolling Stones were good friends with and fans of The Beatles.

Mick Jagger was at 4 Beatles recording sessions and Keith Richards was at 2 of them with him.Also Mick Jagger was such a big Beatles fan that in May 1967 when The Beatles were redording their song Baby You're A Rich Man he came there and stood on the sidelines to watch and listen to them recording it. His name is also on the tape box and he likely sang at the end verses.


Also Mick Jagger said that Keith Richards loved The Beatles and loved their beautiful melodies and harmonies and that Keith and Brian Jones tried to equal them but he said Brian couldn't sing good enough!Charlie is obviously envious with sour grapes,The Beatles remastered albums sold much more 40 years after their break up than The Rolling Stones remastered albums and they are still together! The Beatles have the best selling album of the last decade with their CD 1.

And Brian Jones played the saxaphone on the strange Beatles song, You Know My Name Look Up The Number and he and Mick Jagger's girlfriend at the time Marriane Faithful contributed sound effects on the song Yellow Submarine.

As this guy Sal66 who has also posted on sites debunking ignorant cr*p about The Beatles has rightfully pointed out, The Beatles wrote,played and recorded I Feel Fine (which The All Music Guide says has brilliant,active ,difficult guitar leads and riffs) in the Fall of 1964 which was the first use of feedback guitar on a pop rock record and it also had a prominent guitar riff throughout this very good song almost a year *before* The Rolling Stones's Satisfaction came out.

There used to be an online interview with Charlie Watts from a 1973 Magazine called,Zig Zag called,The Drinking Man's Rolling Stone. He says that The Beatles and The Rolling Stones were good friends,and that they were a lot alike as people. He also said what made The Beatles so great is that they made one great album and one great single after the next.



And I don't want to be on bad terms with anyone on here, and I'm not trying to bother anybody ,but I really am just trying to debunk this totally inaccurate ridiculous unfortunately common myth that The Beatles were ever a boy band,they were a great *ROCK n ROLL* band from the start!

John and George especially hated Beatle Mania,and George says in The Anthology series,that it took a toll on their nervous systems,they had no life either trapped in hotel rooms most of the time. They wanted to be popular & successful as every band does,but they didn't want or ask for the hysteria.John says in his 1975 Tomorrow Show interview that the screaming wasn't doing the music any good,and that things would break down and nobody would know.



The Beatles sound great on their live roof top January 1969 concert in The Let It Be Film, and the sound systems had improved by then,(although still very limited compared to today's) and there were no more screaming crowds.

Also there is an online interview with Roger Daltry,Roger's Journey With The Who in The Sun and he was asked if The Who had screaming girls at a certain point,and he said after Can't Explain they did.He said it was fun at first but the trouble for a performer when you are that young and inexperienced is that you start to judge your performances on the amount they scream,he said it's nonsense which is why Lennon gave up. He also said that The Who's manager turned their image overnight from scruffy rockers to Mods.



If you still insist the false ludicrous claim that The early Beatles were ever a "boy band" then you are just further proving the title of this topic,your stupidity.When The Beatles played live in 1963,64,65 & 66 they only had 100 watt amplifiers,no feedback monitors so they couldn't hear themselves sing and play,plus the screaming crowds and that's why they gave up touring.

George Harrison says in The Beatles Anthology video series,that for their August 1965 Shea Stadium concerts, special 100 watt amplifiers were made and that they went up from only 30 watts before. Given how limited and primitive the sound systems were then,it's amazing they sounded as good as they did live.

Former Kiss guitarist Bob Kulick who produced the heavy metal album Butchering The Beatles, said he saw The Beatles in concert in 1966 and he said he could hear parts of Baby's In Black & Paperback Writer and they sounded amazing.



A guy Steve from Canada said on Artist Facts,that he saw The Beatles live in 1966 and The Stones in 1996(and the sound systems by then were a zillion times better!) and he said don't get me wrong,The Stones were great but they were no match for The Beatles and he called The Beatles The Greatest Band Of All Time.

And a guy said on a message board in September, said that he too once wrongly believed that the early Beatles were a boy band like The Back Street Boys,until he got out of 7th grade.The Beatles started out playing 8 hours a night in the sleazy strip clubs of Hamburg Germany,taking speed pills to stay awake,wearing tight black leather jackets and pants,smoking and cursing on stage,and had sex with so many young women groupies including the strippers in those clubs,they were successful there. They also played successfully in the Liverpool Cavern Club for years.

Even many fans of The Rolling Stones who are also Beatles fans, said on several Rolling Stones message boards,and Beatles fans said this on Beatles fan boards,that THe Beatles cleaned up image was a total fake one created by their manager,and that they know that The Beatles were just as wild as The Stones with sex and drugs in their personal lives and were friends who hung out together.

Boy Bands also don't have musicians(of course not they don't even play their own instruments!) such as Stanley Clarke,Will Lee,Billy Sheehan,Sting and Wilco's John Stirratt call their bass player,one of the greatest,melodic and influential bass players ever as they said about Paul McCartney. Nor do they have Eric Clapton call a pretty good guitar player as he said about John Lennon and was a member of his live 1969 Plastic Ono Band.

Anyone saying,I hate The Beatles,The Beatles suck & or they were ever a "boy band" is very ignorant!

As a poster Reverend Rock who is a Reverend and a rock musician and a big Beatles fan said on a classic rock site a few years ago,that anybody who knows The Beatles history knows it's ludicrious to even suggest that The Beatles were ever a "boy band"!

And true boy bands don't play their own instruments,(they only sing and dance),they don't write tons of critically acclaimed,popular,classic songs including many great rock songs and The Beatles wrote more than a few great rock songs in their early days,boy bands don't revolutionize popular and rock music,are very innovative,creative & prolific as The Beatles were,and don't have their songs the most covered in music historty by everyone from jazz,classical,Motown,rock,and even heavy metal recording and playing their great timeless music.

Boy bands also don't have academic musicologists doing serious studies and analyses and praise of their music,like university of Penn graduate AlanW.Pollack who did an 11 year detailed analyses of every Beatles song and his study is online,and shows how The Beatles used unusual,interesting and even complex chords even in their early songs from 1963 and 1964.As Bob Dylan,Roger McGuinn and in December 1963 The London Times musicologist William Mann,all pointed out too.

They also don't have musicologists like university of Michigan music professor and musician Walter Everett who wrote the 2 volume,THe Beatles As Musicians:Th Quarry Men Though Rubber Soul, and The Beatles As Musicians:REvolver Through Anthology.And British musicologist,classical composer and music professor Willifrid Mellers 1973 book,Twilight Of The Gods;The Music Of The Beatles which was the first serious music study of their music,and he also wrote about Beethoven,Mozart,and Bob Dylan.

Boy bands also don't have award winning music professors teaching college courses like award winning music professor and classical composer Dr.Glen Gass who has been teaching a course on what brilliant composers they were and a course on rock music since 1982 at Indiana University School of Music.

They don't write hits for other artists as early as 1963, like THe Beatles did for BillyJ.Krammer and The Dakotas,Celia Black,Peter and Gordon,and a rock n roll song,I Wanna Be You're Man given to The Rolling Stones which became one of The Rolling Stones first hits,and which they wrote right in fron of them and Keith Richards and Mick Jagger were impressed and were like,wow how can you write a song just like that and it inspired them to start writing their own songs.

The Rolling Stones were good friends with The Beatles and Mick Jagger was at 4 Beatles recording sessions and Keith Richards was at 2 of them with him.

Pete Townsend along with John Bonham, John Paul Jones and David Gilmore played on 2 songs on the last Wings album Back To The Egg that came out in 1979 . They also all played with Paul and Wings in the last Wings concerts in December 1979.

Pete also along with Phil Collins who is also a big Beatles fan since he was 13 in the concert scene in the Beatles film A Hard Day's Night, played on Paul's 1986 album Press To Play.

And I have found over 50 former Beatles haters on different message boards who are now big Beatles fans,many call them The Greatest Rock Band Ever and most say they now think they were brilliant song writers. I didn't communicate with these people, but they said in their posts that they hadn't even heard most of their songs and albums,and had inaccurate misperceptions of them like the ridiculous one that they ever were a "boy band." Which besides knowing even most of their music and knowing their history knows is totally false.

Last year a musician posted on some message board about the new John Lennon biography, and he said watch The Beatles Anthology video series and learn how truly immensely talented this band was.

Most people don't hate The Beatles in the first place and people don't usually go from hating a band to loving them, so it just goes to show how great and timeless their music really is/was!

I once found a post a few years ago of a 35 year old musician in Jamaica who said on his blog that when he was younger and a big Who fan he used to think The Beatles were overrated, but that he did a 300 degree turn around and he said he now truly believes that The Beatles were the greatest rock band ever.

And it was John & Paul who wrote one of their first hits,I Wanna Be You're Man in early 1964 and they wrote it right in front of Mick Jagger and Keith Richards who were blown away and said how can you just write a song just like that?! And it inspired them
to start writing their own songs.




The Beatles wrote *plenty* of great rock songs including hard rock on The White Album and Abbey Road and as many have rightfully pointed out Paul invented heavy metal with his 1968 song Helter Skelter and people have also said John's I Want You She's So Heavy on Abbey road was also one of the first heavy metal songs.




Even in their early days they wrote some great rockers that were very rocky for the times, as The All Music Guide said,in their very good review of Past Masters Volume 1 that they proved they could rock really really hard,with John's I Feel Fine from late 1964 which featured the very recorded feedback guitar on a rock song,and Paul's great blues rocker,She's A Woman also from late 1964,and what they called the peerless I'm Down which is Paul's screaming rocker from mid 1965 which they performed even harder rocking, and screaming in August 1965 at Shea Stadium.

Also John's You Can't Do That from early 1964,is a great rock song,so is Day Dripper,Paperback Writer, And You're Bird Can Sing, She Said She Said,Taxman,Oh Darling,Hey Bulldog etc!

On Last FM. The Rolling Stones only had 80 members of their fan group in 2007, The Beatles had over 2,000 which is now over 11,000 and the average age of fans is 22 more guys than girls and they are from all over the world!

In 2006,2007 and 2008 The Beatles were the # 1 most listened music artists on Last.FM and they are very popular on YouTube and Rate Your Music where many male and female fans in their teens and 20's call them The Greatest Rock Band Ever!

The Beatles are still rightfully regarded by most people,most rock critics,and many other music and rock artists as The most creative,innovative,and prolific rock band ever!

As many people even some Rolling Stones fans have said, The Rolling Stones haven't made a great record in at least 25 years or more.

And they copied The Beatles in many ways including trying to rip off Sgt.Pepper with their Satanic Majesties Request album and in October 1965 George Harrison was the first to play a sitar on a opo rock record on The Beatles brilliant folk rock album Rubber Soul,& then in May 1966 Brain Jones played a sitar on Paint It Black.Also as a poster Sal66 who also has posted great information debunking ignorant garbage about The Beatles,(& he gives detailed examples of innovative they really were)pointed out that The Beatles I Feel Finewhich as The All Music Guide says has brilliant,active difficult guitar leads &riffs & the first use of feedback guitar on a pop rock record,came out almost a *before* The Rolling Stones Satisfaction.

Also, classical composer Leonard Bernstein called John and Paul the greatest composers of the 20th century so did Elton John on a 1991 CBS Morning news show,he was asked who he musically admires and he said you can talk about your Rogers and Hammerstein but for the quanity of quality songs that Lennon and McCartney wrote in that short period of time,he said he thinks they were the greatest song writers of the 20th century.Brian Wilson said this too on a 1995 Nightline Beatles tribute show. The Beatles are in the Vocal Hall of Fame and The Song Writing Hall of Fame and they were awarded about 20 prestigious Ivor Nevello awards as great singers and song writers in just a remarkable 8 year recording career,John and Paul won the first one in early 1964!

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Bob Dylan talks of Beatles friendship

Legend admits: 'I'm in awe of McCartney'

May 16, 2007

Bob Dylan has spoken in depth about his longstanding friendship with The Beatles and his particular bond with George Harrison.

Talking to Rolling Stone magazine, Dylan talked freely about Harrison’s struggle to find his voice within the songwriting collective of John Lennon and Paul McCartney.

"George got stuck with being the Beatle that had to fight to get songs on records because of Lennon and McCartney. Well, who wouldn’t get stuck?" he asked.

Dylan highlighted the writing talents of Harrison, saying: "If George had had his own group and was writing his own songs back then, he’d have been probably just as big as anybody."

Speaking against popular belief, the singer also denounced any rumours of competitiveness towards Lennon and McCartney, asserting, "They were fantastic singers. Lennon, to this day, it’s hard to find a better singer than Lennon was, or than McCartney was and still is."

Nodding his cap to McCartney in particular, Dylan concluded: "I’m in awe of McCartney. He’s about the only one that I am in awe of. He can do it all. And he’s never let up... He’s just so damn effortless.

Also in an excellent Beatles book Ticket To Ride by Denny Somach where so many other well known popular respected rock musicians and artists are interviewed about The Beatles praising them including Jimmy Page,Brian Wilson who says he's always loved The Beatles. And Brian Wilson called John & Paul the greatest song writers of the 20th century on a 1995 Nightline Beatles tribute show,(which had on music artists from every type of music,a young black jazz musician,a middle aged black opera singer,Steve Winwood,Meatloaf,and classical violnist Isak Perleman,who said he plays his children Bach,Beethoven Mozart and The Beatles)and he played With A Little Help From My Friends on the piano and he said he just loves this song. He also said that Sgt.Pepper is the greatest album he ever heard and The All Music Guide says in their Beach Boys biography,that Brian had a nerveous breakdown after he heard it. Brian also said that when he first heard The Beatles brilliant 1965 folk rock album Rubber Soul he was blown away by it.He said all of the songs flowed together and it was pop music but folk rock at the same time and he couldn't believe they did this so great,this inspired him to make Pet Sounds.



John Lodge and Justin of The Moody Blues are interviewed in this book and Bill Wyman and Ron Wood says how The Rolling Stones became good friends with The Beatles in 1963 after John and Paul wrote 1 of their first hits,the Rock n Roll song,I Wanna Be You're Man.


Ron Wood was asked what his favorite Beatles songs and he said there are so many apart from the obvious like Strawberry Fields I Want To Hold Your Hand is one he said he used to like a lot ,and he said he really loved We Can Work It Out.He also says that The Beatles used to have a radio show every Friday where they played live and spoke and he would never miss an episode. He said infact whoever has the rights to those shows should dig them up,because they are incredible.


Justin Hayward says that the album he always really loved ,and he said it was when they started experimenting with chord structures ,was A Hard Day's Night.He says they began to move away from the standard 3 chord thing and just went into more interesting structures .He said A Hard Day's Night was the album for him and their song If I Fell was the song.He said it started in a different key to how it ended up,and it's a beautifully worked out song and that there are some songs on that album that were very emotinal and evocative. He said that for everybody just starting to write songs as he was,it was a real turn on and eye opener.

Robin Zander of Cheap Trick said he's probably one of the biggest Beatles fans on the planet.Brad Whitford of Aerosmith said that a lot of that Beatles influence comes from Steven Tyler's collaborartion with Mark Hudson both whom are absolute Beatles freaks and he said I guess the goal is to try and emulate probably some of the best music of the last 50 years which has to be The Beatles.

As The All Music Guide says in their excellent Beatles biography "That it's difficult to summarize their career without restating cliches that have already been digested by tens of millions of rock fans, to start with the obvious,they were the greatest and most influential act of the rock era and introduced more innovations into popular music than any other rock band of the 20th century."

"Moreover they were among the few artists of *any* discipline that were simultaneously the best at what they did *and* the most popular at what they did." THey also say as singers John Lennon and Paul McCartney were among the best and most expressive in rock.

Also on an excellent site,The Evolution of Rock Bass Playing McCartney Style by Dennnis Alstrand,Stanley Clarke,Sting,Will Lee,Billy Sheehan,George Martin and John Lennon are quoted saying what a great,melodic and influential bass player Paul has always been'

And Wilco's John Stirratt was asked in Bass Player which bass players have had the most impact on his playing and the first thing he said was, Paul McCartney is one of the greatest bass players of all time,if you listen to what he was tracking live in the studio it's unbelievable." "With his tone and musicality he was a huge influence,he covered all of his harmonic responsibilities really well but his baselines were absolutely melodic and inventive."

And in an online 1977 Eric Clapton interview,Eric Clapton In His Own Words he says that there was always this guitar game between John and George,and he said partly because John was a pretty good guitar player himself.He played live with John as a member of John's 1969 Plastic Ono Band.

And there is a great online article by musician and song writer Peter Cross,The Beatles Are The Most Creative Band Of All Time and he says that many musicians besides him recognize Paul as one of the best bass guitar players ever.He too says that John and Paul are the greatest song composers are among the 2 greatest singers in rock and that John,Paul and George were all excellent guitarists and that George is underrated by people not educated about music but that ERic Clapton knew better,he also says that both John and Paul played great leads as well as innovative rhythm tracks.

John Lennon co-wrote,sang and played guitar on one of David Bowie's first hits Fame and David invited John to play guitar on his version of John's beautiful Beatles song Across The Universe in 1975.Brain May,Ozzy Osbourne,and Liam Gallagher and many more call The Beatles The Greatest Band Ever.

Also on MusicRadar Tom Petty,Joe Perry and Richie Sambora in What The Beatles Mean To Me all say how cool and great they thought The Beatles were when they first saw them on THe Ed Sullivan Show in Februar 1964 when they were just teen boys,Richie was only 5.Tom Petty said he thought they were really really great.

As The Rolling Stone Album Guide said,not liking The Beatles is as perverse as not liking the sun. And Ozzy Osbourne said not loving The Beatles is like not loving oxogen. And a guy who runs Keno's Classic Rock n Roll Site and who runs a Rolling Stones and John Lennon fan site says in his review of The Beatles 1967-1970 Red Album damn The Beatles were one great group and he said in his great review of The Beatles 1962-1966 Red album, that if you don't love or at least like The Beatles and their music then you are not a true rock fan and more than likely will never ever get it.Billy Joel also said you can't like music and dislike The Beatles.

He also says that John Lennon showed on Paul's rocker Get Back why he should have played lead guitar more often because he did such a good job of it. He also said he played a pretty good slide guitar on George's For Your Blue and he said John also played one of the first and best acid guitar parts on his great rocker Revolution.

obviously the jonas brothers are a supreme musical talent and have the added bonus of penises untouched by the hand of woman

I honestly can not believe i just read that. You say the Jonas Brothers are better than the Beatles?!?! You sir, should be shot in the face and buried face down in an unmarked grave. It is people like you who have completely destroyed any faith i had left in the human race. I think i would rather listen to Fran Drecsher for 24 hours straight than listen to one note of a Jonas Brothers song. They are bubblegum pop music shit. I would rather stab myself in the dick with a soldering iron than ever have to listen to them. If you believe in hell, than there is an extremely dark and chaotic corner reserved for you and miley cyrus fans; and guess what? They'll probably be playing the Beatles there. You know why? JUST TO PISS YOU OFF!!

lol, this is hilarious.

Holy god!! Why the hell are we talking about the beetles!?! And then to say the jonas brothers are better, that's even worse!! You need to have a donkey rape you, that'll learn yaaa for listening to that GAAARRBBBAAGGE!

f*ck you! have you ever listened to the beatles!? the albums like rubber soul, revolver, abby road, peppers lonely hearts club band, magical mystery tour, and white album are my favorites, the classics will forever be etched into our memory. not that i need an argument, you and your generation are getting punishment enough for having to listen to 50 cent, lil' wayne, t-pain and all those lip-syncing fanboys.If it wasnt for the 1960's peace movement, you would see any african-american artists out as you do now.

My class had a discussion about this very thing today really ironic. A kid only liked rap and nothing else, and he kept ranting about how beatles in particular sucked, then my teacher asks "How many songs by them have you heard" the kid replies "uhh...none." Your personality in particular i love to make fun of... imean, jonas brothers? wtf is that? Let's see how good they can play "While my guitar gently weeps" with their fake disney guitars (as they shove it up their butts, referencing the jonas' obvious homosexuality.)

bboy765 is right they suck.

Who are Jonas Brothers?

I agree, I am almost 30 and I feel that they suck ass. I just think they are extremely overrated and achieved far more than they should have.

Yet one more thing that drugs emphasised and made far cooler than it would have been alone.

Two things
1. They fell for them cuz they were cute
2. Jonas Brothers suck

P.s.

THEY ARE GAY

Dickhead, the Beatles are really great!

dude the beatles were gods amongst men and the remainder still are (paul,ringo) they worked hard to get to where they were and literally made girls cry and scream in happiness by the sight of them. but the jonas brother are just gay rich whiney bit.ches who are only famous because they have long hair and one of them can do a backflip while lip synching to a recorded song wippety fu.ckin doo they have no talent at all and are puss bags

Are you kiding me!? The Jonas Brothers are not even remotely as talented or more talented than the Beatles. The Jonas Brothers are just noise that 10-14 year old desperate girls find appealing cause their cute. The Beatles have inspired MILLIONS of bands out there. Who have the Jonas Brothers inspired...? Let me guess...ZERO!

Kudos man...I agree

it is fine to hate the beatles, but unless you are a 12 year old girl, it is not normal to like the jonas brothers. to even try to compare them to the jonas brothers is just foolish. the jonas brothers is a band of incestive faggots who only made to where they are because of the disney channel. they have absolutely no talent what so ever when it comes to music. all they are is a stage act jumping around to some homosexual music with instruments in their hands. and sure, the beatles yell and scream, sometimes, but not all that often. have you ever heard "across the universe?" it is a very mellow song and with absolutely no screaming. and to say that the jonas brothers are more fresh is just stupid, in the early 60's when the beatles were first coming out, nobody had ever heard that kind of sound before. it was "new" and "fresh". the jonas brothers sound just like every other lame disney band and will not be remembered in even 10 years, the beatles have been listened to for the past few decades, and i don't think it will stop there.

Maybe you are not so much the retard and obnoxious androgyne redneck version you try to appear to be, but a successful flammer, eh, heheh?
However, not liking something, whatever it is and regardless the general opinion, is normal, not so common, but normal. What is not so is to be into so grotesquely absurd conspiracy theories. Playing the jingoist, chauvinist all-american thing, is, unfortunately, also normal...

ANYONE WHO HATES THE BEATLES DOES NOT KNOW WHAT CLASSIC ROCK REALLY IS. AND GOVERNMENT MIND CONTROL IS A BUNCH OF BULL S**T. JONAS BROTHERS ARE ALSO NOT "FRESH" AT ALL. EVEN IF YOU DON'T LIKE THE BEATLES, AT LEAST ACKNOWLEDGE WHAT THEY DID FOR THE MUSIC WORLD. WITHOUT THEM, YOUR F*****G JONAS BROTHERS WOULD NOT EXIST.

"Most overrated band ever"... I agree.

Oh man..... I mean yeah, you're entitled to your opinion.... but what exactly is your definition of "screaming", dude? If you think the beatles scream I'd imagine you have yet to listen to metal of any kind. That might put things in perspective for you. Yeah to everyone else, sounds to me like this is just some kid who really doesnt know any better about the world or music. He doesnt have to like The Beatles, but hopefully one day he'll understand what "screaming" actually entails. Oh, and I think the Ramones are HUGELY overrated as well, to whoever said that.

BTW are you fat ??

This has got to be a joke.

If its not then you should sincerely be executed. The idea of someone who thinks this way reproducing makes me want to castrate myself and suck on an exhaust pipe.

Beatles is not that bad music never heard the jonas brothers. But if i was you i would accept the music just imagine you like it and later you wouldn't care about it anymore. It's just your mind is switched on a program if it hear beatles it create hate.

It's just a problem that people create whitout realising. Just ignore the music, but i bet if you listen to the radio you dont notice any songs but when beatles come your like :O dam beatles i hate them. =)?

Beatles suck. Jonass brothers rule. Funny stuff. In forty years no one will even remember the Jonass brothers. They will be about as popular as Oingo Boingo!!

Hell knows who the Jonas brothers are, but just because someone is American it does not make them more talented. I makes them more ignorant...

whatever you cant really say that a bandsucks cuz what might sound gay to you might sound good to others its all about how you percieve the world i guess....

i eat my poop. is that normal? but seriously the beatles do suck

Beatles suck
Jonas brothers gay
Metal,Grunge Yeahhh

Yeah I totally agree... the beatles suck long hairy donkey dick.

Imagine a world where the very best thing anyone ever heard was Elvis. Now you can begin to appreciate the Beatles.
I never listen to them anymore. I'm really done with them, and there is so much better stuff since them that I see no reason to feel obligated to pay them any mind.
But there was a time when I never changed radio stations when it was playing a Beatle tune.

The Beatles are a children's band. They write music for little kids.

As you should. They apparently were followers of Alister (I think that I spelled that wrong) Crowley. Crowley was an evil man. He was a satanist as well as a pedophile. Apparently, there were/are other musicians who were followers of him as well. It's all very disturbing stuff.

AUGH!! NO! I'll bet you listen to that crap that plays on the radio. =(

Everyone loves The Beatles!

*GASP*

you are retarded!!

I hate you. The Beatles are awesome!

oh god!! i cant stand the beatles either. when people mention them to me i get sooooo mad.

Haha you are stupid.

I like some beatles songs but i think its more normal to hate the beatles than it is to like them. I don't like beatles fans cause they act like they are the best band ever and that no one can compare to them like they're fucking geniuses. i think jonas brothers are gay as fuck tho, so i would say..a band like tool is way better than the beatles!