You could be right, I personally don't have an unbiased opinion--I love the music of the Beatles--but I grew up with it. So it is hard for me to judge overhype--but certainly there were other artists as influential if not more so.
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Why do you hate the Beatles?
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You could be right, I personally don't have an unbiased opinion--I love the music of the Beatles--but I grew up with it. So it is hard for me to judge overhype--but certainly there were other artists as influential if not more so.
An FM classic rock station of my acquaintance, has been playing Beatle breaks for months and months. Annoying. 
Additionally, some old twit from British Telly, who had a show called Saturday Club, does something called Breakfast With The Beatles, essentially a packaged informercial.
You keep hearing the same back stories over and over again, it then it goes back to the "beginnings", and blathers on and on. Interminable.
Can Steve be this devious??
Nah.
EDIT: OMG, it's on now, something about Nowhere Man, and George putting on weight. This one features Tiny Tim. Have you heard Tim sing Nowhere Man? Please, get a gun and kill me now.
EDIT EDIT: Screw you lot, you can suffer too. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5EcrraNTQo
Additionally, some old twit from British Telly, who had a show called Saturday Club, does something called Breakfast With The Beatles, essentially a packaged informercial.
You keep hearing the same back stories over and over again, it then it goes back to the "beginnings", and blathers on and on. Interminable.
Can Steve be this devious??
Nah.
EDIT: OMG, it's on now, something about Nowhere Man, and George putting on weight. This one features Tiny Tim. Have you heard Tim sing Nowhere Man? Please, get a gun and kill me now.
EDIT EDIT: Screw you lot, you can suffer too. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5EcrraNTQo
LOL--that is truly horrible--fortunately I had Weezer playing in the background to drown him out.
I'm 29 years old and by no means did I grow up in the Beatles generation - that was way before my time. However, I've been listening to them for as long as I can remember. I've always liked their music, but I do tend to veer towards the later end of their catalog, the more experimental tracks. However, I love the simpler songs they put out - think "Martha, My Dear"
You are probably right about them being over-hyped.
Part of what makes this an interesting announcement is the backdrop of Apple Inc vs. Apple Corps...he he...that and Guy Goma on the BBC.
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I don't think anyone who is unhappy today is so because they "hate the Beatles." They're unhappy because Apple's announcement -- after telling us they were going to introduce something we'd "never forget" -- was incredibly, incredibly underwhelming.
I don't think anyone who is unhappy today is so because they "hate the Beatles." They're unhappy because Apple's announcement -- after telling us they were going to introduce something we'd "never forget" -- was incredibly, incredibly underwhelming.
Well, anyone who buys into unreasonable hype is set for constant disappointment, whether it be from the Beatles, Apple, or whatever.
I think you're talking about the Who.
As for Apples announcement... meh... tell me something really exciting.
The Who was much better than The Beatles. Pete Townsend could blow John Paul and George off the stage.
Well, anyone who buys into unreasonable hype is set for constant disappointment, whether it be from the Beatles, Apple, or whatever.
Anyone with any brains should rebel from this type of "manipulation".
I think that speaks for most here.
They're comparable to Modern warfare 2. Over hyped and overall just not very good. I think all of there music is over played and too plain. But thats just my opinion.
You're not putting them in historical context.
If you did, the Beatles would clearly be Wolfenstein 3D.