# The Beatles: Could you happily live without ever hearing another song of theirs?

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**Created:** [November 22, 2010, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-beatles-could-you-happily-live-without-ever-hearing-another-song-of-theirs/561563 "2010-11-22T19:20:39Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 3, 2010, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-beatles-could-you-happily-live-without-ever-hearing-another-song-of-theirs/561563/61 "2010-12-03T23:18:39Z")

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> [@LC\_Strawhouse](#):
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> I think some people have been saying this for years. I saw some clips of early British punk shows from around 1977, where they worked up the crowds by chanting “No more Beatles, Elvis, Rolling Stones!!!”.

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Phony Beatlemania  
has bitten the dust\*

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