# The Beatles were overrated **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 7, 2017, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-beatles-were-overrated/793022 "2017-08-07T18:19:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2017, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-beatles-were-overrated/793022/41 "2017-08-07T20:40:26Z")
> [@](#): > > The other day I was listening to a stereo L.P. of The Beatles in which the voices come out of one side and the backing track comes out of the other. And when you actually hear the backing tracks of The Beatles without their voices, they’re flippin’ lousy. –Pete Townshend ---
**Author:** ![CurtC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ce73a5/32.png) [@CurtC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CurtC)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2017, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-beatles-were-overrated/793022/42 "2017-08-07T20:43:47Z")
> [@Scumpup](#): > > Two or three of The Beatles are overrated. Paul was about 97% of the talent in that band. So how come when they parted ways, Paul did nothing but crap? John did a lot of crap as well, but at least there were a few gems mixed in. ---
**Author:** ![Reddy\_Mercury](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/43a26b/32.png) [@Reddy\_Mercury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reddy_Mercury)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2017, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-beatles-were-overrated/793022/43 "2017-08-07T20:46:47Z")
> [@CurtC](#): > > So how come when they parted ways, Paul did nothing but crap? > > John did a lot of crap as well, but at least there were a few gems mixed in. “Band on the Run”, “Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey”, “Live and Let Die”?? ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2017, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-beatles-were-overrated/793022/44 "2017-08-07T20:49:08Z")
> [@CurtC](#): > > So how come when they parted ways, Paul did nothing but crap? Nervous stomach? mmm ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2017, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-beatles-were-overrated/793022/45 "2017-08-07T20:54:49Z")
> [@Squallous](#): > > I did. I had something mundane and pointless that I felt I must share. I suggest YOU read the forum descriptions. > > It wasn’t a discussion. It was a mundane and pointless thing that I felt I must share. Bro, do you even mod? > > Oh, sorry, when the mundane and pointless thing I felt I must share was inexplicably moved from the forum titled Mundane Pointless Stuff I Must Share I thought it would be reasonable to point out how inexplicable that action was. But silly me. > > Trust me, I have. > > Maybe you should’ve consulted them in the first place before dropping this in their lap? Just sayin’. **Moderator Warning** **Squallous** , this is a warning for being a jerk, and for disputing moderation outside of ATMB. Continue in this line and you will find your ability to post here in jeopardy. Do not do this again. Colibri Moderator ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2017, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-beatles-were-overrated/793022/46 "2017-08-07T20:59:44Z")
The Beatles are also over-rich, over-laid and they overly influenced future musicians. There, I said it. Reality made a mistake. ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2017, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-beatles-were-overrated/793022/47 "2017-08-07T21:08:19Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Even Newton said he saw further because he stood on the shoulders of giants. > [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Isaac_Newton) Wayne Newton was influenced by “They Might Be Giants”? News to me. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Reddy\_Mercury](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/43a26b/32.png) [@Reddy\_Mercury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reddy_Mercury)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2017, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-beatles-were-overrated/793022/48 "2017-08-07T21:08:21Z")
To be honest the Beatles’ music has not aged as well as many of their competitors. I can still listen The Doors and Pink Floyd’s debuts with ease, but Sgt. Peppers sounds like old music in comparison. The production on that album in particular has not stood the test of time. Also, they had some pretty corny songs later like Rocky Racoon and Honeypie and The Story of Bungalow Bill. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2017, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-beatles-were-overrated/793022/49 "2017-08-07T21:12:05Z")
The Beatles are a living legend that will live long after other living legends have died. They were also bigger than Rod. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2017, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-beatles-were-overrated/793022/50 "2017-08-07T21:20:54Z")
> [@Reddy\_Mercury](#): > > To be honest the Beatles’ music has not aged as well as many of their competitors. I can still listen The Doors and Pink Floyd’s debuts with ease, but Sgt. Peppers sounds like old music in comparison. The production on that album in particular has not stood the test of time. Pink Floyd I won’t comment on. It’s still sonically pretty brilliant, even though it’s not my cup of tea, but the Doors? Sgt. Peppers sounds far better than anything the Doors ever did. I personally think most of the Beatles opus still sounds pretty fresh today. The Beatles were well before my time, but they still sound fantastic (well, minus some of their hyper-separated stereo stuff). ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2017, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-beatles-were-overrated/793022/51 "2017-08-07T21:36:44Z")
> [@CurtC](#): > > So how come when they parted ways, Paul did nothing but crap? > > John did a lot of crap as well, but at least there were a few gems mixed in. After they separated, Paul continued to pump out hit after hit. John dedicated himself to being a drunken, abusive, weird, public jackass for a long time and recorded a lot of self-indulgent crap. Then he became a reclusive, drunken, abusive, weird house-husband for a long time. Then he recorded a not-quite-mediocre album which became a million-seller because he got killed by another weirdo. I swear, I will never understand the 60s generation and their idolization of somebody as repulsive as John Lennon. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2017, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-beatles-were-overrated/793022/52 "2017-08-07T21:39:23Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > That doesn’t even make sense. If a bro isn’t a bro then how can a mod bro? **ITD** is a woman. How could she be a bro? ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Tan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/charlie_tan/32/12582_2.png) [@Charlie\_Tan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Tan)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2017, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-beatles-were-overrated/793022/53 "2017-08-07T21:42:58Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > **ITD** is a woman. How could she be a bro? That’s what _he_ said. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2017, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-beatles-were-overrated/793022/54 "2017-08-07T21:43:35Z")
> [@Scumpup](#): > > After they separated, Paul continued to pump out hit after hit. John dedicated himself to being a drunken, abusive, weird, public jackass for a long time and recorded a lot of self-indulgent crap. Then he became a reclusive, drunken, abusive, weird house-husband for a long time. Then he recorded a not-quite-mediocre album which became a million-seller because he got killed by another weirdo. > > I swear, I will never understand the 60s generation and their idolization of somebody as repulsive as John Lennon. Because we all have different tastes? A lot of people liked his music and didn’t care what he was like as a person. ---
**Author:** ![jaycat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat/32/3015_2.png) [@jaycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaycat)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2017, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-beatles-were-overrated/793022/55 "2017-08-07T22:42:38Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > The other day I was listening to a stereo L.P. of The Beatles in which the voices come out of one side and the backing track comes out of the other. And when you actually hear the backing tracks of The Beatles without their voices, they’re flippin’ lousy. > –Pete Townshend “Yet, there’s something universal about that music and The Beatles’ appeal that will go on for a long time to come, in spite of their not being here. Because they were driven by a real passion, which is still evident, and were endlessly innovative. They put an awful lot into the music and it lives on." –Pete Townshend ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2017, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-beatles-were-overrated/793022/56 "2017-08-07T22:44:44Z")
> [@Scumpup](#): > > I swear, I will never understand the 60s generation and their idolization of somebody as repulsive as John Lennon. Why pick on the 60s generation when multiple preceding generations did the same for Frank Sinatra? I find that people who base their criticism on little more than personal taste and antipathy to an artist’s personality can be dismissed as actual art critics. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2017, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-beatles-were-overrated/793022/57 "2017-08-07T23:15:07Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > The Beatles are a living legend that will live long after other living legends have died. They were also bigger than Rod. Well, at that time, Rod wouldn’t be big for another eight years yet, and certainly at that stage hadn’t had a hit. ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2017, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-beatles-were-overrated/793022/58 "2017-08-07T23:16:23Z")
[quote=“bobot, post:33, topic:793022”] A compromise: A few parts Beatles, a few parts Dead and we have JGB Dear Prudence! ( I know it’s not new to you. 🙂 ) [/QUOTE] Okay, that was actually really good. Rush still sucks though 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2017, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-beatles-were-overrated/793022/59 "2017-08-07T23:17:33Z")
> [@tomndebb](#): > > Why pick on the 60s generation when multiple preceding generations did the same for Frank Sinatra? > > I find that people who base their criticism on little more than personal taste and antipathy to an artist’s personality can be dismissed as actual art critics. Good evening. I’d like to talk to you tonight about the place of the nude in my bed … um … in the history of my bed … of art, art!! ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2017, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-beatles-were-overrated/793022/60 "2017-08-08T00:22:37Z")
> [@Slash1972](#): > > Rush still sucks though 🙂 Like a Dyson. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-beatles-were-overrated/793022.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-beatles-were-overrated/793022.md?page=4)