Why do people say The Beatles were overrated?

solmu said:
They were great, just not as great as the Stones.
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Lol, come on man.. <45>

Mick knows..

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Love me some Stones though (65-74).
 
They are obviously very good and were revolutionary for their time. But many people tend to say that each member of the band is the second coming of Christ and their music is perfect up to the last note and plays before the gate of heaven, which is of course bullshit.
 
ssBaldy said:
They are obviously very good and were revolutionary for their time. But many people tend to say that each member of the band is the second coming of Christ and their music is perfect up to the last note and plays before the gate of heaven, which is of course bullshit.
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What, even Ringo?{<huh}
 
They wrote some great songs. Combined they aren’t fucking Dylan. As far as influential they are at the top
 
I don’t think they’re overrated, I’m just not really a fan. But their impact on rock n roll and popular music in general is pretty fucking massive. They’ve written some of the best songs of all time. If you listed the Top 5 songs in popular music history, the Beatles would probably appear 2 or 3 times.
 
It's just down to taste really. I find them mostly good but a bit hit and miss. I absolutely despise Sgt Peppers.

But basically if everyone listened to the musical canon they'd find a shitload of stuff that's not for them.
 
Alphaboy said:
I hear this said A LOT. I know that taste is subjective, but I see it said very often.

J/w if someone can explain why they think that. I think they have some pretty good songs.

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because I fucking hate them
also, The Monkeys were a huge influence on the Beatles
 
Alphaboy said:
I hear this said A LOT. I know that taste is subjective, but I see it said very often.

J/w if someone can explain why they think that. I think they have some pretty good songs.

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Because when you're rated so highly above everyone else, it's inevitable that your outlying detractors who don't like you will receive that acclaim bitterly.
 
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MXZT said:
Well they are considered the greatest musical artists ever. So I can see why people would say that. There just so high up on the pedestal for many. That there will be obvious haters. It just comes with the territory.
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This pretty much answers it. Nirvana has a similar thing going, very important band that’s dead lead singer is considered one of the best writers of all time.. that’s gonna get under a lot of microscopes looking for any imperfections or threads to tug on to unravel the opinion.


Is what it is. The most loved, are typically the most hated
 
I was never a huge fan. They're okay imo.. and they deserve a lot of praise.... But I've always thought the Stones were better up to 1970.
 
Because they suck ass. No talent product of sheep population
 
VitorReem said:
Because they suck ass. No talent product of sheep population
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They shit on your favorite band. Shit on them.
Madmick said:
These were all charting hits. Twenty of them were #1's (a standing record).
  1. A Day in the Life
  2. A Hard Day’s Night
  3. Act Naturally
  4. Ain't She Sweet
  5. All You Need Is Love
  6. And I Love Her
  7. Baby's in Black
  8. Baby, You're a Rich Man
  9. Back in the USSR
  10. Blackbird
  11. Can't Buy Me Love
  12. Come Together
  13. Day Tripper
  14. Dear Prudence
  15. Do You Want to Know a Secret
  16. Don't Let Me Down
  17. Drive My Car
  18. Eight Days a Week
  19. Eleanor Rigby
  20. Free as a Bird
  21. From Me to You
  22. Get Back
  23. Golden Slumbers
  24. Got to Get You Into My Life
  25. Hello Goodbye
  26. Help!
  27. Here Comes the Sun
  28. Hey Jude
  29. I Am the Walrus
  30. I Call Your Name
  31. I Don't Want to Spoil the Party
  32. I Feel Fine
  33. I Saw Her Standing There
  34. I Wanna Be Your Man
  35. I Want to Hold Your Hand
  36. I'll Cry Instead
  37. I'll Follow the Sun
  38. I'm a Loser
  39. I'm Only Sleeping
  40. In My Life
  41. Lady Madonna
  42. Let It Be
  43. Long Tall Sally
  44. Love Me Do
  45. Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
  46. Magical Mystery Tour
  47. Matchbox
  48. Maxwell's Silver Hammer
  49. Michelle
  50. My Bonnie
  51. Norwegian Wood
  52. Nowhere Man
  53. Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
  54. Octopus's Garden
  55. P.S. I Love You
  56. Paperback Writer
  57. Penny Lane
  58. Please Please Me
  59. Rain
  60. Real Love
  61. Revolution
  62. Roll Over Beethoven
  63. Rocky Raccoon
  64. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart Club Band
  65. She's a Woman
  66. She Loves You
  67. She Said She Said
  68. Slow Down
  69. Something
  70. Strawberry Fields
  71. Taxman
  72. Thank You Girl
  73. The Ballad of John and Yoko
  74. The Long and Winding Road
  75. Ticket To Ride
  76. Twist and Shout
  77. Yellow Submarine
  78. Yesterday
  79. We Can Work It Out
  80. When I'm Sixty-Four
  81. (I Get High) With a Little Help from my Friends

That's not counting hits so big they've become cultural landmarks by them as solo artists like "Imagine" or "Across the Universe" by John Lennon, "My Guitar Gently Weeps" by George Harrison, or "Maybe I'm Amazed", "Band on the Run", and "Live and Let Die" (for the Bond film) by Paul McCartney.
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Probably because they are treated like Gods when it's just pop music.

They were right place, right time and the right combination of talent. The stars just happened to align. I guess I would say I'm a big Beatles fan in that I have all of their albums and find almost everything they do interesting. I can still understand the criticism though but mostly just because they get overhyped by the fanatics.

I will say, Let It Be just got remastered and honestly, I don't think it's a very good album. I'd probably go 7/10 which is still solid but there's a lot of filler and/or average songs on there.
 
Senzo Tanaka said:
Probably because they are treated like Gods when it's just pop music.

They were right place, right time and the right combination of talent. The stars just happened to align. I guess I would say I'm a big Beatles fan in that I have all of their albums and find almost everything they do interesting. I can still understand the criticism though but mostly just because they get overhyped by the fanatics.

I will say, Let It Be just got remastered and honestly, I don't think it's a very good album. I'd probably go 7/10 which is still solid but there's a lot of filler and/or average songs on there.
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Let it be is pretty shit if we're being honest. Still that was a band at the end of their cycle, so I'll let them off.
 
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