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Grumpyprogfan
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What interests me the most in this 14 year old thread, is the amount of forum members who no longer participate.
The answer to the question is no. And how did a newbie unlock this thread? Edited by Grumpyprogfan - September 01 2024 at 18:45 |
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Logan
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^ No special newbie powers needed as it was not locked. It depends how many years ago was the latest response, not when it was created The last post before that post was in 2020, and one can still find many open topics with the latest response from 2018.
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Atavachron
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You can also Google a PA thread title (or even topic) and often find one from well over ten years ago, even if locked.
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"Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." -- John F. Kennedy
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AFlowerKingCrimson
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Some people will say that the Beatles invented the following genres:
Hard Rock Heavy Metal Folk Rock Art Rock Prog Rock Psychedelic Rock I say no to all six but they were influential in all of these and helped popularize all of these (ok maybe not so much metal).
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Atavachron
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The truth is the Beatles were as much brilliant imitators as they were innovators. Many of their songs were variations of styles, largely American styles, and reflect the music they were hearing as kids on U.S. broadcasts, Armed Forces, Swing & Jazz, Pop, etc.
But that's fair, and that's what most songwriters do-- They imitate and innovate at the same time. |
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"Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." -- John F. Kennedy
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richardh
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I voted 'No' but only in terms of sparking the British progressive rock scene. Famously Robert Fripp heard a Day In The Life and it changed his whole outlook and direction in music. It all seems to happen when Rubber Soul is recorded and establishes firmly the idea that 'popular music' can be about artistic expression. Before then it was mainly classical music and jazz that had those virtues. The Beach Boys were always behind the curve and Zappa was perhaps trying to cross over from some sort of free jazz style. In general the sixties brought forward a whole host of interesting and diverse music acts, far too many to mention but The Kinks, The Who and The Moody Blues were also innovative. Even The Rolling Stones (bless their cotton little woolies) were important and got the memo. It was a fun time but The Beatles still stood head and shoulders above the rest imo.
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Atavachron
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^ The Beach Boys behind the curve? They were so far ahead of the curve and sophisticated no one noticed. But they were overproduced, too richly vocal-oriented, and of course American...the progressive kiss of death.
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Sean Trane
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Tempting to say "a little too much", but in general, no, they were essential.
My question is how to reactivate a closed thread? As a special collab, I can't (or at least don't know how to) |
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let's just stay above the moral melee
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Psychedelic Paul
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This thread has only been inactive for four years previously, so I presume that's why it was still open.
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He's entitled to his opinion. Yes, they weren't the greatest musicians, after all they were pretty much self-taught and learned the rest from George Martin. They're still the most influential, regardless of what he thinks. I've had some interesting "discussions" with people on Twitter about The Beatles - one who insists Paul died and was replaced by Billy Shears and one who thinks they were manufactured by "Tavistock", whatever that is.
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Logan
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\You have to have forum moderator privileges for that. If one wants a topic to be unlocked, please PM myself or Ian (Nogbadthebad). Or whoever is an active admin at the time. ------------------------------------------------- Just to restate for all, this was not locked since it was not inactive long enough, and those automatic lock times have not been consistent, by the way, depending on what M@x has done to the forum and forum updates. Threads with the last response from early May 2018 (from memory) are locked. This topic's last response was in was 2020. Paul is correct. |
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That's absurd-- Most of their songs were written by Mrs. Jean Clapsaddle of Tacoma, Washington. I thought everyone knew that. |
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AFlowerKingCrimson
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Imo, that would describe Rush also (but with different influences of course).
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Atavachron
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^ Well, no I don't think so. The Beatles were influenced by everyone from 1930s American Pop to Sinatra to the Everly Brothers to Dylan. Rush were a hard rock/heavy blues band before their sci-fi prog period.
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Sean Trane
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Thx
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I could care less about the Fab Four, and of course I answered Yes. It's a discussion that can go on forever, although I am finding more and more that people don't talk about them much. The 60's was a million years ago and the fanatics are dying off. The music does not seem to have any relevance within todays marketing world, meaning look at what the Queen catalog just sold for, and why. The catalog was not purchased for Sony to be able to reissue box sets or special edition packages for $100, not even close. It was purchased for its marketing power in movies, commercials hell any sports media/team that plays "We Are The Champions" Sony will get money for the rest of eternity. What Scaruffi wrote is more about the status of pop/rock music today, yes about the Beatles, but about pop/rock in general and how the public perceives "the best". The Grammy's are 100% about sales and little to no musical talent recognized, its a shame........AI content is getting a Grammy award.
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moshkito
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Hi,
I kinda wish this thread was locked. Fans, today, seem to have not a whole lot of appreciation for music history and its placement. It's hard for me, to think that Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Stravinsky and the Beatles ... were not valuable and important in the grand scheme and history of things ... although The Beatles will probably fit better in the improvement of radio materials from bubble gum crap to music that was more intelligent and creative, something that is a horribly difficult study for most folks in terms of radio play and the lack of it ... but we know that after the Great American Radio Rape, entering the 80's, that radio stopped being an important reason for many bands to make it ... for lack of a better word for it. The Beatles, and The Rolling Stones, probably fit better as a discussion of how it all became so much bigger than the AM radio band and its very commercial atmosphere. But seeing folks here, make comments that deny the history of it all is similar to the worst in the 20th Century for me ... reality has a way to be forgotten and left behind and a lot of the younger folks don't seem to believe, or care, when the history books mention it. The saying is that things will keep repeating themselves if we don't learn from them ... and it is hard for me to not see that happening here ... you might not like the Beatles, but disrespecting them is not exactly the right thing to do, just like you do not exactly do that to the huge composers from the last 500 years.
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richardh
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Well I still think that 1967 -1977 is the most important era of music in my lifetime. You could name any famous musician from that era and it's just mind boggling how much talent was about in general. After 1977 it became about corporate interests and not about 'the art'. IMO. The Beatles understood what was needed. It's not about how good they were or whether jazz musicians were better. I seriously don't care about that. The Beatles wrote Penny Lane, Strawberry Fields and Eleanor Rigby. Great songs, great hooks and clever production. They were played on the radio and so I got to hear a trumpet solo for the first time. BTW The idea that other musicians didn't respect them is complete and total bunkum.
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MikeEnRegalia
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You should just ignore random users who say things you do not agree with. Point out how they are wrong and move on
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