Originally posted by PP
The Beatles deal is just weird, though. I mean, seriously, for their time, they were epic. However, compared to today's music, 98% of their stuff is extremely Blah, but yet kids just think it's cool to like them. Now, that's not a rip on the Beatles. Music technology and the art itself has come so far since their time that it'd be damn near impossible for one not to say that. Still, can you imagine if someone released I Want to Hold Your Hand today, even using modern equipment and instruments? They'd be laughed at by everyone, including those same ppl that are still buying it today. The Beatles were incredibly talented for their time, but they aren't selling much stuff today based on that talent. They're selling most of it because it's "cool" to like them......Not really any different than the HS girls that wear AC/DC, Pink Floyd & Led Zepplin Ts, yet couldn't name one of their songs.
See, that's the thing - the Beatles made a metric shitton of music. I picked up Beatles Rock Band and a buddy of mine (who's been working in radio for 15+ years and usually has a good handle on music) said "Man I just don't like any of the Beatles stuff." Then I started playing the songs just in that game, and he kept saying "Oh yea, that one's good. Oh, and that one's not bad at all. Oh and that song is really good."
Like I told him - just because there are 20 Beatles songs you can't stand doesn't mean you don't like the other 30-50 top hits they did.
Side note - all this talk of "following the formula" keeps making me think of this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pidokakU4I
The Beatles deal is just weird, though. I mean, seriously, for their time, they were epic. However, compared to today's music, 98% of their stuff is extremely Blah, but yet kids just think it's cool to like them. Now, that's not a rip on the Beatles. Music technology and the art itself has come so far since their time that it'd be damn near impossible for one not to say that. Still, can you imagine if someone released I Want to Hold Your Hand today, even using modern equipment and instruments? They'd be laughed at by everyone, including those same ppl that are still buying it today. The Beatles were incredibly talented for their time, but they aren't selling much stuff today based on that talent. They're selling most of it because it's "cool" to like them......Not really any different than the HS girls that wear AC/DC, Pink Floyd & Led Zepplin Ts, yet couldn't name one of their songs.
See, that's the thing - the Beatles made a metric shitton of music. I picked up Beatles Rock Band and a buddy of mine (who's been working in radio for 15+ years and usually has a good handle on music) said "Man I just don't like any of the Beatles stuff." Then I started playing the songs just in that game, and he kept saying "Oh yea, that one's good. Oh, and that one's not bad at all. Oh and that song is really good."
Like I told him - just because there are 20 Beatles songs you can't stand doesn't mean you don't like the other 30-50 top hits they did.
Side note - all this talk of "following the formula" keeps making me think of this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pidokakU4I
