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[challenge entry] The settlement might have been slightly different

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(I helped save b3ta! tubaman, Thu 8 Oct 2009, 23:36, archived)
# The Beatles are shit!
(I helped save b3ta! Redsushi! Whoop! Whoop! Yes, that one!, Thu 8 Oct 2009, 23:46, archived)
# Hooray!
I keep saying this and the most surprising, usually sane, people keep disagreeing
(I helped save b3ta! 4Q just lurking, Thu 8 Oct 2009, 23:47, archived)
# This is not the response I wanted.
I was bored and wanted an argument :(
(I helped save b3ta! Redsushi! Whoop! Whoop! Yes, that one!, Thu 8 Oct 2009, 23:53, archived)
# No
you didn't
(I helped save b3ta! 4Q just lurking, Fri 9 Oct 2009, 0:01, archived)
#
Well, they're not shit. But they're so over hyped that I tend to side with anyone who is having a crack at them. Also, Bob Marley and Elvis Presley. Oh and Jimi Hendrix too. And that Morisson guy from the doors.
(I helped save b3ta! Halk, Thu 8 Oct 2009, 23:53, archived)
# ^this, except for Bob Marley
who doesn't like Bob Marley? (as in his music)
(I helped save b3ta! Haku Orange Whip? Orange Whip? Three Orange Whips., Thu 8 Oct 2009, 23:59, archived)
# Me.
I don't understand reggae of any kind.
(I helped save b3ta! Yamon Benny Harvey. RIP., Fri 9 Oct 2009, 0:03, archived)
# I'm not huge on Marley
But I love Elvis... everyone has their love for musicians I suppose.
(Bretty, Fri 9 Oct 2009, 0:37, archived)
# I wouldn't say "shit"......but DEFINITELY overrated.
*climbs off soapbox*
(Stashie is plotting against his blender on, Thu 8 Oct 2009, 23:48, archived)
# Overated talent-wise
but as far as social history goes, they cannot be seen as anything but the most important band last century.
(I helped save b3ta! TheSundaeLunch I'm a fucking shrub, alright?, Thu 8 Oct 2009, 23:51, archived)
# but
the Help! album is fucking brilliant. I only realised this a couple of months back and I can't take it off. Except Ringo's painful turn which should be skipped.

However, at the minute I am listening to Idlewild. LOTS of Idlewild. Go to YouTube and listen to "The Weight of Years" and then follow it up with "Queen of the Troubled Teens" and then browse around filling your hearts with glee.

I realise that this is off-topic but the love must be shared. Also, go to anything Woomble's done on his own (and not Uncle Bulgaria; the poor old thing died before he had the chance), and with Drever and McCusker. All superb.
(I helped save b3ta! boris the spider, Thu 8 Oct 2009, 23:54, archived)
# I will do that if you listen to this band:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTub9SWIIok
(I helped save b3ta! Redsushi! Whoop! Whoop! Yes, that one!, Thu 8 Oct 2009, 23:56, archived)
# DONE
I may also gaz you a link to a beautiful song which I'm not going to make public because I shouldn't, but I'd be interested in your opinion.
(I helped save b3ta! boris the spider, Thu 8 Oct 2009, 23:59, archived)
# ^^^ this is a good song
i recommend it
(I helped save b3ta! boris the spider, Fri 9 Oct 2009, 0:08, archived)
# Help! may or may not be brilliant
I'm just pointing out that when the Spice Girls tried a similar Film/Album idea at the peak of their success, it pretty much bombed.
Elvis was the only other one to really get it right, although a few got close.
(I helped save b3ta! TheSundaeLunch I'm a fucking shrub, alright?, Fri 9 Oct 2009, 0:02, archived)
# I'd more or less agree
although comparisons between a nascent industry in the 60s where pretty much everything was jammed together, from people who'd listen to the Stones and people who'd listen to the emptiest of lazy pop, and the 90s where everything was enormously fragmented, is pretty difficult.

I just wanted an excuse to declare my love for "Help!" :)
(I helped save b3ta! boris the spider, Fri 9 Oct 2009, 0:05, archived)
# One thing I MUST give them is this.....
What made them cool & an eye & ear-opener for their generation was
doing the un-coolest thing & MAKING it cool...namely the
re-introduction of stringed instruments (violins, cellos etc.) to rock
& roll and subsequently giving it SOUL. I may think they were
overrated, but I must give them that much.
(Stashie is plotting against his blender on, Fri 9 Oct 2009, 0:02, archived)
# I think the bottom line
is that in 50 years, people will still mention the Beatles. I doubt the Sugarbabes will get a similar reception.
(I helped save b3ta! TheSundaeLunch I'm a fucking shrub, alright?, Fri 9 Oct 2009, 0:05, archived)
# I just got a CD with Buddy Holly and the Cricket's first three albums on it
OHHHH yeah.
(I helped save b3ta! boris the spider, Fri 9 Oct 2009, 0:07, archived)
# Don't get me started
on Buddy. True Love Ways is genius. Genius.
(I helped save b3ta! TheSundaeLunch I'm a fucking shrub, alright?, Fri 9 Oct 2009, 0:09, archived)
# This CD was pretty cheap on Amazon
I was well chuffed
(I helped save b3ta! boris the spider, Fri 9 Oct 2009, 0:11, archived)
# Did he do three albums?
methinks you tease me.
(I helped save b3ta! TheSundaeLunch I'm a fucking shrub, alright?, Fri 9 Oct 2009, 0:12, archived)
# yo
www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B001PPLI8C
(I helped save b3ta! boris the spider, Fri 9 Oct 2009, 0:14, archived)
# I see it
but am suprised!
(I helped save b3ta! TheSundaeLunch I'm a fucking shrub, alright?, Fri 9 Oct 2009, 0:17, archived)
# I was too
so I bought it immediately. The third album looks like it was rush-released by the record company and culled from the outtakes of the others -- the first was November 1957 and the second March 1958, but the third was April 1958. Still, a very worthwhile purchase, I felt...
(I helped save b3ta! boris the spider, Fri 9 Oct 2009, 0:22, archived)
# I reckon the Mugababes will live longer in the memory
(I helped save b3ta! Prequal This is serious business. Very serious., Fri 9 Oct 2009, 0:08, archived)
# This is true.
There is much of their music which I quite enjoy, but musically, they're nothing special.
(I helped save b3ta! Redsushi! Whoop! Whoop! Yes, that one!, Thu 8 Oct 2009, 23:52, archived)
# Significant != Good
Oasis were also significant.
(fridgefreezer inserted a topical reference into his sig on, Thu 8 Oct 2009, 23:53, archived)
# You are correct. The Beatles are no good.
(I helped save b3ta! Ttssattsr, Thu 8 Oct 2009, 23:54, archived)
# I no rite?
I love you Sam!
(I helped save b3ta! Redsushi! Whoop! Whoop! Yes, that one!, Thu 8 Oct 2009, 23:59, archived)
# We don't talk anymore, Michael. Why do we not talk anymore. I'm done cry.
(I helped save b3ta! Ttssattsr, Fri 9 Oct 2009, 0:00, archived)
# Now I'm crying too :(
Wanna come over and watch Karl Malden films?
(I helped save b3ta! Redsushi! Whoop! Whoop! Yes, that one!, Fri 9 Oct 2009, 0:21, archived)
# I cannot afford to go to LoNdOn.
(I helped save b3ta! Ttssattsr, Fri 9 Oct 2009, 0:24, archived)
# :'(
(I helped save b3ta! Redsushi! Whoop! Whoop! Yes, that one!, Fri 9 Oct 2009, 0:30, archived)
# How can you deny their lyrical genius,
with such deep philosophical classic lines as "She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah"?
(Seance Trumpet has got no beef with a man enjoying a croissant, Fri 9 Oct 2009, 0:04, archived)
# I WANNA HOLD YOUR HAAAAAAYAYAYAAAND
I WANNA HOLD YOUR HAND
(I helped save b3ta! boris the spider, Fri 9 Oct 2009, 0:06, archived)
# OBLA DI OBLA CUNTING FUCKING DA MOTHER FUCKERS
 
I mostly like Beatles songs when performed by other artists

such as the Breeders' "Happiness is a Warm Gun"
Foetus' "I am the Walrus"
Butthole Surfers' "Come Together"
Mötley Crüe’s "Helter Skelter"
that whole Laibach album, "Let it Be"
 
(I helped save b3ta! Rapitinui get in the cage and I'll give you a treat, Fri 9 Oct 2009, 0:11, archived)
# Wheels have been set in motion
to do Paul McCartney for crimes against humanity before he carks it.
(I helped save b3ta! boris the spider, Fri 9 Oct 2009, 0:16, archived)
# even "When I'm Sixty-Four" gives me the shits.
 
but Wings should earn him the death penalty alone
(I helped save b3ta! Rapitinui get in the cage and I'll give you a treat, Fri 9 Oct 2009, 0:18, archived)
# When I get older, losing my hair
many years from now

No, it's now NOW you old cunt and NO I WON'T SEND YOU A FUCKING VALENTINE STOP STALKING ME

"Wonderful Christmas Time" or whatever he called it alone justifies hanging. When I was about 17 it was played ceaselessly in the snooker club at home. Drove me bonkers.
(I helped save b3ta! boris the spider, Fri 9 Oct 2009, 0:24, archived)
# with any luck microsoft wouldn't happen.
meanwhile I just found this, I presume it's nothing new. You may also be surprised that it is nsfw.

http://guesshermuff.blogspot.com/

(copy and paste)
(k3b/-\b Peace man., Thu 8 Oct 2009, 23:51, archived)
# Curse you.
(because i have to be up in a few hours and not clicking through that)
(I helped save b3ta! Prequal This is serious business. Very serious., Fri 9 Oct 2009, 0:02, archived)
# i know, i'm now thinking about every woman I know
...
ok I've finished now.
(k3b/-\b Peace man., Fri 9 Oct 2009, 0:04, archived)
# Just your mum, eh?
Same here. *sigh*
(I helped save b3ta! Prequal This is serious business. Very serious., Fri 9 Oct 2009, 0:06, archived)
# and a couple more, but not too many more.
(k3b/-\b Peace man., Fri 9 Oct 2009, 0:13, archived)