They were the Take That of the 60s

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Tue 15 Feb 2011, 17:12, 1 reply, 15 years ago)

My work colleagues got seriously offended when I said they were shit.
"You have to remember that it was the Sixties and nothing like them had happened before"

"The Kinks happened in the Sixties, they are not shit. The Beatles gave birth to Wings, Thomas the Tank Engine and vegetarian sausages of doubtful quality. They most certainly were shit".
( Kroney, Tue 15 Feb 2011, 17:35, Reply)

*shakes hands*

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 15 Feb 2011, 17:47, Reply)

I think the ratio of bad Beatles songs to good is something like 300:1

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 15 Feb 2011, 17:51, Reply)

Innit.
The argument that Macca was the shit one is belied by

a) Lennon's solo work
b) Helter Skelter and
c) Live and Let Die
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 15 Feb 2011, 17:54, Reply)

I still think he's a knob
George Harrison had the talent, as can be seen from the Travelling Wilburys (admittedly Tom Petty and Roy Orbison may have had something to do with that, and possibly Robert Zimmerman as well, but probably not)

who wrote Come Together? I think that's their best work
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 15 Feb 2011, 17:57, Reply)

'The Frog Chorus' says you are right.
'Ebony and Ivory' says you really are definitely right.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 15 Feb 2011, 18:08, Reply)

'Tomorrow Never Knows' is actually fucking brilliant.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 15 Feb 2011, 18:09, Reply)

Rubber Soul and Revolver are still very listenable, anything afterwards is fucking shit (helter skelter aside)

( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Tue 15 Feb 2011, 18:12, Reply)

Lennon's solo material travels from poor to cringingly terrible
It's a wonder he wasn't shot years before hand. Mark Chapman deserves a knighthood for services rendered to the music industry.
( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Tue 15 Feb 2011, 18:01, Reply)

As usual, you speak sense and fact on the internet.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 15 Feb 2011, 18:06, Reply)