I'd say it does

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 8 Oct 2009, 14:05, 1 reply, 16 years ago)

Suit yourself.

(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 8 Oct 2009, 14:06, Reply)

I'm not a huge fan of the beatles either
I really rate a few of their songs, Come Together for instance, but I would have to say that popularising a style of music to an insanely massive audience is pretty ground breaking
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 8 Oct 2009, 14:07, Reply)

Maybe I'm just splitting hairs
But I would have said the very first Merseybeat bands, the very first psychedelic bands, etc., were the people who broke that ground in that they invented that style. Kudos to a band that can pick up those styles and point out their existence to a wider audience, but I don't think the Beatles deserve as much credit as they seem to get for that. (I think I'm probably just irked, though, by the people who are convinced that the Beatles invented those styles.)
(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 8 Oct 2009, 14:11, Reply)

I see where you are coming from
and I don't think they deserve quite as much credit as they get.

I'm not totally disagreeing with you here.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 8 Oct 2009, 14:19, Reply)

The Beatles
Were, and are, overrated. So there.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Thu 8 Oct 2009, 14:08, Reply)

Agreed.
Their music is bland and they are twee.

Look, let's face it people - MY FAV BAND IS BETTER THAN YOURS, NYAH.
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Thu 8 Oct 2009, 14:19, Reply)

Yes!
And my wife's better than yours, etc.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Thu 8 Oct 2009, 14:21, Reply)

Well that is true

(Bazongaloid, Thu 8 Oct 2009, 14:22, Reply)