Your most controversial music opinions

[Andre91]

Sam Carter from Architects constantly talks about his love for The Beatles and wears t-shirts and a battle jacket covered in their patches regularly (including the cover of the most recent Kerrang!). You can hear the influence in places on their new album, particularly the closing track. 

Edited March 1, 2021 by Andre91

[SwedgeAntilles]

I think the Peter Jackson movie, when it finally arrives, will be a shot in the arm for The Beatles current pop culture credentials. It'll be marketed way more than any of the recent album rereleases have been.

[Homer]

As much as I love it, George Harrison didn't even write his own best song.

 

[Hugh Jass]

Anyone who has picked up an instrument in the last forty years has been, either directly or indirectly, influenced by the Beatles.

[CaledonianGonzo]

Does that translate into new listeners, though - which is what they're going to need.

You can probably plot a route back from, say, Olivia Rodrigo through Lorde via multiple hops and wind up at The Beatles, but not sure anyone's going to slap Rubber Soul on the stereo as a result. And without people doing that they become less central to the conversation....

[mcshed]

The new generation of Beatles fans is being set up by watching Beat Bugs on Netflix. Your pre-schooler loves the songs with guests like Pink, Sia and Robbie Williams or Eddie Vedder, James Corden and erm Rod Stewart.

 

[dentalplan]

15 hours ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

There's a bit in Billy Eilish too.

She did a cover of The Beatles like last month didn't she? And she's also executive producer of a new Peggy Lee movie.

I think there's even less of an eschewing of the past than there was among acts in the late 70's/early 80's, who were against all the rock dinosaurs and disliked Beatlemania and all that. There's still respect for the classics in rock and pop music.

Edited March 1, 2021 by dentalplan

[Avalon_Fields]

It’s a terrible out of touch move of the festival in booking an irrelevant has-been ex-Beatle as headliner. 

Unless they wanted him for his more contemporary work such as the Frog Chorus? 

[mcshed]

12 minutes ago, dentalplan said:

She did a cover of The Beatles like last month didn't she? And she's also executive producer of a new Peggy Lee movie.

She also turned up to Glastonbury wearing this:

[Homer]

13 minutes ago, Avalon_Fields said:

It’s a terrible out of touch move of the festival in booking an irrelevant has-been ex-Beatle as headliner. 

I didn't know Ringo has been confirmed?

[Homer]

Betty Boo is the most important artist of her generation.

(Yes I am watching reruns of 1990s Top of the Pops from BBC4 with a hangover.)

Edited March 1, 2021 by Homer

[Homer]

Ya Kid K is a better rapper than Turbo B.

(Yes I am watching reruns of 1990s Top of the Pops from BBC4 with a hangover.)

Edited March 1, 2021 by Homer

[Homer]

Jools Holland is crap; it's all about the reruns of 1990s Top of the Pops on BBC4.

(Yes I am watching reruns of 1990s Top of the Pops from BBC4 with a hangover.)

Edited March 1, 2021 by Homer

[fatyeti24]

21 minutes ago, Homer said:

Betty Boo is the most important artist of her generation.

(Yes I am watching reruns of 1990s Top of the Pops from BBC4 with a hangover.)

I bought Boomania a few years ago.  It's not bad, but full of the same samples that everyone else was using at the time.

[kalifire]

The Notorious BIG was no more than an above average rapper, carried by his beats and the period in which he was active. 

Edited March 1, 2021 by kalifire

[blutarsky]

3 hours ago, Hugh Jass said:

Anyone who has picked up an instrument in the last forty years has been, either directly or indirectly, influenced by the Beatles.

Yeah, but isn’t that also true of Mozart? He influenced lots of musicians who influenced others who influenced others who influenced others etc 

Also, I’m not seeing much Beatles influence in Grime. 

[northernringo]

9 minutes ago, blutarsky said:

Yeah, but isn’t that also true of Mozart? He influenced lots of musicians who influenced others who influenced others who influenced others etc 

Also, I’m not seeing much Beatles influence in Grime. 

Stormzy on ‘incredible’ piano lesson from Paul McCartney: ‘I was like, ‘Flipping heck!”

https://www.nme.com/news/music/stormzy-piano-lesson-paul-mccartney-2394572

[Hugh Jass]

2 minutes ago, northernringo said:

Stormzy on ‘incredible’ piano lesson from Paul McCartney: ‘I was like, ‘Flipping heck!”

https://www.nme.com/news/music/stormzy-piano-lesson-paul-mccartney-2394572

Ouch!

[Homer]

21 minutes ago, blutarsky said:

Yeah, but isn’t that also true of Mozart? He influenced lots of musicians who influenced others who influenced others who influenced others etc 

Also, I’m not seeing much Beatles influence in Grime. 

I can name one rock act whose guitarist was heavily influenced by both Mozart and Bach.

[fred quimby]

Chilly Gonzales did an interesting piece sometime back on how classical has influenced Pop and Rock music. It is wide and varied

[dentalplan]

2 hours ago, mcshed said:

She also turned up to Glastonbury wearing this:

Living in a mask and pyjamas a year before everyone else

[Punksnotdead]

This just become a Beatles thread now? Ho hum.

[kalifire]

At their best, Stock, Aitken and Waterman were knocking out peak 80’s brilliance. 

Edited March 1, 2021 by kalifire

[Gnomicide]

3 minutes ago, kalifire said:

At their best, Stock, Aitken and Waterman were knocking out peak 80’s brilliance. 

Or... they were shite, everything sounded the same, just with a different vocalist.

The only decent thing they did was Roadblock and that was when they were pretending to be someone else.

I should add this is not a controversial view, everyone apart from Kalifire knows it to be true.

[kalifire]

9 minutes ago, Gnomicide said:

I should add this is not a controversial view, everyone apart from Kalifire knows it to be true.

Reads like you’ve missed the point of this thread.

Edited March 1, 2021 by kalifire