The Beatles

[nonsequitur]

The last song recorded by the Beatles, ' I me Mine '.

[nonsequitur]

John Lennon interview: ' Is Ringo Starr the best drummer in the world? ', 'No he's not even the best drummer in the Beatles'.

[nonsequitur]

The first song recorded by the Beatles as JL PM GH RS, 'Please Please Me'.

[selym]

I have heard people say 'never trust a teetotaler'. I don't trust anyone that says the Beatles were crap.

I've not read through the thread fully but their career and music influenced and continues to influence every facet of popular music.

[nonsequitur]

selym said:

I have heard people say 'never trust a teetotaler'. I don't trust anyone that says the Beatles were crap.

I've not read through the thread fully but their career and music influenced and continues to influence every facet of popular music.

They have had their moments though. Some 'Worst Beatles Tracks' Taken from various lists:

Revolution 9
Mr Moonlight
Maggie May
Ob La Di Ob La Da
Yellow Submarine
Wild Honey Pie
Maxwell's Silver Hammer
Why Don't we do it in the Road.

[DickyC]

selym said:

I have heard people say 'never trust a teetotaler'. I don't trust anyone that says the Beatles were crap.

Disparaging remarks about the Beatles tend to come from those who don't know what the world was like before them.

It's the same story for a lot of trailblazers. Lady Chatterly's Lover seems a bit tame now too. No one remembers what the fuss was about.

For my money the only crap thing about the Beatles is their name.

[selym]

nonsequitur said:

They have had their moments though. Some 'Worst Beatles Tracks' Taken from various lists:

Revolution 9
Mr Moonlight
Maggie May
Ob La Di Ob La Da
Yellow Submarine
Wild Honey Pie
Maxwell's Silver Hammer
Why Don't we do it in the Road.

It's all relative though - most artists today would kill to write something along the lines of the Beatles' worst tracks.

[nonsequitur]

DickyC said:

selym said:

I have heard people say 'never trust a teetotaler'. I don't trust anyone that says the Beatles were crap.

Disparaging remarks about the Beatles tend to come from those who don't know what the world was like before them.

It's the same story for a lot of trailblazers. Lady Chatterly's Lover seems a bit tame now too. No one remembers what the fuss was about.

For my money the only crap thing about the Beatles is their name.

I guess that the BEAT is the bit that counts.

(LCL. Remember one of my school friends had a copy and showed me a 'dirty page' which was completely lost on me, but I sniggered anyway).

[Evangelion]

nonsequitur said:

John Lennon interview: ' Is Ringo Starr the best drummer in the world? ', 'No he's not even the best drummer in the Beatles'.

Incorrect. Recent research has proved that he never said it; Jasper Carrott attributed it to him.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDXaq6c_UWY

Edited by Evangelion on Thursday 1st November 11:55

[singlecoil]

Evangelion said:

nonsequitur said:

John Lennon interview: ' Is Ringo Starr the best drummer in the world? ', 'No he's not even the best drummer in the Beatles'.

Incorrect. Recent research has proved that he never said it; Jasper Carrott attributed it to him.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDXaq6c_UWY

I've long suspected that Jasper Carrott is an appalling tt, good to have it confirmed.

[marcosgt]

singlecoil said:

I've long suspected that Jasper Carrott is an appalling tt, good to have it confirmed.

I've always like Jasper Carrott, but it'd be interesting to see if it REALLY did appear in any of his TV programmes...

Maybe this is another myth? I suspect he wasn't wearing any shoes when he said it, if he did

M

[LaurasOtherHalf]

Does anyone else think The Beatles is just about the crappest name ever however?

[nonsequitur]

LaurasOtherHalf said:

Does anyone else think The Beatles is just about the crappest name ever however?

I put forward M'lud, Sixpence None The Richer, Crispy Ambulance, and Violent Beetroot.


(I made the last one up, but not bad for a heavy metal combo).

[Evangelion]

To all those who think The Beatles is crap name, i challenge you to come up with a better one!

[DickyC]

The Roling Stones. The Who. The Kinks. The Quarrymen.

[Evangelion]

I actually meant, come up with a better name for the Beatles, not just list bands with better names.

[singlecoil]

And of course it needs to be in an early 1960s context.

[otolith]

That programme with Howard Goodall is great.

Now watching this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9elQeVfrLOo

[nonsequitur]

Pre Beatles names: The Quarrymen / Johnny and the Moondogs / The Beatals / The Nerk Twins / Silver Beetles / The Silver Beats. Changed to the Beatles in August 1960 while playing at the Indre Club in Hamburg.

Edited by nonsequitur on Thursday 1st November 18:50

[DickyC]

Evangelion said:

I actually meant, come up with a better name for the Beatles, not just list bands with better names.

singlecoil said:

And of course it needs to be in an early 1960s context.

Difficult.

I've spent ages trying. It's not as easy as I thought.

It doesn't make the name The Beatles any better.