Julian Cope presents Head Heritage | Unsung Forum

Tangerine Pete

487 posts

Re: The Beatles are/were rubbish.

May 11, 2005, 19:14

er...some of the early stuff, when divorced from the myth, does seem quaint in retrospect. it's hard to separate the myth from what they are/were/did/represented.

Case in point, the movie Help features their all-time worst songs such as Another Girl and The Night Before, though the totality of the film is mind-stormingly brilliant. The cool detached humor, the casual way they drift through the script, as if there almost amused by the ridiculousness of the movie as it happens around them,, the James Bond parodies...this is brilliance. It started the Monkees, and influenced Python.

On records, I think you would be hardpressed to come up with a better single than Strawberry Fields/Penny Lane. That record is sheer fucking genius.

those two achievements alone would be the envy of any pop band.

most definitely not rubbish. excessively praised, yes. unjustly praised? no.

In reply to:
The Beatles are/were rubbish. (TheBear)

Unsung Forum » The Beatles are/were rubbish.	Log In to post a reply

82 messages	Topic View: Flat \| Threaded