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Reasons to Dislike the Beatles – part two

It has been pointed out that in my post about disliking the Beatles I actually referred to two of their solo efforts.

Well.. yeah, alright. I’ll justify those choices as best I can:

The Traveling Wilburys song and Hard Day’s Night were two examples used to illustrate the same basic point: Their chord choices are boring, and frankly were cheesy long before the Beatles got there.

(Eleanor Rigby on the other hand, is a nifty bit o’ work)

Yes, I know Imagine wasn’t a Beatles song, but it seems to be the nadir of a truly offensive streak in their lyric writing that has a long history. (All you need is love?)

I have to admit, I haven’t heard any reason to distinguish between the solo work and the band’s stuff, because what I dislike about them I would dislike about any similar music.

More reasons to dislike ‘em:

3. The name. It just isn’t funny. It never was.

4. George Martin! As songwriters I find the band dull (or at least hideously dated and over-played), but not enough can be said about the recording revolution that George Martin created. He wasn’t the fifth Beatle, he was the Beatles.

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