Comments on: 20 Reasons the Beatles are the Greatest Band Ever http://www.myhmphs.com/2008/06/20-reasons-beatles-greatest-ever/ Searching for melody and meaning in a world filled with bad music. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 05:49:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: peter http://www.myhmphs.com/2008/06/20-reasons-beatles-greatest-ever/comment-page-1/#comment-382 peter Sun, 14 Sep 2008 23:10:54 +0000 http://www.myhmphs.com/?p=173#comment-382 @????, the sheer numbers are staggering. Nobody even comes close to this domination. Sure, popularity is not a true mark of greatness. If Soulja Boy has 20 No. 1 hits, sells 1 billion records and has the top 5 songs in the Hot 100, we may have to place him up among the greats. Given the fact that he has one no. 1 hit after two years, I don't think he's going to come close to what the Beatles did in seven years. If he does (God forbid), then the Beatles still have him beat via their innovation, creativity, etc. @????, the sheer numbers are staggering. Nobody even comes close to this domination. Sure, popularity is not a true mark of greatness. If Soulja Boy has 20 No. 1 hits, sells 1 billion records and has the top 5 songs in the Hot 100, we may have to place him up among the greats. Given the fact that he has one no. 1 hit after two years, I don’t think he’s going to come close to what the Beatles did in seven years.

If he does (God forbid), then the Beatles still have him beat via their innovation, creativity, etc.

]]> By: ???? http://www.myhmphs.com/2008/06/20-reasons-beatles-greatest-ever/comment-page-1/#comment-373 ???? Fri, 12 Sep 2008 21:21:37 +0000 http://www.myhmphs.com/?p=173#comment-373 Dude, I think that you used way too many numbers on charts. NUMBERS don't really matter. Sure, all their songs were great, but bad songs have topped charts before as well (Soulja Boy anyone?). It's not about the numbers, it's about the actual music. That's why the word underrated can exist. Take Queen for example. They were innovative, they had complex harmonies, and musicianship, but they never made it to number one that often. I think one of the reasons you should put on their is that they were so creative...besides being innovative they wrote HUNDREDS of songs and that's because they didn't just stick to pop. They wrote rock, they wrote psychadelic songs, they sang vaudeville, country, music hall, etc... That's the reason they could write so many songs...they had more material to work with. That and the fact that they went from three chord, two minute pop songs to harmonically, chordally, innovatively sophisticated four minute soundscapes. Oh, and by the way, they did this all by the time they were in their late twenties...just a thought or two. Dude, I think that you used way too many numbers on charts. NUMBERS don’t really matter. Sure, all their songs were great, but bad songs have topped charts before as well (Soulja Boy anyone?). It’s not about the numbers, it’s about the actual music. That’s why the word underrated can exist. Take Queen for example. They were innovative, they had complex harmonies, and musicianship, but they never made it to number one that often.
I think one of the reasons you should put on their is that they were so creative…besides being innovative they wrote HUNDREDS of songs and that’s because they didn’t just stick to pop. They wrote rock, they wrote psychadelic songs, they sang vaudeville, country, music hall, etc… That’s the reason they could write so many songs…they had more material to work with.

That and the fact that they went from three chord, two minute pop songs to harmonically, chordally, innovatively sophisticated four minute soundscapes. Oh, and by the way, they did this all by the time they were in their late twenties…just a thought or two.

]]> By: Bionic http://www.myhmphs.com/2008/06/20-reasons-beatles-greatest-ever/comment-page-1/#comment-367 Bionic Mon, 08 Sep 2008 01:40:43 +0000 http://www.myhmphs.com/?p=173#comment-367 "In an age where other people wrote songs for the flavor of the day - think the Brill Building songwriters doing all the work for the Shangri-Las and the Dixie Cups". Early Beatles songs were absolutely no less 'flavor of the day' just because they wrote and performed them. In songwriting terms none of their early hits are more valid than anything by Barry & Greenwich or Goffin & King, who made pop music good in the first place. It was more the Beatles' unique sound that set them apart at this point. “In an age where other people wrote songs for the flavor of the day - think the Brill Building songwriters doing all the work for the Shangri-Las and the Dixie Cups”.

Early Beatles songs were absolutely no less ‘flavor of the day’ just because they wrote and performed them. In songwriting terms none of their early hits are more valid than anything by Barry & Greenwich or Goffin & King, who made pop music good in the first place. It was more the Beatles’ unique sound that set them apart at this point.

]]> By: MAXMIX http://www.myhmphs.com/2008/06/20-reasons-beatles-greatest-ever/comment-page-1/#comment-210 MAXMIX Tue, 01 Jul 2008 17:59:50 +0000 http://www.myhmphs.com/?p=173#comment-210 21 reasons really.... The intense flashbacks while listening allows one to re-live the memories! 21 reasons really…. The intense flashbacks while listening allows one to re-live the memories!

]]> By: peter http://www.myhmphs.com/2008/06/20-reasons-beatles-greatest-ever/comment-page-1/#comment-209 peter Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:01:50 +0000 http://www.myhmphs.com/?p=173#comment-209 The headline was right, but I had 25 in the post itself. Fixed! The headline was right, but I had 25 in the post itself. Fixed!

]]> By: slee http://www.myhmphs.com/2008/06/20-reasons-beatles-greatest-ever/comment-page-1/#comment-207 slee Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:21:22 +0000 http://www.myhmphs.com/?p=173#comment-207 Where are the last five? You say 25 reasons but only list 20! :) Still, a great post... Where are the last five? You say 25 reasons but only list 20! :)

Still, a great post…

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