Jeff Vitale
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Actually, I don't care for either... so, wasn't able to vote
The last band of any note that was influenced by The Beatles was Badfinger. Dylan (and to a lesser degree Cohen) have some lingering influence. But once you get away from pop (a hybrid of disco and rap influences) the only influence that might be attributed to The Beatles would be psychedelia. The other influences have little to do with The Beatles - everybody wants to be Nirvana, Velvet Underground, Dick Dale (or, if you please - Beach Boys), misc girls groups, and let's not forget who took over from The Beatles - The Rolling Stones. Creatively and influentially The Beatles basically imploded.
It may be a regional thing but I'm not or wasn't familiar with the band or any of its songsIt was pretty damn obvious that Oasis was HEAVILY influenced by the Beatles... just for one example that instantly came to mind.
Regards,
Gordon.
Don't forget Tame Impala.It was pretty damn obvious that Oasis was HEAVILY influenced by the Beatles... just for one example that instantly came to mind.
Regards,
Gordon.
Both bands should have called it quits in '66.
Reading some of this, and of course and it is all ultimately subjective. But again, IMO The Beatles were by far the better band. And it wasn't even close. The Beach Boys to me, wrote some really great songs, but there was a lot of stuff that I just don't feel is that stirring musically or that memorable. And for those who don't think The Beatles were great musicians, well compared to Paderweski, lol, maybe that is true. But they could play their axes to make their music, and they did it damn well. Quincy Jones just came out and dissed them, which I took with a grain of salt. Yeah, George wasn't going to blow on the guitar like Wes Montgomery, but thank God for the both of them, because each of them gave us great music. Music, isn't about how fast you play, or even what you do harmonically if it isn't MUSICAL. And The Beatles were MUSICAL. There are a lot of technically gifted musicians in the world too, and it doesn't always translate into music. Artur Rubinstein used to talk about the kids coming out of music school who he said were far better players technically than he was. But as for making music, to use his own words, "they might as well be soda jerks."
And I'll take it a step further, there are lot of guys on the forum who say that they only liked The Beatles' later stuff. But The Beatles were much more than a bubble gum band early on. Go out and write "I Want To Hold Your Hand", "This Boy", "It Won't Be Long", "All I've Got To Do", and "All My Loving" and then get back to me. As far as their musicianship goes, play the triplet figure that John plays throughout "All My Loving" steadily and in time, as he does throughout the song. George's solo on " Till There Was You" is TASTE. Go chase "I Feel Fine", "And I Love Her", and "If I Fell". Bubble gum band? I don't think so.
There's a record where Coleman Hawkins is interviewed, and they start talking about folk music. And, I'm paraphrasing here, Hawk says, "You think some of that folk music is easy? Play it!!" And then he just starts laughing.
QFT.
And to progress as much as they did over the short timeframe that they did is amazing to me. Each album brought something new - it's almost like evolving at hyper speed.
I like The Beach Boys too, but to me, ultimately, they're just another band. The Beatles are something greater than that.
It's not really a fair "fight" anyway. 3 vs 1. Brian Wilson was awesome and if the Beach Boys had 2 other members on that level that played off each other it would have been really interesting to see. But they didn't and Brian had his problems, so after a certain point, he wasn't really the same as he was earlier.
They aged and wanted to drag everybody along with them. Fortunately new bands came along who were just as brainy but also knew how to rock.I heard someone on TV say they went from Justin bieber to Bob Dylan in 3 years.
It may be a regional thing but I'm not or wasn't familiar with the band or any of its songs