[kj] Pleasure/Pain , One Word.............

[B. Oliver Sheppard]

I used to feel that way about The Beatles until a few years back. I've 
gone from disliking the Beatles (too much omnipresence in the culture 
had me biased against them from the beginning) and being apathetic bout 
the Stones to liking both bands. As with all things musically, including 
early Killing Joke, it comes back to context -- what they were doing in 
their place, time, and musical climate. If I'm not mistaken, Sgt. 
Pepper's was the first meta-album ever released by a pop/rock group. 
Some of the Lennon songwriting is just phenomenal - "I am the Walrus," 
"Hello Bulldog," "In My Life," etc., etc. McCartney I like less, but 
then you have stuff like "Helter Skelter," which I like. Some of the 
mono versions of this stuff are superior. But I like a Stones album like 
"Aftermath" or "Between the Buttons" almost more than any single Beatles 
album I can think of.

More than either of these two my fave 60s rock would still probably have 
to be the '66 era garage proto-punk stuff, (Monks, Zachary Thaks, Blue 
Stars, Les Fleur des Lys), some of which the Stones stuff resembles more 
than most of what the Beatles did. But I've come around lately to 
actually liking several Beatles albums, mostly from Revolver onwards til 
their breakup.

-Oliver


GREG SLAWSON wrote:

>

> to tell the truth, I never could understand what was so great about 

> the Beatles (except for their 1st couple of records--good pop--and 

> their last one "Abbey Road" had some good stuff. I also cant' see the 

> greatness of the Who--sounds like generic stadium rock to me. The 

> Stones, on the other hand, are like the punk classic rock band--great 

> energy, swagger, and a controlled sloppiness. CCR did some good stuff 

> too. The rest of "classic rock"--snoozer!

>

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>     Date:  /Tue, 12 Dec 2006 10:40:41 +1300/

>     >yeah i like a few beatles tunes.. also wings...!

>     >dont hate me

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