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Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2008 10:13 am
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The reality-story of 4 unspectacular kids ultimately becoming - doing- growing- producing-experiencing - changing pop music still blows this mind.


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I love listening to The Beatles, my uncle got me hooked as a child and it has stuck ever since.

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I don't think they suck, but their music has never done a thing for me, and has never provided me with any sort of influence or inspiration. I definitely think they are over rated, but thats just me 8)

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I agree the kinks were great and they should be played more often. Their songs are witty and charming. Lola, Dedicated Follower of Fashion, You Really Got Me, and my current favorite Low Budget.
Don't underestimate Paul and John as songwriters. Most of us, I guess would love to have just one song good enough to play for forty years. Think of how many those two guys have had in the charts? Cheers for the fab four.


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I have to agree with both points of view. I'm about to turn 62 and have been a pro musician for some 44 years. I remember hearing Duane Eddy's Rebel Rouser on a juke box while on summer vacation back in '56. THAT was my initial inspiration to learn guitar. Of course I wanted more guitar and less sax, so when I heard the Ventures, I really had to get a guitar! Vocal tunes have been the mainstay of my career, backing up frontmen-singers, but I still give them a few breaks more than just lead solos..... I've worked up quite a few instrumental pieces that I do on gigs from time to time.

Personally, I appreciate musical talent individually as well as collectively. To each their own, but I tend to look at any band from a collaborative point of view AND have a favorite member, usually the guitarist. As fate would have it, one of my all-time favorite bands is the Eagles, and as much as I have followed Joe Walsh from his James Gang days to now, I really miss Don Felder..... what a GREAT guitarist! I've been curious as to who the guy is that played Felder's parts on tours after Don left. Does anyone know? THAT guy is super as well. He NAILED every lick to a Tee! Style, technique and tone...... just fabulous.

As much as I've liked the Beatles from the first Sullivan show 'til now, I can't say I've done much of their material on gigs because so little of it is considered 'dance-able'..... tempos, feel & beat-styles changed and made much of their 216 song-log more Beatle-Mania concert 'sit & listen' music.

While many of their song lyrics were thought-provoking, some were either jotted down in five minutes or just babble-nonsense on purpose. (Glass Onion, I am the Walrus, etc.) However, their inventive chord changes, lead lines and bass lines were not as simple as they sounded. "She's So Heavy-I Want You" has couple chords that you won't find in any other song, anywhere! You might find some obscure jazz tune that has an A with a flat sixth or has an E7 with a flat nine, but certainly not voiced like they played them. There were many groups who cited the Beatles (among others) who helped shape their sound, style and approach.... the Byrds for one....... then passed down to Tom Petty, etc.

You may not be directly influenced by the Beatles (or Stones, etc.) BUT..... those who DID influence you, MAY have been...... you never know.


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