Are the beatles still as relevant as their heyday?

mani · 24-03-2008, 19:05

whereas i'm not knockin their legacy or their music etc

but do we really need to know that an engineer or a friend of the beatles has died?

Benipete · 24-03-2008, 19:32

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whereas i'm not knockin their legacy or their music etc

but do we really need to know that an engineer or a friend of the beatles has died?

I assume you mean Norman Smith (Hurricane Smith) or known to John Lennon as Normal Norman.Well yes I think we do but if only for the fact that he was a recording artist in his own right.I've still got his hits on tape etc. He also helped to launch many other 60s group's including Pink Floyd.A true professional who gave a great deal of pleasure to many.

yerself · 24-03-2008, 19:41

Have they ever been relevant, if so what to? The most over-rated bunch of scousers ever; along with John Coleman, Jimmy Bell and The Accy Stanley scouse mafia.

Benipete · 24-03-2008, 19:45

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Have they ever been relevant, if so what to? The most over-rated bunch of scousers ever; along with John Coleman, Jimmy Bell and The Accy Stanley scouse mafia.

Wish I could be overrated -know wat i mean like Lah

mani · 24-03-2008, 20:08

its like ok they did this and that conquered america etc - but does that mean for the next 50 years we're gonna hear about engineers of take that? or oasis?

shakermaker · 24-03-2008, 20:23

For better or worse is debatable, but The Beatles changed the world.
Their influence will carry on for many decades to come.

West Ender · 24-03-2008, 20:23

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its like ok they did this and that conquered america etc - but does that mean for the next 50 years we're gonna hear about engineers of take that? or oasis?

Well....no, because they were not such a phenomenum. The Beatles were just a part of the "revolution" that was the 60s. Like it or not things changed irrevocably, whether for better for worse is open to discussion, and the Beatles, their music, the fashions and the morality of the time were all part and parcel of the "scene". They became iconic, due to some talent and a good deal of clever marketing, and it follows that things and people connected with them are going to attract attention.

shakermaker · 24-03-2008, 20:26

Great minds think alike eh West Ender

Benipete · 24-03-2008, 20:27

Don't think they ever used any -but if they did and they had hit records you may well do.Tchaikovsky had a hit in the 60's

West Ender · 24-03-2008, 21:01

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Tchaikovsky had a hit in the 60's

What was that then?

MargaretR · 24-03-2008, 21:11

The Rolling Stones emerged at the same time but did not get 'parental approval' then (due to drug use)

I preferred them (the Stones) then and now....and at least they are still playing

shakermaker · 24-03-2008, 21:16

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I preferred them (the Stones) then and now....and at least they are still playing

Lol, I don't think The Beatles can be criticised for not playing anymore, seeing as two of them would be doing it posthumously

Benipete · 24-03-2008, 21:17

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Lol, I don't think The Beatles can be criticised for not playing anymore, seeing as two of them would be doing it posthumously

Three

shakermaker · 24-03-2008, 21:20

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Three

I know Ringo's albums don't make the charts but I assure you he ain't dead

MargaretR · 24-03-2008, 21:26

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Lol, I don't think The Beatles can be criticised for not playing anymore, seeing as two of them would be doing it posthumously

They had a big 'falling out do' before any died - about royalties

If they were all still alive I doubt that they would be touring as the Stones do