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Originally Posted by bubba428
as far as I'm concerned. The Beatles did have a huge influence on music at the time, but I think people give them too much credit. They we're all that great. Sabbath and Deep Purple did more for the "rock" genre than the beatles. Uriah Heep too. Nirvana ****ing BLOWS!!!! I blame them for emo kids. You wanna listen to grunge, listen to Alice in Chains
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Let me preface this by saying I am not a Beatles fan. But drag pretty much anybody off the street and ask them to name 3 Beatles songs and chances are they can. Ask them if they've even heard of Sabbath, Deep Purple, and Heep and you will get some people but nowhere near as many. Ask some recording artists who their influences are and you'll probably get more Beatles than anybody else, as well. I do not think their playing or writing is anywhere near as good as other bands, but their overall impact can't be denied. Like them or not, the Beatles had a massive influence on the music industry.
Beatles, Stones, Madonna, Dylan, Queen, Hendrix, Bowie, Chuck Berry, etc- the list goes on. There's a bunch that are very influential, but at the top of the list is always the Beatles.