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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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I'm a pretty big DP fan, have a pile of cds, seen them a number of times. You're wrong, but DP is very underappreciated. Uriah Heep? Please. The younger guys here have at least heard of the Beatles, the stones and purple but probably never heard of heep. The Sabs have a much bigger influence than DP, and again Ozzy has oft mentioned his love for the Beatles and the other Sabs too. Might explain why a lot of Sabs material is not 3 chord speed thrashing and is actually interesting – just listen to the record Sabotage. A lot of fans fail to realize most successful musicians have far wider tastes in music than their own fans.
In reality, to underestimate the impact of the Beatles shows a lack understanding of music history. Before them there were really no albums, just singles. Artists were not allowed to be too creative – they had to do what the record companies deemed commercially viable. They did nothing to foster artist creative growth. Artists were disposable. Record companies didn’t even care about production values, which is why a lot of older stuff sounds bad. The Beatles success led to artists being allowed to better expand their musical creativity in a way that did not exist pre-Beatles. That in turn allowed the Zeppelin, Sabbath, Hendrix and the rest to expand on the ideas and in turn influence later generations. But it started with the Beatles. You can’t give them too much credit IMO.
Gee, it sounds like the music industry is dropping back to pre-Beatles ways. Singles, poor production values, no artist growth support.
Grunge is just rock with a goofy title to differentiate it from 'hair metal'. They just stripped off all the LA glam and got more or less ‘back to basics’, just like the punk movement in the late 70s-early 80s. I'm seeing AIC this weekend.