The Beatles were only an active band for eight years and look what they accomplished.

I was 10 when the Beatles hit, grew up with the whole British invasion thing.
I'd still rather listen to The Velvet Underground any day.

 

When Lou said the beatles were garbage was he being an a hole or was he speaking from the heart, sincerely, and truly? It's not even a contest.

 

They were one of the greats...

 

Christ I'm so tired of everybody holding up this off hand and hugely snarky NYC comment as some kind of demonstration of Lou's lousy attitude towards everything not Lou.
He was an expert at throwing shade, he did it to everybody at one point or another, depending on his mood. It had nothing to do with liking or disliking anybody, it had to do with him trying to entertain himself.

 

I'll bet he did it for the publicity,...."Hey did you hear what Lou Reed said? Wow man he's a heavy dude, I gotta check out Velvet Underground"
Remember he was in with Warhol and that guy did everything for effect and to get a reaction.

 

A musical artist usually has ten years to say his thing. I like Lovesexy, but after that, he was done.

 

Btw. Lou Read, VU etc. Most overrated ****..

 

For me, the biggest accomplishment of the Beatles is that they created music good enough that I still haven't been turned off of it completely by the bizarre fanaticism of a small number of their fans.
I'm not a Beatles-hater but I can see where they come from. Ironic that the band's most ardent supporters do the most to alienate people from enjoying the band's music with their relentless zealotry.

D.D.

 

Exactly what I mean when I say "being an a hole"

 

Not in New York.

 

@DRM, if you want to subscribe to that opinion, feel free. To the unindoctrinated, however, that sort of stuff just appears as more specious output from the Beatlemaniacal Echo Chamber that I referred to in my previous post. Regardless, claiming that some Soviet-era activists found inspiration in the music of the Beatles falls miles short of your claim that the Beatles "expanded the Free World". Unless you've got a photo you can post showing Paul McCartney swinging a (literal ) sledge at the Berlin Wall, citing a book authored by a Beatlemaniac for other Beatlemaniacs to substantiate your own Beatlemania really isn't much of an argument, is it ? Further, claiming the the Beatles "expanded the Free World" is also an insult to the people who actually died, were imprisoned in gulags or made other real, actual sacrifices to throw off the yoke of oppression. If you want to equate Back In The USSR with One Day In The Life Of Ivan Denisovich, you can do that. You do have that right to express that opinion... but be aware that a lot of people find that opinion flawed at best and offensive at worst.

Abbey Road is a great record.

D.D.

 

Look at what the Sex Pistols accomplished.

 

The Beatles worked extraordinarily hard before they made it on the world stage. And then their schedule was absolutely grueling for years. We can't begrudge such hard work and the resulting extraordinary results. These 2 books both mention the Beatles...

 

You and me and bunch of other Beatlemaniacs were glued to our TVs that night.

 

Is that the book that begins, "I read the Pravda today, oh comrade"? ...

 

Yes, those people are ruining it for everyone. We can only tolerate this for so long. Let's teach them a lesson and hate things. That always works.

 

There is a middle ground here. It's where most of us here stand on the topic. No deification, no demonization.

D.D.

 

Not at all. Grafitti Bridge was a bit of a disappointment at the time (it sounds better now), so some thought that he had lost his mojo but he carried on making fantastic music right up to the end. I couldn't give a **** if it didn't sell as much as his earlier stuff.

 

To jest Prawda!

 

Now they know how many holes it takes to fill the Kremlin ...

 

Garbage. They created garbage.

 

Where does you get those wonderful toys?

Photographic recall that is....