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Jah Lush Wrote:

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> Oooh, there goes one right there. Eric Clapton,

> possibly the most overrated guitarist ever.



I'm no Clapton fan, but he's a very good guitarist and a blues man. If BB King says so, that's good enough for me.



Doesn't mean he's not a dick though.

Also,on a thread called UNPOPULAR music opinion,it's a bit harsh to have a go at someone for voicing an opinion you disagree with.


I don't agree with Louisa about The Beatles, but do agree that there were probably plenty of equally talented people around at the time but The Beatles were VERY well managed which put them in a very good position.


And totally agree With Jeremy about the status of Lennon and McCartney.

Most things in music are subjective.


Whether or not the Beatles were innovative and influential isn't. It's just a fact.


If you honesty believe they weren't, then I'm afraid you're going to have to show your working. And you're going to have to put up a better fight than than Rock Around The Clock and Elvis.

In any case, the writing off (or conversely, adoring of) particular artists and their entire (and in the case of The Beatles - staggeringly varied) repertoires in one fell swoop is best left to sulking teenagers or others of immature mind.


Even Cliff managed Devil Woman.


Unfortunately, if you?ve reached later adulthood and still find yourself falling into this category - then I?m sorry to say you?re destined to be a musical bedwetter/thumbsucker until the day you die.

I thought this thread was 'unpopular' music opinion, as Otta rightly says. And who wrote the rules on the workings of what should and shouldn't be said on this thread *Bob*, if as you rightly point out musical taste is subjective? Or is this just another way of having a dig at me for the sake of it?


Louisa.

Yeah, you can't really argue with the fact they were the most influential band ever.


I guess for some people who were there at the time, it became a bit grating when theybstaryed taking themselves far too seriously though. To be honest it's probably similar to the reasons we all hate Chris Martin.

Louisa Wrote:

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> I thought this thread was 'unpopular' music

> opinion


That's you problem right there. Saying the Beatles weren't influential or innovative isn't 'an unpopular music opinion' - it's just plain daft.


You can hate them to death but there's no argument to be made here, except for the sake of it (i.e. maverick ninny)

As an "Uncut" and "Mojo" subscriber, I'm probably as guilty of music nostalgia as anyone, but I try to bear in mind that in the 60s in particular, pop music was regarded as utterly ephemeral (with the exception of Dylan and his 'poetic' ilk). If you'd told 60s bands and singers that people would be listening to, writing about and discussing their songs fifty years later, they'd have laughed at you.

Someone mention Bob Dylan..


.. Would that be the same Bob Dylan that possibly made more money out of his supposed connections/ shares with the

Dow Chemical Works that produced Napalm than he did from his music. ?.


We will possible never know... !


DulwichFox

*Bob* Wrote:

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> Louisa Wrote:

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> > I thought this thread was 'unpopular' music

> > opinion

>

> That's you problem right there. Saying the Beatles

> weren't influential or innovative isn't 'an

> unpopular music opinion' - it's just plain daft.

>

> You can hate them to death but there's no argument

> to be made here, except for the sake of it (i.e.

> maverick ninny)


As I stated earlier *Bob*, even if what you say is true (eg "maverick ninny"), who are you or anyone else to state what the rules are for disliking a particular band and discarding their influence, on a thread which is specifically designed for unpopular music opinion? A bizarre response which sounds suspiciously like goading ("for the sake of it" to quote your last message). Happy new year btw :)


Louisa.

adonirum Wrote:

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> Jeremy Wrote:

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> > Elvis. Famous for singing covers of samey 12-bar-blues songs.

>

> Jeremy, think you've mixed Elvis up with Status Quo !!!!!!!!!!!!!



The first three Elvis songs which popped into my head - Hound Dog, Blue Suede Shoes, Jailhouse Rock. Now I appreciate that music is much more diverse these days, but nevertheless, to my ears they are all really the same song. And two of them had already been recorded by someone else.


At least Quo wrote SOME of their own stuff!

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