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- blue001, on 04/04/2009, -5/+33The Beatles are bigger than Jesus
- scarlettletter, on 04/03/2009, -2/+19Beatles ROCK!
- Beson669, on 04/04/2009, -1/+18Brass monkey, that funky monkey. Brass monkey - junkie, that funky monkey. -The Beastie Boys
When you've seen beyond yourself-then you may find, peace of mind,
Is waiting there-
And the time will come when you see
we're all one, and life flows on within you and without you. -The Beatles
Now I don't know whose ass you've licked
No *****-tongued boy will ever taste my dick;
I'm quite flattered that you think I'm cute
But I don't deal well with compacted poop - Type O Negative
Want me to go on? - inactive, on 04/04/2009, -0/+16There will never be another Beatles, Ever, Period.
- FI5HERMAN, on 04/03/2009, -1/+17Yeah Yeah Yeah !!!
- dwcharn, on 04/04/2009, -1/+11It is pretty amazing to have had 12 songs on the charts including the top 5 songs. bad ass n such.
1. Can't Buy Me Love
2. Twist And Shout
3. She Loves You
4. I Want To Hold Your Hand
5. Please Please Me
I Saw Standing There
You Can't Do That
All My Loving
Roll Over Beethoven
From Me To You
Do You Want To Know A Secret
Thank You Girl - Rockkybox, on 04/04/2009, -0/+8Well I'm sorry for your loss
- Cycline3, on 04/04/2009, -0/+7"...while another shows John Lennon and McCartney emerging from a doorway "
John Lennon isn't in that photo. Its Ringo, Paul and George.... photo six looks like same set and again, John is missing. - dsmx, on 04/04/2009, -0/+6Correct me if I'm wrong but after the beatles didn't the britsh rock band invasion begin?
- Thumper13, on 04/04/2009, -1/+7How old are you? I don't know one person that has ever thought the Stones were from America. They are nothing like the "symbol of America."
They are just a said imitation of themselves, and a miracle in body chemistry.
Jesus, how the F is K Richards still alive?
No, you're right. The Beatles conquered the World, not just America. - tragedystory, on 04/03/2009, -3/+8vive les Beatles
- Dinsdale77, on 04/04/2009, -1/+6They conquered my mind.
- slearwig, on 04/04/2009, -2/+7[quote]It's nonsensical lyrics (I am the egg man,I am the walrus,coo coo cachoo? WTF?) [/quote]
Allow me to assist you.
http://www.jabberwocky.com/carroll/walrus.html
The Walrus and The Carpenter
Lewis Carroll
(from Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There, 1872)
The sun was shining on the sea,
Shining with all his might:
He did his very best to make
The billows smooth and bright--
And this was odd, because it was
The middle of the night.
The moon was shining sulkily,
Because she thought the sun
Had got no business to be there
After the day was done--
"It's very rude of him," she said,
"To come and spoil the fun!"
The sea was wet as wet could be,
The sands were dry as dry.
You could not see a cloud, because
No cloud was in the sky:
No birds were flying overhead--
There were no birds to fly.
The Walrus and the Carpenter
Were walking close at hand;
They wept like anything to see
Such quantities of sand:
"If this were only cleared away,"
They said, "it would be grand!"
"If seven maids with seven mops
Swept it for half a year.
Do you suppose," the Walrus said,
"That they could get it clear?"
"I doubt it," said the Carpenter,
And shed a bitter tear.
"O Oysters, come and walk with us!"
The Walrus did beseech.
"A pleasant walk, a pleasant talk,
Along the briny beach:
We cannot do with more than four,
To give a hand to each."
The eldest Oyster looked at him,
But never a word he said:
The eldest Oyster winked his eye,
And shook his heavy head--
Meaning to say he did not choose
To leave the oyster-bed.
But four young Oysters hurried up,
All eager for the treat:
Their coats were brushed, their faces washed,
Their shoes were clean and neat--
And this was odd, because, you know,
They hadn't any feet.
Four other Oysters followed them,
And yet another four;
And thick and fast they came at last,
And more, and more, and more--
All hopping through the frothy waves,
And scrambling to the shore.
The Walrus and the Carpenter
Walked on a mile or so,
And then they rested on a rock
Conveniently low:
And all the little Oysters stood
And waited in a row.
"The time has come," the Walrus said,
"To talk of many things:
Of shoes--and ships--and sealing-wax--
Of cabbages--and kings--
And why the sea is boiling hot--
And whether pigs have wings."
"But wait a bit," the Oysters cried,
"Before we have our chat;
For some of us are out of breath,
And all of us are fat!"
"No hurry!" said the Carpenter.
They thanked him much for that.
"A loaf of bread," the Walrus said,
"Is what we chiefly need:
Pepper and vinegar besides
Are very good indeed--
Now if you're ready, Oysters dear,
We can begin to feed."
"But not on us!" the Oysters cried,
Turning a little blue.
"After such kindness, that would be
A dismal thing to do!"
"The night is fine," the Walrus said.
"Do you admire the view?
"It was so kind of you to come!
And you are very nice!"
The Carpenter said nothing but
"Cut us another slice:
I wish you were not quite so deaf--
I've had to ask you twice!"
"It seems a shame," the Walrus said,
"To play them such a trick,
After we've brought them out so far,
And made them trot so quick!"
The Carpenter said nothing but
"The butter's spread too thick!"
"I weep for you," the Walrus said:
"I deeply sympathize."
With sobs and tears he sorted out
Those of the largest size,
Holding his pocket-handkerchief
Before his streaming eyes.
"O Oysters," said the Carpenter,
"You've had a pleasant run!
Shall we be trotting home again?'
But answer came there none--
And this was scarcely odd, because
They'd eaten every one. - CorneliusRex, on 04/03/2009, -3/+7the days of good old British pop. Thank you sir, may I have another?
- nmoulana, on 04/04/2009, -2/+6Had me at Hello Goodbye.
- mrinsanity, on 04/04/2009, -0/+4I am seeing Paul and Ringo together tonight. I win.
- inactive, on 04/04/2009, -0/+3We need another phenom to come along like Elvis or the Beatles - that takes music to a new height or direction and the people along with it. I love the Beatles- but we still need a new super-group or something. The music industry right now is dead as a doornail. I don't like them, but frikking American Idols are selling in Platinum numbers due to the starvation. I have to listen to my same favorites from decades past, over and over. It's a shame....
- atmenterprises, on 04/04/2009, -2/+5Did Lennon and McCartney write the Stones' first hit song? Even 25 years after their breakup in 1970, they were the largest selling band with their Anthology release.
- slearwig, on 04/04/2009, -1/+3It'll happen again with one word. Sincerity.
Can the commercial overproduced hype, the computerized loops and mock hysteria and get back to the real thing. - inactive, on 04/04/2009, -0/+2Miss him. Miss him. Miss him.
- 33PercentGod, on 04/04/2009, -0/+2The difference is Type O Negative is a very tongue in cheek,dark humored, sarcastic band and the Beastie Boys are deliberately over the top.
I Wish For Peace Between The Races
Someday We Shall All Be One
There's Something Coming To The Surface
There's Fire All Around
But This Is An Illusion
I've Seen Better Days Than This One
I've Seen Better Nights Than This One
Tension Is Rebuilding
Something's Got To Give
Something's Got To Give
Someday We Shall All Be One
-Beastie Boys
Life is killing me
Appointment made, waited three hours
Did not realize you had such power
I'd rather see a mortician
Your parents saved or had the bucks
Your education stems from luck
Future corpse: death by physician
-Type O Negative
The Beatles say the lyrics and are genuine about it.
That's the difference.
Want ME to go on? - brainboy7777, on 04/04/2009, -0/+2Ringo still looks like a douche.
- Palaskowitz, on 04/04/2009, -2/+4Ah, that takes me back. Wait, this was 21 years before my birth, nevermind.
- stevieraveon, on 04/04/2009, -0/+2Agree 100% with your opinion on Nirvana.
Disagree 100% with your opinion on the Beatles. - bluejays47, on 04/04/2009, -2/+4"There's nothing you can do that can't be done.
Nothing you can sing that can't be sung.
Nothing you can say but you can learn how to play the game
It's easy.
There's nothing you can make that can't be made.
No one you can save that can't be saved.
Nothing you can do but you can learn how to be you
in time - It's easy.
All you need is love, all you need is love,
All you need is love, love, love is all you need."
Yup, pretty nonsensical. - Phelyx, on 04/04/2009, -0/+2I don't think the Beatles were the origin of the "boy band." In fact, before the Beatles, most pop groups were actually more like boy bands. The do-wop singers and that 50s style with the row of guys all dressed alike doing matched dance moves. The Beatles actually climbed outside of that stereotype after their first few records by writing and playing their own music and going against the accepted structure of how records were made in those days. And almost immediately after becoming hugely popular, they did their best to stop being considered "cute."
There were plenty of groups composed of a set of boys or one " fabricated star" before the Beatles came along. A lot of them were promoted as being like someone else... Like Elvis mainly. Most of them were manufactured and carefully groomed to be "the next Elvis" or "The next Crickets" etc... Cool looking kids with no musical talent were grabbed from the malt shop and groomed by record producers to be the face and the dance moves of the music that was actually being written and played by middle aged studio musicians (like Milli Vanilli in the 80s, and almost everyone on the charts now). Those 50s "rock 'n roll product" groups is where boy bands came from.
What the Beatles did was bring the craft of songwriting to the front. They experimented with production and song structure. They were innovative with lyrics. They had an integrity to their work that inspired so many people it's difficult to imagine what would have happened - even to popular culture in general - without them. They explored the art of making music on their own terms, and they did it all in a very short amount of time. What they did was create the last truly revolutionary movement in popular music. You can honestly look at pop music chronologically and historically and it shows a very distinct Before Beatles and After Beatles. The most telling fact about them is that their music is still popular. People still love their songs, and people who have an interest in music will always discuss them.
One interesting testament to what the Beatles did is the fact that there can never really be another phenomenon like them in pop music. Anything that happens in music that seems revolutionary will always be compared to the Beatles. Saying they were the source of "boy bands" is like saying that Buddy Holly created death metal because he was a guy who played an electric guitar. - Hollowpoint, on 04/04/2009, -0/+2Think that pretty much sums it up.
- redfan, on 04/04/2009, -0/+2What's ironic is that music "aficionados" back then dismissed the Beatles as what we would call a boy band, with all show and little substance. It wasn't until Sgt Pepper's that they were taken seriously as music influences.
But you'll probably never see anyone achieve that level of success in terms of chart position again. The industry is so stratified and people's aim is to develop their own musical tastes using the internet and not whatever the radio happens to be playing. - DiskCrasher, on 04/04/2009, -1/+3John is dead.
- glaz, on 04/04/2009, -0/+1Without physics there would be no nuclear weaponry. Down with physics. Physics is false.
/s - eramos, on 04/04/2009, -0/+1Damn trademark laws
- UbIwerks, on 04/04/2009, -0/+1That's moronic!!!!! It's like comparing Elvis to Clay Aiken.
- UbIwerks, on 04/04/2009, -0/+1What about The Monkees!?!?!
Oh man, that made me feel dirty..... - 33PercentGod, on 04/04/2009, -0/+1Couple that with plain,boring ass music and you have a cure for insomnia.
- gkiltz, on 04/04/2009, -0/+0If I remember right that first show was at the old Washington Coliseum, which is now a solid-waste transfer station!
Talk about loss of a historic site!
DC needs to be more sensitive to these things. After all, if you focus from the perspective of the entire planet, the two most famous people to ever come from Washington, DC are Duke Ellington and Goldie Hawn! Both entertainers. DC does not take it's history in this area seriously enough! - CarStan, on 04/04/2009, -1/+1well, there still is Nickelback...
- atmenterprises, on 04/04/2009, -1/+1For the Beatles fans that haven't discovered it yet, a fan has finished Lennon's demo of "Now and Then" that was supposedly worked on by Harrison, Starr and McCartney during the Anthology sessions using loops and sounds from other Beatles songs. It turned out really well and is definitely worth a listen on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcOBb1yEedk
- Rockyn, on 04/04/2009, -1/+1YOU SUCK!
- 33PercentGod, on 04/04/2009, -3/+3There won't be another "phenom" because music is so much more diverse now than it was back in the 70's where everyone listened to what we now call "classic rock". Today's music is so diverse and has SO many genres that we do have phenoms,but in their own respective genre. Take Eminem in the rap world for example when he became popular.
I like the way music is now,everyone doing their own thing and SO much to listen to,not everyone just following one specific type of music. - lolwutpear, on 04/04/2009, -0/+0Nice pictures, terrible descriptions. They lack all sorts of detail about when and where they were taken, and some of the captions (see Cycline3's comment) are just wrong.
- LANKumentary, on 04/04/2009, -1/+0I want there to be sooooo many more pictures! Those were great.
- Duvali, on 04/04/2009, -5/+3yay boy bands.
- IanRulez, on 04/04/2009, -4/+1Nice job picking an atypical song from type o in order to mock lyrics.
Not long ago but far away.
A rainy winter's day.
All her pain she kept inside.
Could no longer hide.
No cry for help.
She killed herself.
Both life & love could not be saved.
She took them both to the grave.
A pair of souls become undone.
Where were two now one.
Divided by this wall of death.
I soon will join you yet.
With my blood I'll find your love.
You found the strength to end your life.
As you did so shall I.
Oh no.
Please don't go.
It's like a death in the family.
A crimson pool so warm & deep.
Lulls me to an endless sleep.
Your hand in mine - I will be brave.
take me from this earth.
An endless night - this, the end of life.
From the dark I feel your lips.
And I taste your bloody kiss.
Oh no.
Please don't go.
It's like a death in the family.
Don't die on me.
Don't die on me.
Don't die on me.
Don't die.
Bloody Kisses - Type O Negative - Trent0090, on 04/04/2009, -6/+1One cam only hope
- CheckPlease, on 04/04/2009, -6/+1Did Dick Clark take over Digg for a day, or are baby boomers feeling a need to inflate their self-importance yet again? Without the Beatles, the boy-band doesn't exist.
- 33PercentGod, on 04/04/2009, -12/+4I'm ready to get buried,but Digg is a place for sharing opinions. To me personally,The Beatles and Nirvana are the most overrated bands in history. It's nothing personal against the bands,I just don't like the way their music sounds. It's nonsensical lyrics (I am the egg man,I am the walrus,coo coo cachoo? WTF?) that if other bands came up with today,they would get ripped a new *****. That being coupled with super plain sounding music,I just don't like it.
And you can't say I have a narrow taste in music either. I listen to a diverse collection ranging from Enigma to Iron Maiden,the B-52s to Anthrax . My 2 favorite bands are the Beastie Boys and Type O Negative.
I just do NOT like the music of the Beatles and that's what you judge a band by. Not my cup of tea. - heavystone, on 04/04/2009, -13/+4I never thought of The Beatles conquering America. Sure they were more popular than God, but if you want a band that seriously "conquered" then look at The Rolling Stones. Hell, they have become a symbol of America. Many Americans are not even aware they are from the UK.
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