so basically the argument is that The Beatles are horrible, because they have hardcore fans. Newsflash that argument could made about any band with a hardcore fan base. i.e. Pearl Jam, Radiohead, Wilco, Pink Floyd, Phish, GBV, etc, etc, etc.
No. Fans of PJ, Radiohead, Wilco, PF, Phish, GBV listen to other shit than just those bands...including the Beatles. Hardcore Beatles fans DON'T LISTEN TO ANYTHING ELSE, well other than maybe top 40 radio, because they are simpletons.
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There's a DJ in the Philadelphia area, Andre Gardner. He hosts a show called "Breakfast with the Beatles." Anyhow, whenever he mentions The Beatles, he calls them "The Greatest Band of All-Time, The Beatles." I mean, EVERY TIME.
If they really WERE the greatest band of all-time (which is a silly title, anyhow. If you can definitively and irrefutably determine what THE BEST of anything is, well, then you're a loser.) then why do we have to be hit over
the head with it? Why do people who love the Beatles have to constantly remind you of all their "stats" and their influence? If they truly were great then someone should come to that conclusion naturally. Not have Rolling Stone magazine and old, clueless baby boomer constantly needling us.
R.E.M. In my opinion, very good band. Produced some very good music. They weren't the most, bestest, most influential, etc. anything. No one is. I'm not Bill Simmons/Nick Hornsby and their ilk constantly ranking and comparing things. I had a great time enjoying what they produced.
Brian
