Greatest Album in Rock History...

[bobsticks]

. And please people, stop with this "I appreciate how significant they were" crap. If you don't understand how good they were as just four guys with musical instruments then you won't really understand why they were influential.

I don't know that I agree with that sentiment, Brad. It seems to me perfectly reasonable to say that I appreciate their contributions out of a show of respect...respect for the influence they held over legions of fans and artists alike, respect for obvious talent, and an observance of their artistic growth.

I can appreciate all those things and still not particularly care for the music that resulted from them picking up instruments and playing.

[BradH]

I can appreciate all those things and still not particularly care for the music that resulted from them picking up instruments and playing.

But it's sort of damning with faint praise. "She's not attractive but has a great personality." A lot of people who don't like the Beatles feel the need to comment negatively or positively on the influence they had or huge bs cultural baggage surrounding that band. I don't know how anyone can comment positively on their legacy while not liking their music, it just totally escapes me. If I didn't like someone then I would prefer they had no influence and failing that, I say they suck and move on. The thing I'm getting at is the music is what matters and I'm tired of non-fans saying, "They certainly were a phenomenon" or whatever like they can understand it while, in reality, they don't know why they were a phenomenon, like it was a fluke of marketing or something.

I don't know if that made sense or not.

[bobsticks]

I don't know if that made sense or not.

Kinda sorta.

I have an analogy based on sports dynasties and 16 year-old girls wearing player jerseys but it's not really that entertaining or worth the effort...except in as far as that I'm not a 16 year-old girl but as both a musician and a fan of music I can recognise that in a chronological sense what they played was both revolutionary and evolutionary...and I still don't like the tonal q....they influenced alot of futur....nevemind.

Let's just agree that Finch must be stopped.