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Originally posted by ElectricBugaloo
I think the beatles are the best band of all time - not because of age, but because they have at least 6 albums that are as good if not better than anything anyone else has put out: Abbey Road, Rubber Soul, Revolver, Let It Be, Sgt Peppers and The White Album.No one else has had six albums of this caliber (The Beach Boys had Pet Sound, Talking Heads had Remain In Light, Rolling Stones had a couple, the Replacements had Let It Be, etc) let alone six albums released in five years of this caliber.
Radiohead have 6 albums. Not only are they better albums but they are more innovative and quite clearly set the bar for what evolution is within a band.
To claim those albums by The Beatles as better than anything else anyone has put out is just utterly ridiculous. Even for an opinion.
Originally posted by ElectricBugaloo
Considering what The Beatles did with the technology they had, it makes it even more impressive. Like the tale of Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" being overdubbed so many times the tape was nearly clear, George Martin had to come up with new ways to make the sounds that Lennon and McCartney wanted with primitive technology. One can only imagine what they would do with modern studio techniques.
Probably find another George Martin to do what they wanted as opposed to doing it themselves.
Or doing it themselves and not being anywhere near as good. There's alot of options besides them using today's tech and still being great.
Originally posted by ElectricBugaloo
There are very few songwriters who can match the tandem of Lennon/McCartney and none are quite as prolific; that's what sets the Beatles apart. Besides catchy pop music, the lyrics are what set them apart - and the ever changing sounds of the band.
Maynard James Keenan, Chris Cornell, Mike Patton, Jason Lyttle. All much better lyricists that McCartney and Lennon. By far. As for ever changing sound, I fail to see how The Beatles top Radiohead or an endless wealth of Mike Patton's projects.
Originally posted by ElectricBugaloo
If you listen to The Beatles on Help, then onto Abbey Road, the only thing that is the same is the voices. They were always changing their sound, dabbling in psychedelia (Sgt Peppers) back to old fashioned pop (Let It Be before Spector got his hands on it), even early hard rock (Helter Skelter has been said to have inspired entire bands' careers).
I think that's a remarkable stretch to say that the only thing the same is the voices. There are quite clearly similarities on how they wrote and recorded. Once again, if anyone, Radiohead can make that claim.
Pablo Honey to The Bends. The Bends to OK Computer. OK Computer to Kid A. Kid A to Amnesiac (not that different as they were recorded together). Amnesiac to Hail to the Thief.
Much different each and every step of the way.
As for inspiring bands careers, Faith No More inspired Metallica. Who inspired thousands and thousands. Mike Patton created Serj Tankian's singing style. Countless bands cite one or more Mike Patton projects as their reasons for being involved in music. Even the Red Hot Chili Peppers frontman Anthony Kiedis more or less ripped off Mike Patton after seeing the video for Epic.
With regards to the topic, I love alot of old bands. Some are better, some are worse. I don't think the inspiration is always better then inspiree. Inspiration isn't always heard in music either.
Mike Patton influences me but I could never make music like him, so you'd probably never know unless I told you.
-AC