General Chat

Louise, who made them rich ? people with no taste in music ! and can't tell the difference between good and bad. See my last message. Eddie.

For Em c, so you think I am a novice ? if you only knew ! I could stir things up a lot more if I wanted to, but I would only be coming down to your level. ( childish )

I think Eddie is winding everybody up! He knows they were great. George martin was indeed a genius, but the talent was there with the Beatles when they met George Martin . . . . . he expanded their talent.

Eddie, are you really my Dad in disguise? LOL Then again maybe not, as much as my old Dad loves Perry Como and Bing Crosby, even he would acknowledge the Beatles place in musical history! BTW Eddie, have you heard Perry Como sing Yesterday? Even he rated them! Christine

She Loves You ED,ED,ED, She loves You E..................

'What talent Brian ? your talking through your b*******

'So you all think I am winding you up ! and no sane person would say they were rubbish ! Let me tell you, 'I am not winding you all up ! and I am 100% sane, and to whoever is researching their Pritchard family, you are related to a clever talented family.

Eddie looks to me like your trying to cause a little trouble can I ask why?? Paul

I took part in a quiz on Friday...something about songs with boy's name...I answered 'Hey Jude' and received two emails form Eddie about how wrong I was ...how the Beatles were crap and finally so was John Lennon's son....I have replied to him ...taking part in a quiz doesn't warrant this...he doesn't know my opinion either for or against the Beatles...there are more important things in life.....

eddie perry coma lol you are showing your age. do us a favour . and as they say in liverpool 'just do one'

To Paul (Tigger) I am not trying to course trouble, I am just trying to get home to people that the Beatles were 'NOT A BAND' they were four young lads with no talent at all, who could hardly play two cords on their guitar. And could only scream 'She loves Yeh ' Yeh Yeh Yeh ' How bad can that be ?? Not to mention, 'We All Live In A Yella Submarine ' You must agree it was utter rubbish !

Eddie, other people are entitled to their own opinions and are not going to be convinced to change their minds just because you keep repeating yourself. By the way, I thought they were great then and I still do now. Christina :-)

like I said I rest my case Paul

Eddie, I have to agree SOME of todays bands are rubbish. You are comparing apples to oranges when you talk of the Beatles and todays music. It was not my intention to compare the Beatles with todays bands. But we are not talking of a band of today, we are talking of a band from 40 years ago. I still stand by what I said in an earlier post. Just out of curiosity, what band of the 60's rates as good in your book? Perry Como was not a band. Deb

OK Eddie...you keep mentioning 'Yellow Submarine' and I agree absolute rubbish.....it isn't the only song they wrote ..and yes we have yeah...yeah...yeah....but look at some of their other lyrics...and delete them from the 60's and what would you have......

I find this interesting, from the net: http://www.icce.rug.nl/~soundscapes/VOLUME01/A_Beatles_Odyssey.html Alan W. Pollack's musicological journey through the Beatles' songs by Ger Tillekens ---------------------------------------------------------------------- In many ways the songs of the Beatles are exemplary for the musical innovations the British beat explosion wrought onto the domain of popular music in the sixties. With their music the British groups forged a highly original combination out of the erstwhile separate elements of other musical styles, which quickly evolved to become a full-blown style of its own: the music we nowadays know as pop or rock music. The Beatles stood at the front-lines of this artistic movement and their songs offer worthwhile material for those who want to know more about the musical characteristics of rock music. And, there's help for those who want to study these songs. Since 1989 everyone can look for assistance on the internet in the Notes on ... Series, written by the American musicologist Alan W. Pollack on each and every Beatles' song. 1 Chains of pan-diatonic clusters. Think yourself back to the city of London at the end of the year 1963 and meanwhile keep in mind that the virus of Beatlemania at that moment still was restricted to the British Isles and beat music was seen as music for adolescent boys and girls. Then and there only a few adults took the sound of the four Beatles seriously. Yet there were some who did and among them there was at least one real musicologist. If you had been there on the right day and you had bought the distinguished British paper The Times, out of the first hand you could have read an extensive musicological article devoted to the Beatles. This early assessment was full of praise for their musical accomplishments, but also phrased in a kind of learned musicological language that contrasted sharply with the self-concept of the rising youth culture. Read the next quote to know what the author heard in songs, most young people in those days just danced or sat down to listen to. ''Their noisy items are the ones that arouse teenagers' excitement. Glutinous crooning is generally out of fashion these days, and even a song about 'Misery' sounds fundamentally quite cheerful; the slow, sad song about 'That Boy', which figures prominently in Beatle programmes, is expressively unusual for its lugubrious music, but harmonically it is one of their most intriguing, with its chains of pan-diatonic clusters, and the sentiment is acceptable because voiced cleanly and crisply. But harmonic interest is typical of their quicker songs too, and one gets the impression that they think simultaneously of harmony and melody, so firmly are the major tonic sevenths and ninths built into their tunes, and the flat submediant key switches, so natural is the Aeolian cadence at the end of 'Not a Second Time'' (the chord progression which ends Mahler's 'Song of the Earth').''

did i get the 100 post ...????

Yes Andy! lol

Joy Kentish Maid, 'It is still crap in my book !

Eddie, I'd delete the word c**p if I were you. :-) We are all entitled to our opinions. Just thought it would be interesting to read those of the American musicologist Alan W. Pollack. :-) Joy