The Beatles
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“The Best ever!”
“They held and still hold so many records in music, not to mention that they changed music forever. They are also one of the most (if not the most) recognizable bands in history.”
“cmon nobody better than the beatles. its really not close”
“the beatles are so good and ringo by himself is better than ABBA”
“wtf abba no1. beatles pwnage
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“who ever doesn't think they are number 1 are insane, let alone think ABBA is number 1, I'm going to kill myself”
“Abba #1? You have gotta be kidding me! The Beatles are and will continue to be the greatest of all time! They started it all. Before the Beatles there was Elvis (who never wrote a song in his life) Jerry Lee Lewis, Chuck Berry, and Little Richard. They could only write 3 chord songs. The Beatles took it to another level that will never be equaled!”
“I fully expected them to be number 1 lets face it they really should be!”
“The Beatles are second to none. When you think of how they not only changed music but culture as well, it's astonishing. To think a bad could have that much infuence on society is unbelievalbe. There will never be another bad Icon like the beatles.”
“THE BEATLES ARE THE # 1 JUST BECAUSE THEY CREATED THERE OWN WAY TO SUCCESS”
“No other band has ever come close to 77 top 40 hits, no other band has sold more than a billion albums.”
“27 #1 hits in just 8 years! With twice that many songs being very popular, well known hits.”
“Hands down, not even close-the Greatest Rock Band of all!”
“The reason the Beatles are the most influential is because they were songwriters and musicians who headed rock and roll away from its 50's roots. The Beatles supplanted Elvis and have been the biggest influence for the last 45 years. Anyone who can't admit to it does not know the music scene especially with modern rock bands. do you really think Elvis has been more influential than the Beatles? I would put Dylan or Hendrix over Elvis. The Beatles easily number 1”
“the beatles are like 10 times better than ABBA!”
“even if you don't like their tunes you still have to give them the fact that they kept producing hit after hit”
“the best, most influential, and funnest”
“ABBA has some good voices who cares! the Beatles earned their way to success, nobody beats the Beatles, not even ABBA!
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“They are by far the greatest band of all time. There songs were written by them and everyone was memerable and deep. They had a magnifiant stage presence and personalities that set them apart from everyone else. They are the most influential band of all time and inspiring a nation during a time of uncertinty. There music is listened to across the world. To this day they still continue to sell thousands of records after being apart for so long. No other band had such an amazing fan base that is the biggest fan base to this day.”
“The Beatles are definitely the greatest band of all time. Paul McCartney and John Lennon are geniuses!”
“legendary”
“legend”
“legend”
“They are and always will be the best”
“bar none, hands down, the greatest rock band ever”
“who else?”
“Beatles Are The Best”
“They will and always be the best noboby can top the Beatles they are the greatest rock band of all time”
“They completely started a legendary following. Even over 50 years they are still loved with a video game out now!
Best selling band of all time.”
“As The All Music Guide says in their excellent Beatles biography "That it's difficult to summarize their career without restating cliches that have already been digested by tens of millions of rock fans, to start with the obvious,they were the greatest and most influential act of the rock era and introduced more innovations into popular music than any other rock band of the 20th century."
"Moreover they were among the few artists of *any* discipline that were simultaneously the best at what they did *and* the most popular at what they did." THey also say as singers John Lennon and Paul McCartney were among the best and most expressive in rock.
Also on an excellent site,The Evolution of Rock Bass Playing McCartney Style by Dennnis Alstrand,Stanley Clarke,Sting,Will Lee,Billy Sheehan,George Martin and John Lennon are quoted saying what a great,melodic and influential bass player Paul has always been'
And Wilco's John Stirratt was asked in Bass Player which bass players have had the most impact on his playing and the first thing he said was, Paul McCartney is one of the greatest bass players of all time,if you listen to what he was tracking live in the studio it's unbelievable." "With his tone and musicality he was a huge influence,he covered all of his harmonic responsibilities really well but his baselines were absolutely melodic and inventive."
And in an online 1977 Eric Clapton interview,ERic Clapton In His Own Words he says that there was always this guitar game between John and George,and he said partly because John was a pretty good guitar player himself.He played live with John as a member of John's 1969 Plastic Ono Band.
And there is a great online article by musician and song writer Peter Cross,The Beatles Are The Most Creative Band Of All Time and he says that many musicians besides him recognize Paul as one of the best bass guitar players ever.He too says that John and Paul are the greatest song composers are among the 2 greatest singers in rock and that John,Paul and George were all excellent guitarists and that George is underrated by people not educated about music but that Eric Clapton knew better,he also says that both John and Paul played great leads as well as innovative rhythm tracks.
John Lennon co-wrote,sang and played guitar on one of David Bowie's first hits Fame in 1975.Brain May,Ozzy Osbourne,and Liam Gallagher and many more call The Beatles The Greatest Band Ever.
Also on MusicRadar Tom Petty,Joe Perry and Richie Sambora in What The Beatles Mean To Me all say how cool and great they thought The Beatles were when they first saw them on THe Ed Sullivan Show in Februar 1964 when they were just teen boys,Richie was only 5.Tom Petty said he thought they were really really great.
Robin Zander of Cheap Trick said he's probably one of the biggest Beatles fans on the planet.Brad Whitford of Aerosmith said that a lot of that Beatles influence comes from Steven Tyler's collaborartion with Mark Hudson both whom are absolute Beatles freaks and he said I guess the goal is to try and emulate probably some of the best music of the last 50 years which has to be The Beatles.”
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