. said:

The Beatles' time in Germany hardened them for future touring. However, if you listen to their early songs, they (1) relied on a shitload of covers of American artists, and (2) wrote very primitive stuff themselves.

It would be a mistake to underestimate George Martin's role in the group. The White Album was the first Beatles record on which the Beatles' own influence was arguably greater than Martin's.
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dotandahalf said:

The Beatles actually practiced and wrote songs in Germany for a number of years before they were popular in the 50's. Some act as if the second they showed up on the Ed Sullivan show that they did all of this creative stuff.

Take anyone and give them 10,000 hours of practice and of course they'd be good. Malcom Gladwell reported this stuff years ago

Beatles were OK but I think the only one that really had talent was John lennon and to a lesser degree Harrison. McCartney strug it out for the money and Ringo is a fucking moron (like most drummers)
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. said:

Let's face it, boomers found paradise and proceeded to turn it into hell.

BobHopesColostomyBag said:

No we didn't turn it into hell..the WWII generation did...they're still in charge...in their 90's...Henry Kissinger, Zbig, David Rockefeller, Maurice Strong. We will never be rid of these fuckers.

The baby boomers are like Prince Charles...he will be outlived by his mother and never accede to power.

Nigga, please!
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. said:

Someone coming to 2012 from 1972 would be SHOCKED that nobody has landed on the moon or any other planet in 40 years.

They would be SHOCKED that it's legal for men to marry other men, and that courts will give child custody to gays.

They would be SHOCKED that so many children are aborted every year.

We live in a very different world than we did in 1972. And it's not necessarily an improvement.

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People used tube amplifiers and vinyl records, which has actually much better sound quality than CDs and MP3.

. said:

U.S. would decisively kick ass and win wars.

Like Vietnam?

. said:

Let's face it, boomers found paradise and proceeded to turn it into hell.

WRONG

Addressing this common stupidity on these here ebiz boards should become one of my missions in life.

It's true that the Boomers were born into a great world -- until they faced the prospect of being killed or maimed for life in southeast asia. But the rug was pulled out from under their futures and the future of America forever by the parents of the Boomers.

The central problem of the U.S. today is that it's no longer the U.S. This country is NOTHING like the country the Boomers grew up in. That's not because of anything the Boomers did. The Boomers were kids when their parents turned the U.S. over to a worldful of third-world animals.

Forever.

I feel sorry for the Boomers. They got to see what the U.S. was like. They know what's been lost. And I feel sorry for their kids and grandkids. They can never know what the U.S. was like.

Instead of inheriting the country that their "Greatest" generation grandparents or great-grandparents inherited, they get to live out their lives in the sort of non-American mess the Founders tried to prevent.

"Greatest" generation? How could you hand your children's inheritance over to a worldful of third-world animals?

Have a nice day.

. said:

WRONG

Addressing this common stupidity on these here ebiz boards should become one of my missions in life.

It's true that the Boomers were born into a great world -- until they faced the prospect of being killed or maimed for life in southeast asia. But the rug was pulled out from under their futures and the future of America forever by the parents of the Boomers.

The central problem of the U.S. today is that it's no longer the U.S. This country is NOTHING like the country the Boomers grew up in. That's not because of anything the Boomers did. The Boomers were kids when their parents turned the U.S. over to a worldful of third-world animals.

Forever.

I feel sorry for the Boomers. They got to see what the U.S. was like. They know what's been lost. And I feel sorry for their kids and grandkids. They can never know what the U.S. was like.

Instead of inheriting the country that their "Greatest" generation grandparents or great-grandparents inherited, they get to live out their lives in the sort of non-American mess the Founders tried to prevent.

"Greatest" generation? How could you hand your children's inheritance over to a worldful of third-world animals?

Have a nice day.

. said:

WRONG

Addressing this common stupidity on these here ebiz boards should become one of my missions in life.

It's true that the Boomers were born into a great world -- until they faced the prospect of being killed or maimed for life in southeast asia. But the rug was pulled out from under their futures and the future of America forever by the parents of the Boomers.

The central problem of the U.S. today is that it's no longer the U.S. This country is NOTHING like the country the Boomers grew up in. That's not because of anything the Boomers did. The Boomers were kids when their parents turned the U.S. over to a worldful of third-world animals.

Forever.

I feel sorry for the Boomers. They got to see what the U.S. was like. They know what's been lost. And I feel sorry for their kids and grandkids. They can never know what the U.S. was like.

Instead of inheriting the country that their "Greatest" generation grandparents or great-grandparents inherited, they get to live out their lives in the sort of non-American mess the Founders tried to prevent.

"Greatest" generation? How could you hand your children's inheritance over to a worldful of third-world animals?

Have a nice day.

Mr Joshua said:

BobHopesColostomyBag said:

No something happened in the 60's that has disappeared since. The rise of the baby boom youth movement meant that musicians created a huge new music industry that the recording execs could only exploit frantically, but not control Thus the artists could actually do what they wanted, for better or worse. It was freedom and it was pretty exciting. By the mid seventies this was effectively ended as all the musicians died or were murdered whatever. They were replaced with the same old stale plastic pop groups that existed back in the bad old days. Form over substance, bouncy happy music to keep the slaves content with their miserable lot. No thank you.

Now Gen Y has the internet to use to break free again from the corporate power of the music biz exec and the execs are going crazy trying to stop it at all costs. We shall see.

The subject matter of songs from the 1960s was about living life. I can't say who was directly responsible for it but the music was about mundane things that people do every day.

Since the 90s the music has been about fantasy romance for women and just fucking for young males. Older men don't listen to this music.

There are a few exceptions that are wonderful but they are rare. Lady Antebellum did a throwback to music about living life and went mainstream from just country because of this; for example.

BobHopesColostomyBag said:

And where is the protest music of this generation?

Original_Lonely_Guy said:

Deal, gramps. You'll be dead before you know it anyway.

This country will be majority brown in about 40 years.

. said:

WRONG

Addressing this common stupidity on these here ebiz boards should become one of my missions in life.

It's true that the Boomers were born into a great world -- until they faced the prospect of being killed or maimed for life in southeast asia. But the rug was pulled out from under their futures and the future of America forever by the parents of the Boomers.

The central problem of the U.S. today is that it's no longer the U.S. This country is NOTHING like the country the Boomers grew up in. That's not because of anything the Boomers did. The Boomers were kids when their parents turned the U.S. over to a worldful of third-world animals.

Forever.

I feel sorry for the Boomers. They got to see what the U.S. was like. They know what's been lost. And I feel sorry for their kids and grandkids. They can never know what the U.S. was like.

Instead of inheriting the country that their "Greatest" generation grandparents or great-grandparents inherited, they get to live out their lives in the sort of non-American mess the Founders tried to prevent.

"Greatest" generation? How could you hand your children's inheritance over to a worldful of third-world animals?

Have a nice day.