Compared to Bee Gees and Monkees, The Kinks or The Move would be much closer to The Beatles during this period (but no cigar....)
― Hongroe (Geir Hongro), Saturday, 31 March 2012 17:05 (eleven years ago) link
I've been a music fan long enough, been on ilx long enough, lived long enough to like all these songs by all these artists and to know that there are plenty of sane people who don't seem to like The Beatles that much- I even remember an otm nabisco post explaining why this is so- but this feels like some kind of trap or puzzle I must solve to escape to safety so I will make like Bruce Lee or Orson Welles, smash the mirrors, heed the challops and vote for The Beatles.
― Singularities Going Steady (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 31 March 2012 23:42 (eleven years ago) link
this feels like some kind of trap or puzzle I must solve to escape to safety
Yeah. Good post!
― timellison, Saturday, 31 March 2012 23:47 (eleven years ago) link
Sure, not eveeyone likes The Beatles, but those who don't should be more likely to rep for Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix, Zappa, Captain Beefheart, Otis Redding, Aretha Frankkin or James Brown than Bee Gees and Monkees.
― The GeirBot (Geir Hongro), Sunday, 1 April 2012 10:41 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah, that's right, you tell us what we like, Geir, we wouldn't know otherwise
― Charles Kennedy Jumped Up, He Called 'Oh No'. (Tom D.), Sunday, 1 April 2012 12:01 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3Ili2VvtvU
― Singularities Going Steady (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 1 April 2012 12:52 (eleven years ago) link
Thought about the discussion on this thread whilst driving my car listening to the radio and considered making one of those Let Me Show You My Diverse Tastes Which Actually Turn Out To Be Nearby Points On A Straight Line Introduce Yourself! style posts- "I like The Beatles AND John Coltrane, The Velvet Underground AND James Brown!" As I genre-hopped my way through the XM dial it occurred to me that it must be nice to pick one artist to like and then stick to your guns, plugging your ears to the siren song of keeping up with all the Crate Digger Jones out there.
― Singularities Going Steady (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 1 April 2012 19:50 (eleven years ago) link
Take out 66 and The Beatles might not win. Include Paperback Writer (and RAIN) and Revolver, and they fucking walk it.
― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Saturday, March 31, 2012 11:03 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― balls, Sunday, 1 April 2012 20:25 (eleven years ago) link
so I'm the only guy who really kinda hates all those Bee Gees songs?
― tempestuous alaskan nites! (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Sunday, 1 April 2012 20:31 (eleven years ago) link
Probably, but it's no wonder since they were all written by Paul Simon and sung by John Fogerty
― Singularities Going Steady (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 1 April 2012 20:50 (eleven years ago) link
Sorry that was cold
― Singularities Going Steady (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 1 April 2012 20:51 (eleven years ago) link
lol
― You big bully, why are you hitting that little bully? (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 2 April 2012 16:19 (eleven years ago) link
I don't like the Bee Gees much until the early 70s.
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 2 April 2012 16:20 (eleven years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Friday, 6 April 2012 00:01 (eleven years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Saturday, 7 April 2012 00:01 (eleven years ago) link
i like the monkees and '60s era bee gees just fine but i'd prob pick the beatles even if they'd stopped in 1966 after recording 'and your bird can sing.'
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Saturday, 7 April 2012 00:10 (eleven years ago) link
I voted for The Beatles but The Bee Gees wuz robbed
― MIke Love Battery (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 7 April 2012 01:35 (eleven years ago) link
The Monkees and Wrecking Crew too
― MIke Love Battery (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 7 April 2012 01:50 (eleven years ago) link
51 fps i've gotta work back thru
― red is hungry green is jawless (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 7 April 2012 02:18 (eleven years ago) link
Actually not so surprising those who didn't go for The Beatles would rather go for The Monkees. The Monkees were considerably more "country" because of Mike Nesmith, and as such, less musically similar to The Beatles.
― The GeirBot (Geir Hongro), Sunday, 8 April 2012 17:10 (eleven years ago) link
lol at your display name Geir :D
― red is hungry green is jawless (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 8 April 2012 17:11 (eleven years ago) link
Geir is nothing if not self aware.
― Naive Teen Idol, Sunday, 8 April 2012 20:32 (eleven years ago) link
In the top two of sly Scandinavian Internet personae
― MIke Love Battery (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 8 April 2012 20:39 (eleven years ago) link
― Naive Teen Idol, Sunday, April 8, 2012 3:32 PM (2 weeks ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
unfortunately he is also nothing if not monotonous and infuriating.
anyway, this wasn't much of a contest, huh? oh well.
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Wednesday, 25 April 2012 01:58 (eleven years ago) link