Quote Originally Posted by sleepless
no im not, they were a bollocks sixties pop band that everyone loves, if only because to say anything against them is to defy the populist way of thinking and to stand appart from the herd. they produced totally inane songs [ticket to ride, she loves you yeah, yeah, yeah, strawberry fields, bollocks] and their psychedelia is total crap, when in comparison cream and hendrix are amazing and the rolling stones simply outclass them in every way. they are boring, vacuous and just plain crap. i was forced to listen to that shitty yellow submarine dirge the other day whilst i was in a shop and it confirmed everything i believe about the beatles, that they are the worst popular band in the history of popular music.
As it is populist to hate them as well. You simply joined another herd.

I'm not really fond of the beatles, but you would be a fool to call them the worst. The songwriting of at least 2 of them, Lennon, and Harrison is beautifully constructed. McCartney, not so much, his shit was too melodramatic. Evidence is every song you listed was written by him. Even his stuff isn't the "worst."

The Beatles were a pop band that wrote pop music. Other than the Beach Boys, there isn't a single pop band, from the 60s to today that can walk on the same ground the Beatles could.