[Music] Beatles stuff on BBC 4 tonight

GT49er said:

Bloody Hell! Now I've heard everything! Only common factor is two guitars, bass and drums.........so just the same as, well, nearly everybody really, apart from the few that have a keyboard, or manage with just one guitarist.

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BeHereNow said:

That really isn't the only common factor. I'm not saying they sound that much like Slade, they just sound more like them than The Beatles.

The Oasis-Beatles thing is a myth. But even if it was true, what's wrong with sounding similar to the best there was and ever will be? Oasis, Beatles and Slade etc. all influence me when I write songs. There is no other way of writing pop/rock songs, they use the same formula.

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GT49er said:

Are there any who are truly that ignorant? Even if you didn't like them, their legacy is immense.

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Nitram said:

Thanks for the heads up. For any Beatles fans they should give a listen to Giles Martin’s 50th anniversary remastering of the Sargent Pepper album, superb.

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GT49er said:

Sorry, you're wrong. Slade were a fantastic band, and I loved them, but sounding - let alone having any influence- like The Beatles......oh, come on!

.............................and if you think there's only one formula for writing pop/rock songs, I hope for your sake you're not trying to make a living at it!

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BeHereNow said:

Quite a few on here are.

I don't think Oasis sound like The Beatles. They probably sound more like Slade.

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Kosh said:

I think the Beatles suffer from over exposure ala Led Zep in the heavy rock world. If you empty your mind of press informed preconceptions and the fact you've heard it all somewhere before and indeed many times after... well... they were and remain astoundingly brilliant.

I prefer my cup of tea darker for sure, yet there is undoubtedly something of an unstoppable force in their music. Sure you don't have to like it, but surely most can appreciate that some key stitches that hold modern music together we're surely sewn by Lennon et al.

A tapestry of delights indeed.

Free your mind.

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Surf's Up said:

George Martin?

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