OK I follow, now.
The first music I heard that excited me was Telstar by the Tornados. I was three. It is still an amazing track. So, I saw the Beatles emerge as a thing. As a 4 year old, I remember the TV programme saying 'coming up later the Beatles'. I was so excited. Then, guess what, it was string puppet Beatles singing in pinky and perky voices. I felt so let down. But still, there were the songs. Love you yeah yeah yeah. As I got older I slowly forgot them. Late 60s brough in real cutting edge rock music. There was other pop music. Somehow the Beatles, who never toured any more, seemed a bit old fashioned. The long hair and moustaches all looked manufactured. And I still remembered them in the suits. When I was five, I had bedroom wallpaper with them in their suits. I was expected to like them.....
Many years later I met my best buddy who, in the 60s, saw the Beatles more than 20 times at the Cavern, with Cilla taking the hats and coats. He saw their last ever gig there....
So I bought some stuff and put it on the iPOD. I gave it a fair hearing. But....a few months later I took it all off my iPOD. They and the Arctic Monkeys are the only two bands I have ever taken off my iPOD. I have more than 16,000 tracks on the iPOD......
So for me the Beatles are easily the most overrated band in the history of music. Them and britain's biggest selling solo artist (Cliff Richard) can do one as far as I am concerned. Sorry!
