The Beatles

I totally agree, mooghead. They matured in every possible way - songwriting skills, creativity, cooperation with George Martin, including new sounds and expanding to other genres etc . It was tragic for the music world when they split but for the legacy it was on spot. Much different like  for example Queen who had their peak in the 70s and degenerated in the 80s staying alive with their experience and cleverness generating hits :-)

[QUOTE]Most tragic imo is the life of John Lennon who stopped being the creative genius after the split of the Beatles and turned into an alcoholic, a  druggie,  a house husband and published a load of substandard, sometimes even crappy material before he stopped recording at all. [/QUOTE]

Wait, a "alcoholic & druggie" after the Beatles split?

And some find his solo catalog just as amazing as the music he was making with Paul.  It was just totally different and not what the general public was expecting.

for anyone looking to discover the beatles and their musical influence (beyond queen, who were heavily influenced by them)

here's some albums that'd be a great place to start:
Abbey rd - Revolver - Rubber Soul - Sgt Pepper
also George's All things must pass, macca's london town and band on the run albums

then if you want to dig into their legacy and influence via other bands.....
the travelling wilburys vol1,
ELO - face the music, out of the blue, time and a new world record
del amtri had their moments too (hevy beatles pop sound)  as did Squeeze

but don't bother with oasis...facsimile is not the same as influence

I've always thought "Smithers Jones" by The Jam and "The Diary of Horace Wimp" by ELO were both homages to "A Day in the Life".

i did try to get into them and failed, their just to everywhere, fuck ive seen beatles shit in garden centres! literally!
so no, i dont like them, at all

believe me, you are missing out...big time ( i know, i speak form experience - i hated the Smiths when they were huge
but i love them now - wish i'd got them sooner)
give the beatles another go ...i promise you, if you really go into it open-minded, you will love them

start with the albums i mentioned, trust me

Am I the only one who prefers their earlier stuff?  the Live at the BBC album is one of my favourites.

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'From the lap of the gods, to the arms of the Beatles...'     love the beginning of disk 2 for a couple of reasons

I knew someone would say it. If I posted 'do you prefer to eat human waste or steak and chips' someone craving attention would put in an argument for turd munching.

mooghead wrote: "I knew someone would say it. If I posted 'do you prefer to eat human waste or steak and chips' someone craving attention would put in an argument for turd munching."

What are you referring to?

Never liked them much, but they're hell famous, I must say! I do like Lennon's Imagine though.