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I know what you mean Walton, in terms of appreciating older music you're preaching to the choir. That's not the way I measure "overratedness," though. If you try to compare them to modern OVERRATED music in pop culture then yes, The Beatles would appear to deserve at least 1,000x more popularity than say, One Direction. But in the grand scheme of things, did they get more than their fair share of screaming fangirls? Have they still sold more music than any other music artist? Compare them to the greats of prog or other pop innovators like Kraftwerk, and The Beatles can't possibly be in that same "underrated" boat.
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Posted: December 10 2014 at 14:59
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I know what you mean Walton, in terms of appreciating older music you're preaching to the choir. That's not the way I measure "overratedness," though. If you try to compare them to modern OVERRATED music in pop culture then yes, The Beatles would appear to deserve at least 1,000x more popularity than say, One Direction. But in the grand scheme of things, did they get more than their fair share of screaming fangirls? Have they still sold more music than any other music artist? Compare them to the greats of prog or other pop innovators like Kraftwerk, and The Beatles can't possibly be in that same "underrated" boat.
to be honest with you - i don't even like the term overrated/underrated.
I think things are rated appropriately by the particular people that like them..
under appreciated is the term i should have used ..
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Posted: December 10 2014 at 22:04
I'm guessing Steve Hackett himself would vote for the Beatles, I don't know. But I'm not Hackett. I'm HackettFan, and in my spare time I'm a Genesis fan, so there goes my vote goes to Genesis.
Now, if someone dares do a poll pitting Genesis against Zappa, that's when they'll have me whimpering in a fetal position.
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Posted: December 11 2014 at 04:06
Hey, Genesis is taking the lead, at last!
I think Beatles were incredibly innovative, probably much more than Genesis, more than ANY band, so I won't argue that they were any less than Genesis on that point. Great songwriters too (except for the respective drummers in the band). Certainly much much more than a 'boy band', even in the early stage of their career.
But a lot of proggers, including me, have a bigger love for Genesis. It's a matter of the heart, I suppose.
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Posted: December 11 2014 at 04:11
Moogtron III wrote:
Hey, Genesis is taking the lead, at last!
I think Beatles were incredibly innovative, probably much more than Genesis, more than ANY band, so I won't argue that they were any less than Genesis on that point. Great songwriters too (except for the respective drummers in the band). Certainly much much more than a 'boy band', even in the early stage of their career.
But a lot of proggers, including me, have a bigger love for Genesis. It's a matter of the heart, I suppose.
Ok you must go to the naughty corner now! before that a hug
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Posted: December 11 2014 at 06:31
Genesis, although I can't say it's a fair fight considering I'm barely familiar with The Beatles. With that said, on a personal level I don't think ANY band could beat Genesis in significance for me.
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Posted: December 11 2014 at 06:49
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Genesis, although I can't say it's a fair fight considering I'm barely familiar with The Beatles. With that said, on a personal level I don't think ANY band could beat Genesis in significance for me.
naughty corner for you fudgenuts64! Umphf! You need to do some homework hihihi hugs
I think Beatles were incredibly innovative, probably much more than Genesis, more than ANY band, so I won't argue that they were any less than Genesis on that point. Great songwriters too (except for the respective drummers in the band). Certainly much much more than a 'boy band', even in the early stage of their career.
But a lot of proggers, including me, have a bigger love for Genesis. It's a matter of the heart, I suppose.
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I like The Beatles but I love Genesis.
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Posted: December 11 2014 at 06:51
Moogtron III wrote:
Hey, Genesis is taking the lead, at last!
I think Beatles were incredibly innovative, probably much more than Genesis, more than ANY band, so I won't argue that they were any less than Genesis on that point. Great songwriters too (except for the respective drummers in the band). Certainly much much more than a 'boy band', even in the early stage of their career.
But a lot of proggers, including me, have a bigger love for Genesis. It's a matter of the heart, I suppose.
time out, naughty corner to you too, Moogtron III!
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