Lennon and McCartney were one of the best song writing pairs ever. Name another with more hits. They would have had even more if they hadn't released so many albums with multiple number one hits that often competed against other songs from the same album. 

They have a bunch of songs that can make great punk songs also. 

Hey Mardy Pune: love your turn of phrase here; "... some of their chord structures are beautiful nightmares to try to play." Kewl.

"Hate stuff for the sake of hating stuff"? I think some people who are saying "I hate x" do have their reasons -- but maybe aren't providing enough of them to those of us reading their posts?

Or, it may be fun to just hate the old stuff to piss other people off. The Beatles and the other 'biggies,' perhaps what you might call 'foundational' groups are Big Targets?

Or some people just like to stiiiiiir. :-) I can relate to the last one when I think back a bit...

Mel

Mardy Pune said:

Let's clear this up now:

Elvis isn't God, Elvis is the King baby!

I don't like The Beatles and I don't hate The Beatles. I won't argue that they weren't an important or influential band, cause they were. They were incredibly crafty song writers, some of their chord structures are beautiful nightmares to try to play. I don't understand why people hate stuff for the sake of hating stuff, morons.

Let's clear this up now:

Elvis isn't God, Elvis is the King baby!

I don't like The Beatles and I don't hate The Beatles. I won't argue that they weren't an important or influential band, cause they were. They were incredibly crafty song writers, some of their chord structures are beautiful nightmares to try to play. I don't understand why people hate stuff for the sake of hating stuff, morons.

LOL --- yeah -- same with the punk icon comments. At least, I read them in the same vein/w/ same sentiment. I suppose it's tearing down idols for whatever is happening in the present, which I'm the LAST person to say isn't helpful. There's got to be a certain amount of that to do something new, if that's what you're into.

You can stand on those shoulders, or you can throw shit on 'em really, for all I care. I just think it's kinda silly to hate something simply because it's old. Or seems old.

"Yeah, I'm looking for the next... best... thing." Sing it.

the Record Detective said:

Interesting recordings when they were a rock and roll band, not so interesting as a rock band. And the nursery rhymes- give me a break. But really, they've been gone since before 1970.      ENOUGH ALREADY.

Interesting recordings when they were a rock and roll band, not so interesting as a rock band. And the nursery rhymes- give me a break. But really, they've been gone since before 1970.      ENOUGH ALREADY.

And back to the Beatles. Isn't one of the problems with any discussion of the B's is: which Beatles you talkin' about? The early stuff (yeah, we know where that music originated) and no, it wasn't revolutionary, except that they did and do still sound unique -- the combination of members, their voices, the ways they played. It's a BAND right? 

But then there are the different creative periods -- each person I know who listens to them has a different take on Their Beatles. That puts them again in the category of unique, and in my opinion, special. How many bands have that capability? To grow and change and groove off each other's talents that way?  And the volume of work? Astounding.

p.s:I sooooo wanted to say something about the comments re Pistols and Clash. *calm down Melissa* but it's not the thread for it. 

back to the beatles...  So yea I like The Beatles always have and can always play their albums before SGT. Peppers and like what I am hearing, really get into it..  sure I no longer am like "OMG! this is the best thing ever!" but thats normal once you hear something so many time. from tv, radio, friends and so on....... however, I do get really annoyed when people come over to my apartment and see my record collection and they always ask "hey you got any beatles records I love them can you play some!". I don't know why I just get annoyed I'm like a have a ton of music that will blow your mind and all this stuff you probably haven't heard of, but you want me to put on The White Album.. ughh

The fuck are we talking about authentic Punk for? If anybody wants to complain about that we should be complaining about what they call Punk nowadays.

Punk may have indeed started there but it doesn't make the British wave any less authentic. And what is interesting? I don't see how the quick rise to fame of the Beetles, Elvis, Sex Pistols or The Clash having any major differences. They were all very influential and yet none of them invented anything really. We are all dwarfs standing on the shoulders of giants.

Mina said:

Sex Pistols were one of the first boybands created by Malcolm McLaren and the Clash are pretty boring in my opinion. Punk started in NY, not the fake commercialized British anarchy wave. England got inspired by the NY scene and gave it a different twist. 

Oh shit, this thread is about the Beatles. My bad...

Mike Humsgreen said:

I don't see what's really to hate about them. But could it be that it just irritates people that they are so overrated? I mean they really were a tight band but is any band worth that much hero worship? Elvis, The Sex Pistols The Clash. This list of bands everyone is supposed to think are amazing gets longer with every decade.

But in reply to the thread starter, there is no reason.

Hey thank you for all these interesting words you wrote.

My English is not as good as it should, but i try to go through

all you replies !!!

And here's our brothers GIUDA!

...the best glam rock act in Italy! We have the same producers.

Here's my own band, SUNGLASSES AFTER DARK!

...Rome's finest BOOOOGIEPUNK combo! B)

There's a good hardcore/punk rock scene in Rome but few garage bands.

Omaha nebraska has mostly been huge into the ska punk scene but i think its changing to surf and garage

but heres my favorite local band Black Hawks http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qdg4OkrhkZI&feature=youtu.be

Estrus 

Redrum

Past & Present

Daptone

Rhino

Sundazed

Major Label, Ecco-Fonic, and anything Deke Dickerson related!

Get Hip

Numero

Wicked Cool (Hey, you have to give Steven Van Zandt at least a little credit)

Rip Off records (DEP)

Rumble Records

No Tomorrow

Blondes must die

Discos Humeantes

1977 Records

Sing Sing Records

1977 Records from japan is putting out some punk and power-pop nuggets and Sing Sing Records is doing the same but they are based out of NY (much cheaper to buy from Sing Sing).

damaged goods and dirty water records seem to release a lot of the garage bands that I listen to.

No, absolutely -- I've had other women be really stupid too -- like, there can only be 1 girl in the band (WTF?). I don't use my twat to play this thing sister.

Oh, and the vocals query? Seriously? That's just ridiculous. Fuckin'ell. 

That guy you were playing with could have just been a miserable bastard straight up, ya know? Hey asshole, if you don't like my sound, there are guys who will.

Sure, I know it's better now than 30 years ago, but Geeeez.

We got your back at the Hideout. At least, some of us do. Just don't do what I did and quit. I can't cry about it now, it was necessary at the time, but hey. You know what I'm sayin. GO!

haha yeah!not here to bitch about ,but to dennounce a vast male population of music towards chicks with instruments.Jsut last week,i was inquiring about the hourly fares for some rehearsal rooms here iin Montreal,and the guy goes''for vocals,it's $15 an hour''--assuming i am NOT here to play any instrument.Pheeeeeew!

i have many times shut some guy's skills on guitar and music generally.No later than that jam early November last year.The guy was desperatly trying to put me down--criticizing my sound,my amp,my guitar,trying to get others to change the structure of my tune,ect,but when we got to play 30 minutes all together, he stopped playing the guitar,he was so unconfortable.Yiikes!Fucking miserable.Yeah,still a loooooooonnnng way to go.lets keep the fight goin'on.Hard.Art is by no means a question of sex gender.

There's a band called Selfish Cunt, who are vitriolic as they come. Songs like "Fuck The Poor" and "Britain is Shit" are hardly gentle.

Speaking of the Dicks, here's a creepy song that I'm sure is still not correct and never was: "Little Boys Feet" which was covered by Turbonegro also.

Oh yeah! Forgot about The Dicks! Thank you. Good name for a band :-)

Chris Henniker said:

I've not heard Tits Of Death in a while.

Oh yeah, Gary Floyd fronted The Dicks, a Texan Marxist hardcore band that moved more towards a blues rock later.

Bry Nylon said:

ha ha OK keep your shirt on boss ... ; ) decent names  with the words 'tits' in 'em are pretty thin on the ground since the 'tits of death' nabbed the best one ...

 terms and conditions are a nightmare - we have had worse direct experience elsewhere when running things... on one side we got the internet staasi & on the other local politicians and so on ... the prob with some terms is that they are sometimes far too wooly, catch all and far too open to interpretation meaning that if you accidentally tread on someones toes ... maybe like not giving them a bloody free ride on some or other gig or event on the guest list ...they can press buttons and cause all sorts of problems in all kinds of ways... then drag  the whole thing through the slime that they crawled out of in the first place... 

 
kopper said:

Cartoon Titties *would* make a great name for a band! Haha.

Yeah, I actually consulted with Ning on that one, just to be safe, since their adult content Terms of Use doesn't specifically address illustrated art/cartoons and the like. One of their people took a look at it and confirmed that it "wouldn't be appropriate," so it was deleted. So be it.

Does it suck? Sure it does. But you know what would suck more? If we lost the Hideout because of something as stupid as a photo or video posted here that violated their terms.

What really surprises me is the negative reaction that some folks will take (like a couple have here) when their shit gets deleted and they receive a warning about it. It's like, were they just born yesterday? Do they not realize that these sorts of rules exist just about EVERYWHERE on the Internet? If so, then why do they think they DON'T exist here? Just because this site happens to be about sleazy, trashy rock'n'roll? As if that's going to make the Internet Police (or Ning) look the other way? Yes, this is our "Hideout," but we're not really hiding from anyone. We're in plain view.

Come on. Use your brains... or what's left of them.

I've not heard Tits Of Death in a while.

Oh yeah, Gary Floyd fronted The Dicks, a Texan Marxist hardcore band that moved more towards a blues rock later.

Bry Nylon said:

ha ha OK keep your shirt on boss ... ; ) decent names  with the words 'tits' in 'em are pretty thin on the ground since the 'tits of death' nabbed the best one ...

 terms and conditions are a nightmare - we have had worse direct experience elsewhere when running things... on one side we got the internet staasi & on the other local politicians and so on ... the prob with some terms is that they are sometimes far too wooly, catch all and far too open to interpretation meaning that if you accidentally tread on someones toes ... maybe like not giving them a bloody free ride on some or other gig or event on the guest list ...they can press buttons and cause all sorts of problems in all kinds of ways... then drag  the whole thing through the slime that they crawled out of in the first place... 

 
kopper said:

Cartoon Titties *would* make a great name for a band! Haha.

Yeah, I actually consulted with Ning on that one, just to be safe, since their adult content Terms of Use doesn't specifically address illustrated art/cartoons and the like. One of their people took a look at it and confirmed that it "wouldn't be appropriate," so it was deleted. So be it.

Does it suck? Sure it does. But you know what would suck more? If we lost the Hideout because of something as stupid as a photo or video posted here that violated their terms.

What really surprises me is the negative reaction that some folks will take (like a couple have here) when their shit gets deleted and they receive a warning about it. It's like, were they just born yesterday? Do they not realize that these sorts of rules exist just about EVERYWHERE on the Internet? If so, then why do they think they DON'T exist here? Just because this site happens to be about sleazy, trashy rock'n'roll? As if that's going to make the Internet Police (or Ning) look the other way? Yes, this is our "Hideout," but we're not really hiding from anyone. We're in plain view.

Come on. Use your brains... or what's left of them.

John,

  Cool insight on Feathers. I have often seen the lyrics posted as "Darkies" and even referred to as such in other articles etc,. But even with that, I don't think anyone one took him for a racist. I had always assumed it was just an unfortunate term that had later become "incorrect" as times changed. But, never knew it was actually 'Darkness Creeping Through The Treess" that he sang.

John Battles said:

Actually , Feathers was saying "Darkness" , tho' it sounds like "Darkies". Not saying he had no Redneck tendencies , but , as it happens , I was the last person to interview him , and he did not strike me as a racist , at all. Of course , another local writer (Who surely got the Revenant CD set for free , when all I got from Revenant was the offer of passes to see Insurgent Country bores....)  .   The guy took every given opportunity to shit all over Feathers , who , by then , was hanging out with Elvis and Carl , discussing the pranks they'd pull when they saw Sam Phillips again.

Had'nt heard "Beat Her With a Rake" in a long time....Then there's "Sit on My Face , Stevie Nicks" , by The Rotters , who got in more trouble because they actually used a snippet of "Rhiannon" w/o PERMISSION , Than for the actual song content.
 

Hey all,

My names Rob, and I'm 41.  Dig all kinds of trash, punk, rawkabilly....I'm from Vegas, and currently playing in the Psyatics: http://www.reverbnation.com/thepsyatics

Previously played in a roots-rock/punk band called Yeller Bellies.

Just a music addict looking to get turned on to new sounds  ;)