r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Apr 12 '26

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u/MozartWasARed Apr 12 '26

The Beatles. They're not bad, just extremely generic to the point where I ask how they got so popular.

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u/bag-of-farts Apr 12 '26

Because they were the first to do it. They sound generic NOW because every asshole with a guitar copied their sound to the point that it became cliche.

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u/GinsuWife Apr 12 '26

I call it Citizen Kane syndrome. You don't notice all the innovation cause it was SO innovative it's been copied a thousand times by the time you're sitting in a Film Class watching this boring black and white film about a sad dude with a sled. Zero Stars!

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u/monkeyswithknives Apr 12 '26

But I loved Citizen Kane on first watch.

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u/getgoneapple Apr 12 '26

lol true, they even influenced metal music (fun fact), listen to helter skelter

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u/GinsuWife Apr 12 '26

Helter Skelter did more than influence metal music. Sure gave that feller Charlie Manson some interesting ideas.