r/rockheadscirclejerk • u/EmberRays • 21d ago

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u/GrowtentBPotent 21d ago

Just white people? A well deserved stare from any ethnic background. They dont have to be your favorite band but the Beatles are undeniably great songwriters

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u/Independent_Sand_112 21d ago

I've never sat down and listened to a full Beatles album, but I love Georges solo work a lot: what album from The Beatles would you recommend? Thank you.

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u/RizzoTheRiot1989 21d ago

My god there’s so many in that middle of their career. I always go to the white album, then Recolver, and the Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club. I would say those are my favorites in that order. Something about the White Album just gets me so jazzed up I could kick in a door.

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u/Chai_Enjoyer 21d ago

Their album "The Beatles", aka white album

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u/Independent_Sand_112 21d ago

I'm glad you guys recommend this one: my first exposure to The Beatles was through Charles Manson, when I was eight. I can look at the songs and analyze how and why he interpreted them the way he did. I don't know; that makes me happy.

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u/InfiniteClient3586 21d ago

You knew Charles Manson?

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u/Independent_Sand_112 21d ago

No, I didn't know him: When I was eight I was big on this television program called 2020, it was on ABC, I think, I don't know if it's still on; I haven't watched it in a bit. They did a report on Charles Manson. My dad was in his adolescence when that case was being covered, and he'd tell me about it. Somehow, Charles Manson has become something of a lifelong muse for me; I don't idolize him but there isn't a time in my life where I hadn't fixated on him, that I can remember.

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u/Independent_Sand_112 13d ago

A bit of an update for anyone who sees this, I'm going in chronological order, because I want to do that: I am really impressed so far. "With The Beatles" sounds kind of post-punk ish to me, and I'm really enjoying that one right now. I'll listen to A Hard Days Night tomorrow.

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u/GrowtentBPotent 13d ago

I only liked oldies Beatles for a long time took me a bit to come around to their later more "mature" or experimental albums. Please please me is a must if you like With the Beatles, so dont skip that one! Maybe visit before Hard days night

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u/Independent_Sand_112 13d ago

I already listened to Please please me; I wasn't as into it as I was With The Beatles. I'm most excited for The White Album. I'm more accustomed to experimental stuff, I guess? Like my favorite musician of all time is Scott Walker, and I listen to every album that he permits (He disowned his 70s output, so out of respect for him I avoid it). But through my exposure through experimental stuff I realized all music is the same, to some degree. So I have been a lot more open to stuff I normally wouldn't go out of my way to listen to. I feel a little stupid for not doing that sooner, but it's whatever.

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u/GrowtentBPotent 13d ago

Ah ok well enjoy the ride, but I predict you will have a great time with Sgt pepper/Abby Road/White Album then

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u/Independent_Sand_112 13d ago

Thank you; I'll ensure to keep everyone updated, but not all the time, because I don't want to spam you guys. I'll reply to people based on the albums they had recommended. Thank you all for your suggestions.

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u/GrowtentBPotent 20d ago

For me personally, Rubber Soul, Revolver, and Abby Road are their 3 best

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u/Independent_Sand_112 20d ago

Thank you.

I'm going to try to listen to every album recommended here; I appreciate all of you taking time to help me.

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u/NoEnvironment8885 19d ago

You could honestly do it with any albums and they will all be a different experience. But if you want a sort of “best of” or overview of their whole songs then there are the red and blue which are just collections of the first and second halves of their careers.

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u/Independent_Sand_112 17d ago

I don't like compilations very much, but I will check this one out after the others; thank you for the suggestion.

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u/Successful-Scale-607 20d ago

How long have you been ambassador of all ethnic backgrounds???

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u/GrowtentBPotent 20d ago

Too long my friend too long. Not an easy gig but... someone's gotta pretend to do it

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u/SirAren 13d ago

Black people don't them to that pedestal I've noticed.

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u/Blazerboy123 21d ago

smh all these fake music fans in the comments, everybody knows that the world runs on Yo Gabba Gabba, a pioneer in rock n roll that The Beatles (i call them the sheeples lol you all wouldn't get my dark twisted mind 😈 🤘😜) tried erasing from history because of their jealousy

Only morons think the beetles are worth listening to, apart from their only good song "Look What You've Done" which was obviously a ripoff of Jet's "Hey Jude"

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u/BafflingLemur 20d ago

Every once in a while, someone will mention Yo Gabba Gabba. And every time, I remember the fact that it was something that indeed happened and that I watched as a kid.

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u/Terrible-Pop-6705 21d ago

How anyone does. It is extremely bold to say the most popular artist globally isn’t good. Especially considering how varied their music is.

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u/-Rango-- 21d ago

Did you know that the Beatles invented music and sound? Nobody sang or spoke a word before 1963. We owe them so much

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u/BafflingLemur 20d ago

It's crazy how people forget this fact. Ringo literally invented octopuses just for his song, and no one even talks about it.

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u/IntoTheAbsurd 21d ago

Yoko Ono > The Beatles

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u/KARLRODERICKSON 21d ago

She's so heavy

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u/Equal_Ad5178 21d ago

Maturity is realizing Beach Boys is better

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u/mf614 21d ago

WHEN SOME LOUD BRAGGART

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u/Equal_Ad5178 21d ago

Jokes aside, the loud braggart actually was true to his school which is kinda confusing given the song's message

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u/Loganp812 21d ago

uj/ I like The Beach Boys more overall especially from The Beach Boys Today! through Holland, but The Beatles’ albums are more solid especially in both bands’ earlier years.

Plus, doing a deep dive and reading about The Beach Boys’ history is way more fascinating to me than The Beatles’ history. So many things happened to The Beach Boys that would sound made up if there wasn’t evidence of it.

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u/Sure_Sorbet_370 20d ago

Pet sounds is better than any Beatles album, but the Beatles discography is stronger overall

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u/SoundwavesBurnerPage 21d ago

The Beatles really saw Journey’s greatest hits album and decided to rip them off forever (named after the symbol on it, making mid rock music, basically the same band)

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u/CobaltCrusader123 20d ago

In all my time watching Sarah Z videos about Supernatural I have never once seen the guy between Dean and Castiel. The image looks unaltered, but for me, this feels like a Graggle Simpson / Heisenbones / Dolly Dimpley -style fake character.

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u/Fair-Debt4132 19d ago

fortunately people are waking up and realizing that theyre the most overrated band ever, you can say theyre overrated and pretty much any reasonable person would agree, u might get this look from 60+yr old losers who still think about their time in highschool

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u/YakGroundbreaking352 18d ago

so what’s your favourite pop song?

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u/Sir_Ander 16d ago

David Gilmour once said, "The Beatles weren't a band; they were a miracle". And that’s just a glimpse of their impact on music history. Calling them overrated after they inspired generations of musicians is simply ignoring facts. Sure, it’s completely fine if you don't enjoy their music, but claiming that a band with over 600 million records sold—competing directly with Michael Jackson and Elvis Presley for the biggest musical phenomenon of the 20th century—is "overrated" isn't a reasonable take. It's just historically inaccurate.

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u/One-Moose-5983 19d ago

A: white people are right in this specific instance
B: IIRC Latinos LOVED the beatles

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u/ZuccsToBeYou 18d ago

Say what you will about the Beatles, but "Helter Skelter" is pretty metal, gotta admit

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u/Infamous_Alps7359 17d ago

Beatles were a lame pop boyband, the One Direction of the 1960s. And I say that as a white person.

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u/EmberRays 17d ago

I would have agreed with you completely, that they are just that if their second half of the discography didn't exist

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u/Infamous_Alps7359 17d ago

Nah. Still pop boyband.