Yeah, so pipe down, you self-absorbed hippies. Sent from my BlackBerry® smartphone with SprintSpeed -----Original Message----- From: "Mark Eichelberger" Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2009 17:33:36 To: Subject: Re: __________ are my Beatles All of which is nice...but my question was really directed at those who were not old enough to have experienced Beatlemania as it was happening. I was really trying to get an idea of a band or artist from the 70's, 80's or later that had as strong an impact as the Beatles, the Kinks, or the Who, etc. obviously had on you. Mark E. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marty Rudnick" To: Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2009 2:41 PM Subject: Re: __________ are my Beatles > God bless this thread...I've never been so happy to be this old, and to > have been 9 years old on Feb 9, 1964. I got to grow up with The Beatles, > The Beach Boys, The Kinks, The Who, The Hollies, and on and on... > > ...and to live in the Bay Area during the Summer of Love. > ...and to be old enough to hit the Keystone clubs during the Beserkley > heyday. > ...and to have been in England in 1983 during the British new wave era (or > whatever it was called). > > I would not trade it for the world. As a matter of fact, I envy those > people who got to fully embrace the college folk/hootenanny scene, and the > beatnik, bebop and west coast jazz scene. So I wouldn't mind having been > born a few years earlier. > > Marty > > > ---- wrote: >> >> > Well, like a couple of others, the beatles are my beatles. Was a >> > five year old when I wanna hold your hand came on the car radio and >> > things were never the same for me. >> >> My modern day beatles are easy to identify: Squeeze and anything that >> has Neil Finn in it. Both evoke the melodicism and vocal prowess of >> Lennon/McCartney and Tilbrook even sounds a bit like McCartney. >> >> The thing about the beatles solo careers that is a little unsatisfying >> is that their post-beatle success relies heavily on their legacy. It's >> not their fault, of course, but if Bobby Sherman sang Band on the Run, >> would it be nearly the hit that it was? Or I'd Huey Lewis sang >> Imagine, would it be iconic as it is now? >> >> Not to say the solo works of the beatles aren't good - I have >> everything each of them has ever done. Yes, including ringo. >> >> But they were never as good solo, even in their best moments, as they >> were when in synergy, slight though it may have been at times. >> >> When McCartney worked with costello and was pushed out of his comfort >> zone, he produced some great songs (and a few clunkers). >> Unfortunately, Lennon didn't collaoborate much, but when he did, it >> was still lacking. >> >> McCartney and Lennon just happened along in the perfect storm and >> their music will stand the test of time for decades to come, if not >> longer. >> >> Best, >> Rick >> >> >> > >