The fact that so many books still name the Beatles as “the greatest or most significant or most influential” rock band ever only tells you how far rock music still is from becoming a serious art. Jazz critics have long recognized that the greatest jazz musicians of all times are Duke Ellington and John Coltrane, who were not the most famous or richest or best sellers of their times, let alone of all times. Classical critics rank the highly controversial Beethoven over classical musicians who were highly popular in courts around Europe. Rock critics are still blinded by commercial success. The Beatles sold more than anyone else (not true, by the way), therefore they must have been the greatest. Jazz critics grow up listening to a lot of jazz music of the past, classical critics grow up listening to a lot of classical music of the past. Rock critics are often totally ignorant of the rock music of the past, they barely know the best sellers. No wonder they will think that the Beatles did anything worthy of being saved.
Oh come on, that’s absurd. I’m not a Beatles fanboy but they were incredibly influential, clearly very creative, and made so many different sounds, that it’s really undeniable that they were among the greatest of all time.
Put it in the context of the era. Alright, it’s not free form Jazz but it’s still incredibly talented. They blew up because nobody was doing it like them.
The fact that so many books still name the Beatles as “the greatest or most significant or most influential” rock band ever only tells you how far rock music still is from becoming a serious art. Jazz critics have long recognized that the greatest jazz musicians of all times are Duke Ellington and John Coltrane, who were not the most famous or richest or best sellers of their times, let alone of all times. Classical critics rank the highly controversial Beethoven over classical musicians who were highly popular in courts around Europe. Rock critics are still blinded by commercial success. The Beatles sold more than anyone else (not true, by the way), therefore they must have been the greatest. Jazz critics grow up listening to a lot of jazz music of the past, classical critics grow up listening to a lot of classical music of the past. Rock critics are often totally ignorant of the rock music of the past, they barely know the best sellers. No wonder they will think that the Beatles did anything worthy of being saved.
Oh come on, that’s absurd. I’m not a Beatles fanboy but they were incredibly influential, clearly very creative, and made so many different sounds, that it’s really undeniable that they were among the greatest of all time.
Put it in the context of the era. Alright, it’s not free form Jazz but it’s still incredibly talented. They blew up because nobody was doing it like them.
I would like you to know you just got copy-pastaed.
Johnny Thunders and the Heatbreakers was the best rock band. The Beatles never wrote One Track Mind