The Fab Four. The Fabulous Four. John, George, Ringo, and Paul. The Beatles. The four young, british men that took over the world. Taking over the world? Many have done that, but they did it with witty brilliance, wonderful music, and bowl-cuts. Personally, I am in awe of them. They make beautiful music. Wait, they don't make just make it, they CREATE it. They create these evergreen songs out of thin air. That, is magic. The took over the world without weapons, but with love. I absolutely love everything about the Beatles, and I do not understand how anybody can not.
John the Genius. Paul the Flirt. George the Spirit. Ringo the drummer (but a damn good one). These four, crazy individuals came together one fine day. They decided to make music. Why? Because music was their savior, in different ways. Also because they loved Rock 'N Roll. They were just regular kids who loved good, new music. The funny thing? They were good at making it. They were good enough to be discovered. They were good enough to create an album, then another one, and then another one. They were good enough to have fans. They were good enough to sell billions of albums. They were good enough to change music forever. That, my dear, is pretty damn good.
The Beatles have fans today, even after half of them are dead. I think it's crystal clear that their music is truly forever. The music does not get old. Listen to an album over and over again, you don't get tired. You find something new every time. I enjoy listening to the Beatles immensely, and I do not understand why the majority of my generation does not.
Most of my peers rather listen to Lil Wayne or Nicki Minaj than the Beatles any day. Whenever I'm asked about my musical choices, I respond honestly. The questioner, after receiving the answer almost aways gives me a weird look. Then, they begin their useless ramble, trying to convince me that I secretly adore Eminem. No. When I try to convince them about how much they love Coldplay or the Beatles, they say "Why are you listening to such old music, it's boring!". I honestly can not stand these conversations. I'm betting my whole life that most of them have never even heard a Beatles song that is not 'All You Need Is Love' or 'Hey Jude'. It doesn't seem fair that they judge the band badly just because it's old. I do not understand why they prefer 'I'm Sexy & I Know It'. I can not even express how beautiful the opening chords of 'Here Comes The Sun' is. How can somebody just make that up? It's unbelievable. How can anybody make up 'I'm Sexy & I Know It'? Well, I'm sure their huge ego helped them out with that.
Another thing I can't help but rant about are the 'artists' themselves. When they're giving an interview they mention the word 'SWAG' a lot. Apparently, rappers and Justin Bieber have a lot of it. What does that mean, anyway? If you watch an interview of the Beatles, you're amused. The interviewers are mostly boring, repetitive people that ask horrendous questions that have already been answered. The Beatles, and their sarcasm save us all. They answer horrible questions with wit. Not many can do that today.
THE BEATLES SING ABOUT THINGS THAT MATTER. Yes, they do have quite a lot of songs about love. However, their song topics do not end there. They have songs about lonely people (Elenor Rigsby). They have songs about politics (Revolution). They have songs about the better things that will come (Here Comes The Sun). They have some songs that make no sense (We Are The Walrus). They have many types of songs. Their love songs are good too. They are not vulgar. They do not objectify women. They sing about the simple things in life, like holding somebody's hand. They are simple, but elegant. They (the guys) are funny, but make brilliant music. They are famous, but they still all have their own opinions. They love music more than anything, and that comes through.
I might be speaking for myself, but I don't think artists today have a whole range of topics to sing about. Actually they do, but they rather just stick with love. No, not simple love. Love that come only with pleasure and body parts. Love that is still there even when they are abused (physically and mentally) by their mate. Love that has no dignity. They could write about the social changes that are taking place. They could sing about how humans are losing the ability to personally acquaint with each other. They can sing about the underground wars taking place, minus the foul words. They can sing about anything. Yet, they choose not to. That, is what I'm upset about. The artists today have beautiful, wonderful voices that could be used anyway they liked. But they don't. They don't use their powers for the better. As hipster as this sounds, all of these artists are so mainstream.
I sound kind of horrible, bashing people that are considered today's musical geniuses. I'm sorry about this. I get worked up when it come to music, because I love it so. There are contemporary artists that I listen to continuously and adore. I listen to pop music. I like how dance-able and catchy they are. I just wish that people would understand the importance of music and not trash it. Ever listener is directly or indirectly affect my their music. The lyrics mean so much in creating the young minds of today. They need to understand this, before releasing self-absorbed songs that have such bad grammar that having a poetic license isn't even an excuse. The thing is, even though I don't appreciate the music of today's artists (mostly rappers) as much as my peers, I still respect them. The ones I do not respect are the ones parading around claiming that they are the 'new' Beatles. Just no. I want these folks to stop trying to steal somebody else's identity and go make their own. That is all.
John the Genius. Paul the Flirt. George the Spirit. Ringo the drummer (but a damn good one). These four, crazy individuals came together one fine day. They decided to make music. Why? Because music was their savior, in different ways. Also because they loved Rock 'N Roll. They were just regular kids who loved good, new music. The funny thing? They were good at making it. They were good enough to be discovered. They were good enough to create an album, then another one, and then another one. They were good enough to have fans. They were good enough to sell billions of albums. They were good enough to change music forever. That, my dear, is pretty damn good.
The Beatles have fans today, even after half of them are dead. I think it's crystal clear that their music is truly forever. The music does not get old. Listen to an album over and over again, you don't get tired. You find something new every time. I enjoy listening to the Beatles immensely, and I do not understand why the majority of my generation does not.
Most of my peers rather listen to Lil Wayne or Nicki Minaj than the Beatles any day. Whenever I'm asked about my musical choices, I respond honestly. The questioner, after receiving the answer almost aways gives me a weird look. Then, they begin their useless ramble, trying to convince me that I secretly adore Eminem. No. When I try to convince them about how much they love Coldplay or the Beatles, they say "Why are you listening to such old music, it's boring!". I honestly can not stand these conversations. I'm betting my whole life that most of them have never even heard a Beatles song that is not 'All You Need Is Love' or 'Hey Jude'. It doesn't seem fair that they judge the band badly just because it's old. I do not understand why they prefer 'I'm Sexy & I Know It'. I can not even express how beautiful the opening chords of 'Here Comes The Sun' is. How can somebody just make that up? It's unbelievable. How can anybody make up 'I'm Sexy & I Know It'? Well, I'm sure their huge ego helped them out with that.
Another thing I can't help but rant about are the 'artists' themselves. When they're giving an interview they mention the word 'SWAG' a lot. Apparently, rappers and Justin Bieber have a lot of it. What does that mean, anyway? If you watch an interview of the Beatles, you're amused. The interviewers are mostly boring, repetitive people that ask horrendous questions that have already been answered. The Beatles, and their sarcasm save us all. They answer horrible questions with wit. Not many can do that today.
THE BEATLES SING ABOUT THINGS THAT MATTER. Yes, they do have quite a lot of songs about love. However, their song topics do not end there. They have songs about lonely people (Elenor Rigsby). They have songs about politics (Revolution). They have songs about the better things that will come (Here Comes The Sun). They have some songs that make no sense (We Are The Walrus). They have many types of songs. Their love songs are good too. They are not vulgar. They do not objectify women. They sing about the simple things in life, like holding somebody's hand. They are simple, but elegant. They (the guys) are funny, but make brilliant music. They are famous, but they still all have their own opinions. They love music more than anything, and that comes through.
I might be speaking for myself, but I don't think artists today have a whole range of topics to sing about. Actually they do, but they rather just stick with love. No, not simple love. Love that come only with pleasure and body parts. Love that is still there even when they are abused (physically and mentally) by their mate. Love that has no dignity. They could write about the social changes that are taking place. They could sing about how humans are losing the ability to personally acquaint with each other. They can sing about the underground wars taking place, minus the foul words. They can sing about anything. Yet, they choose not to. That, is what I'm upset about. The artists today have beautiful, wonderful voices that could be used anyway they liked. But they don't. They don't use their powers for the better. As hipster as this sounds, all of these artists are so mainstream.
I sound kind of horrible, bashing people that are considered today's musical geniuses. I'm sorry about this. I get worked up when it come to music, because I love it so. There are contemporary artists that I listen to continuously and adore. I listen to pop music. I like how dance-able and catchy they are. I just wish that people would understand the importance of music and not trash it. Ever listener is directly or indirectly affect my their music. The lyrics mean so much in creating the young minds of today. They need to understand this, before releasing self-absorbed songs that have such bad grammar that having a poetic license isn't even an excuse. The thing is, even though I don't appreciate the music of today's artists (mostly rappers) as much as my peers, I still respect them. The ones I do not respect are the ones parading around claiming that they are the 'new' Beatles. Just no. I want these folks to stop trying to steal somebody else's identity and go make their own. That is all.
Fab Four <3 well said. The Beatles are a Legend. And I first listened to them because of my dad. And I really am glad that I heard their songs, they are so good. Though I don't know the song titles because we used to listen to their songs on long drives but I love singing along. Their songs are so smooth and simple yet so touching and so so true! I like how you think HollAryaa! Keep up! I wanna read more. :)
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