Re: new beasties/Beatles

Stimpson (stimpson@total.net)
Sat, 1 Aug 1998 05:23:29 -0400

Basically, when u know that a comparison between the Beatles and the
Beasties will be drawn only by a select few people in a select few
newsgroups, u can throw the argument away as ridiculous on principle alone.
Every music lover in every news group will at the very least acknowledge the
influence and accomplishments of the Beatles, while most will say "Beastie
who?", and that probably won't ever change. Personally, I listen to the
Beasties more than the Beatles, but I ain't ever gonna try to put the two
groups on nearly the same level. Iron Maiden were easily as popular, if not
more so, than the Beasties in the 80's. I guess we should be comparing them
to the Beatles as well. Oh yeah, the Spice Girls, they're popular with the
kids too, so I guess they're the Supremes of the 90's. C'mon.

Yeah, that this silliness is a debate to begin with IS really eating at
me,

Stimpson
-----Original Message-----
From: k kiernan <mrfliz@interport.net>
To: Blkwallst1@aol.com <Blkwallst1@aol.com>; acid-jazz@ucsd.edu
<acid-jazz@ucsd.edu>
Date: Saturday, August 01, 1998 4:43 AM
Subject: Re: new beasties/Beatles

>i simply cannot let that go by unchallenged. at best, the beasties are the
>elvis of the 80's and 90's; they've pushed something that began largely as
>an african-american music style and helped popularize it. their rap
>'skills' are virtually non-existent (flame bait), but they're among the
best
>producers in the field, but, c'mon. the beatles: 1) produced about one
>album a year for a decade, 2) had top 10 songs from virtually every album,
>3) basically set the direction for popular music through its most varied
and
>productive decade, 4) pioneered new recording techniques (read "sessions"),
>5) successfully introduced politics to top 40 radio, 6) are cited by the
>vast majority of musicians as an influence, ....
>
>now, as if i haven't begged enough to be flamed back, my take on the most
>influential musicians in popular music:
>
>duke ellington
>robert johnson
>the beatles
>
>i also think louis jordan gets strong consideration, but he was more of a
>bridge between styles that a real innovator.....and chuck berry was
>basically johnson meets jordan....
>
>on the other hand, i did buy 'hello nasty' by noon the day it came
>out.....but on the other other hand, i'll probably try to buy tribe called
>quest's new one at midnight the night/morning it comes out (8/25).......
>
>crankily,
>
>kevin k
>
>>You make a good point, maybe then, they are the Beatles of the 80s and
90s.
>>Only the Beasties are more original and creative (uh-oh, did I just start
>>something?) than the Beatles were when they became so incredibly popular.
>>
>>Well, those are my two cents.
>>
>>Greg
>>
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