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Old 11-26-2010, 03:50 PM   #1
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Would the Beatles be popular today?
If John, George, Paul, and Ringo were born in the 80's to early 90's , would they be as popular as they were in the 60's or even liked at all? Would people even like this music? I can only imagine the number of youtube comments of people calling McCartney a faggot and going on and on about John and George's singing ability. I don't even want to think about the shit they would say about Ringo. Would Sgt Peppers be considered a classic? This is all keeping in mind that the 60s era of music is over and the current state of music is the way it is now.





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Old 11-26-2010, 04:28 PM   #2
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Pretty sure they'd be just on of many bands, considering soft pop-rock is so popular now.
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Old 11-26-2010, 04:59 PM   #3
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Uh, yeah.
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Old 11-26-2010, 05:01 PM   #4
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Literally impossible to answer that question because so much of today's music was shaped and influenced by what the Beatles did. They would sound really out dated stylistically even though their melodies would still be great.

A big part of what made the Beatles so popular was how they continually pushed the boundaries of popular music, fundamentally changing the way people understood it. They wouldn't get that same effect today.
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Old 11-26-2010, 05:14 PM   #5
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Literally impossible to answer that question because so much of today's music was shaped and influenced by what the Beatles did. They would sound really out dated stylistically even though their melodies would still be great.

A big part of what made the Beatles so popular was how they continually pushed the boundaries of popular music, fundamentally changing the way people understood it. They wouldn't get that same effect today.
I get what you mean, but I'm asking if their music would change today's music if they came out now
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Old 11-26-2010, 05:16 PM   #6
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Probably not since they would seem like every other boy band or music group ever since MTV over-did the hype on N*Sync or Backstreet Boys but even then they had their influences from New Kids.

Most likely another group or groups would have done all the influential things the Beatles did and become the popular names had the Beatles arrived 20-30 years later in music history.
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Old 11-27-2010, 12:39 AM   #7
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Simplistic and short songs about love and relationships. They'd be bigger than ever before right now.
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Old 11-27-2010, 01:11 AM   #8
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I'm surprised that no one is considering the change from this:



to this:



And how well it would go over
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Old 11-27-2010, 01:27 AM   #9
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They'd probably be a 'hipster' band today. They'd be critically acclaimed but far from popular. And most of their fans would be utter twats. And lots more synth. When I'm 64 + synth.
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Old 11-27-2010, 05:42 AM   #10
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They'd probably still make it, but nowhere near as big as they are.

And I read somewhere that the Beatles music has already sold 2 million dollors on iTunes... I mean, seriousy I don't get why people still 'buy' Beatles music. Surely everyone has it all by now.
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Old 11-27-2010, 07:41 AM   #11
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They'd probably still make it, but nowhere near as big as they are.

And I read somewhere that the Beatles music has already sold 2 million dollors on iTunes... I mean, seriousy I don't get why people still 'buy' Beatles music. Surely everyone has it all by now.
The remasters are fucking awesome is why.

Lennon was so adaptive, it's hard to imagine him not managing to develop hits. McCartney was no slouch, either.

The big question, I guess, is would major record labels take a risk on a band whose first album was almost half covers. Assuming there was any parallel.
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i'm sure they'd be big. the question is whether they'd be overproduced and overmanaged to the point of being absolutely gay as fuck. i say yes.
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They'd be championing the "retro" genre. So they'd probably be raw as fuck.

Until they went all psychadelic and shit. Yoko Ono would fuck that shit up.
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Pretty sure they'd be just on of many bands, considering soft pop-rock is so popular now.
lol. Think about this for a second
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lol. Think about this for a second
nothing deep or profound here people, move along.
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The remasters are fucking awesome is why.

Lennon was so adaptive, it's hard to imagine him not managing to develop hits. McCartney was no slouch, either.

The big question, I guess, is would major record labels take a risk on a band whose first album was almost half covers. Assuming there was any parallel.
agree
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