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Old 06-17-2011, 08:14 PM   #1189 (permalink)
starrynight
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To say that The Eagles have sold more than The Beatles worldwide is just absurd lol.

Then you have to retreat on your argument about awards.

The Beatles have been covered by way way more people than Madonna or Michael Jackson, probaby combined. Yesterday is the most covered song ever, over 1.600 times (Guinness World Records 2009). A list of just some of The Beatles covers can be found here: Beatles Covers List

Then you still try and pretend that The Beatles didn't have a wide range of styles beyond the soul-pop of Michael Jackson. You won't even look into it yourself, it's clear you know very little of The Beatles music. The following song for example is not 'light pop rock' as you call it.



Then you make things up saying that I said Michael Jackson had no global impact and that he had no classic songs. I also never said that people who like Michael Jackson have bad taste in music.

I'm talking about music and not music videos. Obviously Michael Jackson along with others will have done more music videos, the technology to do that was much more advanced than it was in the 60s. But that has nothing to do with the music or about the abilities of anyone. And The Beatles had films about them done and all kinds of TV programs as well anyway, including the first ever world satellite broadcast.

"The Beatles primarily cater to a caucasion audience" That is nonsense. All people of all races like The Beatles music. They were huge literally all over the world, and they are still well known everywhere and getting new fans.

And as for Michael Jackson being a solo artist, he depended on producers like Quincy Jones and also other songwriters. The Beatles as a group were only together about 10 years. Michael Jackson had far more time but squandered quite alot of it in later years.
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