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Originally Posted by blastingas10
Yes, I only said that because they were called overrated. I believe they were turned down by many labels in the beginning. They earned their position. I don't think they were overrated at all. The mark they left on music cannot be denied. Theyve passed the test of time. If they were just a trendy pop band, there's no way they would still be relevant today, about 50 years later.
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Today it sounds generic. It may have influence but people have done what they did much better. Floyd have stood the test of time and still come out fresh and creative. The Beatles? Eh. The song i find best by them wasn't really even written by them: the lyrics from "Tomorrow Never Knows" were lifted from a Timothy Leary book. Their lyrics were pretty average, and whatever influenced their songs bleeds through pretty clearly, except slightly on the aforementioned song.
Can the same be said for the Beach Boys (Wilson eraa btw)? No. Their sound was unique, stood the test of time, and has gone on to influence the style of music beyond what the Beatles ever did.
And yeah, the Beatles were initially turned down for not sounding pop enough, but pop had a lot of restrictions back then, i'm sure it wasn't hard to get turned down. Everyone faces rejection in their career, the Beatles didn't have to overcome that much; they were just another pop act for awhile, albeit bigger. Marvin faced adversity for What's Going On, Brian Wilson has been mentioned, Sabbath had to replace Wicked World with Evil Woman on their debut.