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Originally Posted by blastingas10
I can't disagree with any of that, other than the fact that I don't think Elvis is that much better at singing than Paul McCartney.
I have no problem with saying that Robert Johnson was a much better guitarist than any of the Beatles, but that being said, the Beatles weren't bad. John Lennon used a lot of more advanced chords, but Johnson did as well. I have no problem saying that son house was a better singer. I don't think any Beatle could give A vocal performance accompanied by handclaps only as good as son house's "grinnin in your face".
I don't think other artists being descredited has everything to do with over obsessed Beatles fans. I think it has a lot to do with the fact that they were at the top of questionably the most popular era of music in the 20th century. Who do people recognize more these days, bo diddley or the Stones? Howlin wolf or led zeppelin? It's not just a Beatles thing.
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Elvis was a great vocalist no doubt but when it came to the many Beatles songs he covered he choked on "Hey Jude" actually not an easy song to sing and nailed it with "Yesterday" and "Something". Paul was a great vocalist he recorded on the same day "Yesterday", I've Just Seen a Face" and "I'm Down" the same day. Talk about range in music.
The one thing you guys seem to forget is the Beatles were more known as harmony singers and listen to the harmonies on Abbey Road for example.
I think you guys are shortchanging the Beatles as guitarists toward the end as George really developed into a great slide player and he developed an interesting technique country styled use of volume swells. There is more to playing the guitars than playing blues music. Again playing something like “Here Comes The Sun” is more technical than playing blues music as blues music is more about feel than technical prowess. I remember reading Eric Clapton saying George was a better all around guitar player.
As The Beatles both emerged from the Psychedelic era, & straddled it some with "The Beatles (The White Album)" (& some other material from the era), they became, as far as I'm concerned, a great guitar band. During their last incarnation they began tastefully introducing moog & using multiple keyboards as perfect coloring instruments, but this is overshadowed, for me at least, by the incredible variation of styles & textures of great guitar that are offered up by all three Beatles