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Originally Posted by The Monkey
I'm surprised that the majority of you cite songs from their post-Help! days as their worst. I take it you have heard through any of their first five albums? When they weren't doing horrible covers (Long Tall Sally is their only good cover, and in many ways tops the original) they were writing bubblegum songs in the vein of Chuck Berry or Carl Perkins. Help! does have some redeeming qualities, with Dylan's influence being evident, but it's still a weak release. If they had stopped recording music in 1965 they would be no more respected today than The Monkees are.
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The height of Bubblegum music was '67 to '72 so describe Chuck Berry and Carl Perkins as Bubblegum is an anchronism, they started out in the 50's and couldn't be Bubblegum music. I don't know if you know this but the genre that Chuck Berry is classified under is "Rock and Roll" and Carl Perkins is "Rockabilly," "Rock and Roll," and "Country," neither of them are Bubblegum.
Wether or not a person like the cover songs The Beatles did is a matter of opinion, however imo The Beatles never did a bad cover song.
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Originally Posted by mord
Actually, I like you a lot, Nea. That's why I treat you like ****. It's the MB way.
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