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Originally Posted by Smegma covered bell-end
Fair.
I have heard people say that they took a sound that was innovative and happening at the time and then made it popular, how true is this?
Still can't help thinking they're overrated though (especially John Lennon). What do I need to listen to to hear them at their "best"? Revolver and Sgt. Pepper were good pop music but I've got tons of albums I think are better than those.
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Well, everyone takes a sound that is already happening at the time, I mean if we want a completely original and not influenced by anything music, we should go back to primitive people and the first person who started making rhythms with bones or sticks or whatever. So, the question is how much an artist can develop and improve this sound. And I think that The Beatles are one of the best examples for that. I think that John Lennon (in his solo career) was overrated, though.
Try "Help", "Abbey Road" and my favorite - "Rubber Soul" - great, great albums.
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Originally Posted by Urban Hatemonger ?
Influence is the most over-rated trait of praising a band.
If it actually meant something I would spend all my time listening to Robert Johnson & the Velvet Underground.
But I don't, so essentially it's meaningless.
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Listening to a band because it's influential is really stupid. But when ranking the greatest bands you can't take influence as a factor. Influence = what the artist did for the music and how he changed it, so it's important one way or another.
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