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Bee Gees or Beatles?
To all you oldies out there, who do you think were the best songwriters and performers - Brothers Gibb/Bee Gees or Lennon & McCartney/Beatles? Personally I would say The Bee Gees but I'm sure a lot of people would disagree because of how popular the Beatles were.
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You are wrong.
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The Beatles were the most important and innovative band of all time who shaped modern pop/rock music as we know it
The Bee Gees sang in high voices Not much of a contest. |
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The Beatles by far were the most influential songwriters in my opinion, of course as usual in a thread mentioning the Beatles on digitalspy someones going to say they were rubbish just to get attention.
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of course as usual in a thread mentioning the Beatles on digitalspy someones going to say they were rubbish just to get attention.
![]() But beatlemania fans will be out in force shoving there "point" down peoples throats no matter what. For me the bee gees were better but thats just my choice |
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no they were rubbish, the brothers gib have wrote some of the best music of all time.
But beatlemania fans will be out in force shoving there "point" down peoples throats no matter what. For me the bee gees were better but thats just my choice But you're wrong. |
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You think the Beatles were rubbish? You're as entitled to your opinion as anyone.
But you're wrong. As as said in my original post about been forced into liking the beatles on this thread. Our views don't agree and i'll leave it at that no one is right or wrong. |
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dn't want a full scale riot on this thread, but i'm entitled to my opinion as you've stated but to say i'm wrong is not letting me my view is it.
As as said in my original post about been forced into liking the beatles on this thread. Our views don't agree and i'll leave it at that no one is right or wrong. |
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no they were rubbish, the brothers gib have wrote some of the best music of all time.
But beatlemania fans will be out in force shoving there "point" down peoples throats no matter what. For me the bee gees were better but thats just my choice i like their 60's material, i disliked their 'disco' phase. factually though, no one compares to the beatles. |
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No you are definitely wrong. To suggest the Bee Gees are better than the Beatles is laughable.
they were expressing a personal opinion, not a statement of fact. |
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They're not comparable although Saturday Night Fever has remained an unbeatable soundtrack.
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I think the Beatles are grossly over-rated.
Sure, they knocked out a few decent tunes, but I don't buy into the myth. They were a pop band and then they got into drugs and released some psychedelic stuff. Great. I'd rather listen to the Bee Gees. |
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as a personal opinion, based on personal taste, they CANNOT be wrong!
they were expressing a personal opinion, not a statement of fact. |
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I prefer the Bee Gees because I love 70s Disco although the Bee Gees themselves where'nt actually a disco band.
The flip side to this was that some of the contribution to Disco was cheesy, which became the norm and killed off what was originally an underground and pretty leftfield scene. That said, I cant deny the contribution the Beatles have made and I beleive there is only one word for John Lennon.....genius. |
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Both were great bands and songwriters but TBH I don't really listen to the Beatles, I would prefer to listen to a Bee Gees song anyday.
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I think the Beatles are grossly over-rated.
Sure, they knocked out a few decent tunes, but I don't buy into the myth. They were a pop band and then they got into drugs and released some psychedelic stuff. Great. I'd rather listen to the Bee Gees. a myth is something that cannot be either proven nor disproven, a fact is something that can be either proven or disproven... you dont have to look far to find copious ammounts of evidence to see where the beatles fit in that! personal taste though is another matter ... anyones free to dislike the beatles if they dont like the material .. fair play ... but really, no other group has influenced pop music like the beatles DID, that is a fact. |
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I like both bands but it's a bit like comparing apples with oranges.
Funnily enough I like the Bee Gees best in their 60s guise when they were Beatles copycats. They're undeniably very gifted songwriters, but perhaps lack genuine innovation and an air of mystery or magic.
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I don't think The Beatles were over-rated, they were absolutely magnificent. But I do think the songwriting skills of The Beegees are often under-rated.
Both were/are excellent, to me. |
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a myth is something that cannot be either proven nor disproven, a fact is something that can be either proven or disproven... you dont have to look far to find copious ammounts of evidence to see where the beatles fit in that!
![]() Until then, it's a myth.
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You cannot compare The Beatles to the Beegees... They are both in completely different musical genres. It's like comparing Iron Maiden to Lady Gaga.
Beegees are disco, pure and simple... |
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You cannot compare The Beatles to the Beegees... They are both in completely different musical genres. It's like comparing Iron Maiden to Lady Gaga.
Beegees are disco, pure and simple... |
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You cannot compare The Beatles to the Beegees... They are both in completely different musical genres. It's like comparing Iron Maiden to Lady Gaga.
Beegees are disco, pure and simple... As a band I think the Beatles are well ahead of the Bee Gees, but as songwriters it is closer. I still think the Beatles are ahead, but when you discuss great songwriters you have to include the Gibb brothers. |
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