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Are the Beatles still the biggest band in music history
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owen10
24-12-2016
I dont think there will be anyone in the next fifty years that will be bigger than them. Not even Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones or the Beach Boys. They are still the biggest band in the world even though they are not together anymore
stvn758
24-12-2016
Pretty sure they always will be, no one will ever top them or Elvis.
Achtung
24-12-2016
No because they don't exist anymore and haven't for a very long time.
Croctacus
24-12-2016
Originally Posted by Achtung:
“No because they don't exist anymore and haven't for a very long time.”

That'll be why the word history was used in the title.

And yes, they are.
TATTOO62
24-12-2016
Originally Posted by Achtung:
“No because they don't exist anymore and haven't for a very long time.”

To be the best/most successful anything in history you don't have to exist currently. And they are.
MagicCoppelia
24-12-2016
Yes. Always and forever.
Achtung
24-12-2016
I wanna hold your hand, we all live in a yellow submarine etc are akin to Kylie's I should be so lucky, so, in my opinion, no, they're not the greatest band that's ever been, they had some nice songs and melodies, yes, but so have Sinitta and Bananarama with their catchy little "ditties". It was lucky that they sold vast volumes at the time which was down to good promotion/propaganda, not much competition and just sheer luck. If he were still around, ask John Lennon and he'd probably say the same thing. I know Beatle's obsessives don't like to see things from any other angle and that's fine. This is just my opinion, keep living in your bubble if that's what makes you happy.
WhatJoeThinks
24-12-2016
Originally Posted by owen10:
“I dont think there will be anyone in the next fifty years that will be bigger than them. Not even Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones or the Beach Boys. They are still the biggest band in the world even though they are not together anymore”

Slight understatement at the end there. As to your question, as the world population continues to increase as well as becoming increasingly interconnected, there might come a time when a band sells more records in a single day than The Beatles ever did. I'm assuming by "bigger" you're talking about sales figures or similar.
Brian The Dog
24-12-2016
ABBA

Just leaving that there.
James Frederick
24-12-2016
They all look(ed) about average hight to me
zounds
24-12-2016
Biggest in which way?
Achtung
24-12-2016
All generations have their pop phenomenons. I really don't think The Beatles took themselves as seriously as their fans did/do.
GloriaSnockers
24-12-2016
Originally Posted by James Frederick:
“They all look(ed) about average hight to me”

There were four of them. The Jackson Five were undoubtedly bigger
d'@ve
24-12-2016
Originally Posted by Achtung:
“I wanna hold your hand, we all live in a yellow submarine etc are akin to Kylie's I should be so lucky, so, in my opinion, no, they're not the greatest band that's ever been, they had some nice songs and melodies, yes, but so have Sinitta and Bananarama with their catchy little "ditties". It was lucky that they sold vast volumes at the time which was down to good promotion/propaganda, not much competition and just sheer luck. If he were still around, ask John Lennon and he'd probably say the same thing. I know Beatle's obsessives don't like to see things from any other angle and that's fine. This is just my opinion, keep living in your bubble if that's what makes you happy. ”

Reading the above reminds me of one of those "Moon landings were faked" posts we see from time to time and it's about as accurate. I simply reply in the same way: you have to have lived through their era to realise the truth, and just how big The Beatles were. No other band and possibly no other singer at the peak of their career came close to them at the peak of theirs.

Their impact on the popular culture of the day was astonishing, simply astonishing - and that's how I judge 'big'. And I thought they were just an amusing novelty act when they first hit number one so it was a shock to my system when they were suddenly 'everywhere' from TV to the lead items on the News and newspapers, lauded by everyone from Prime Ministers to radio announcers, with thousands of fans in literal hysteria wherever they went. And that was before they reinvented themselves in the recording studio!

So yes - they are the biggest band ever in musical history and may always remain so because the conditions that led to it will probably never be repeated.
sodavlac
24-12-2016
Yup, almost twice the certified sales of Led Zep, the second biggest band and 20% more than Elvis, the biggest solo artist.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o..._music_artists
RobinOfLoxley
24-12-2016
Keep your eye on Little Mix tho'
WhatJoeThinks
24-12-2016
Originally Posted by RobinOfLoxley:
“Keep your eye on Little Mix tho'”

The future could be like Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure but with Little Mix instead of the Wyld Stallyns. Who knows?
Toby LaRhone
24-12-2016
Originally Posted by Achtung:
“I wanna hold your hand, we all live in a yellow submarine etc are akin to Kylie's I should be so lucky, so, in my opinion, no, they're not the greatest band that's ever been, they had some nice songs and melodies, yes, but so have Sinitta and Bananarama with their catchy little "ditties". It was lucky that they sold vast volumes at the time which was down to good promotion/propaganda, not much competition and just sheer luck. If he were still around, ask John Lennon and he'd probably say the same thing. I know Beatle's obsessives don't like to see things from any other angle and that's fine. This is just my opinion, keep living in your bubble if that's what makes you happy. ”

Change of tack after your first daft point and now you speak on behalf of John Lennon.
Getting dafter by the post.
I swung out of a car park yesterday, hit the radio and heard "Help". I sang along to every word, every harmony right up to the final "Ooh" and thought "Bloody hell they were good"
CravenHaven
24-12-2016
Originally Posted by RobinOfLoxley:
“Keep your eye on Little Mix tho'”

S*** Club Seven and Hears*** all the way
Achtung
24-12-2016
Originally Posted by d'@ve:
“Reading the above reminds me of one of those "Moon landings were faked" posts we see from time to time and it's about as accurate.”

If you lived through something, you feel it more and sometimes don't want to let go which can obscure your viewpoint.
Achtung
24-12-2016
Originally Posted by Toby LaRhone:
“Change of tack after your first daft point and now you speak on behalf of John Lennon.
Getting dafter by the post.
I swung out of a car park yesterday, hit the radio and heard "Help". I sang along to every word, every harmony right up to the final "Ooh" and thought "Bloody hell they were good"”

Move on from your belief that The Beatles were gods. They were just a band like any other.
MagicCoppelia
24-12-2016
Originally Posted by Achtung:
“I wanna hold your hand, we all live in a yellow submarine etc are akin to Kylie's I should be so lucky, so, in my opinion, no, they're not the greatest band that's ever been, they had some nice songs and melodies, yes, but so have Sinitta and Bananarama with their catchy little "ditties". It was lucky that they sold vast volumes at the time which was down to good promotion/propaganda, not much competition and just sheer luck. If he were still around, ask John Lennon and he'd probably say the same thing. I know Beatle's obsessives don't like to see things from any other angle and that's fine. This is just my opinion, keep living in your bubble if that's what makes you happy. ”

You are equating The Beatles to the likes of Sinitta, Bananarama and Kylie.

You are taking the p*ss pretty obviously.
GloriaSnockers
24-12-2016
Originally Posted by MagicCoppelia:
“You are equating The Beatles to the likes of Sinitta, Bananarama and Kylie.

You are taking the p*ss pretty obviously.”

Indeed. Fancy forgetting Jedward...
Sifter22
24-12-2016
Without a doubt. Everyone grows up with The Beatles.
Achtung
24-12-2016
Originally Posted by MagicCoppelia:
“You are equating The Beatles to the likes of Sinitta, Bananarama and Kylie.

You are taking the p*ss pretty obviously.”

No I'm not. If we posted lyrics from all of these artists, we'd see a lot of similarities. Many of The Beatles songs were quite fickle in my opinion and some of the songs from Banarama, for example, were quite poignant.
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