Originally Posted by Hiroki:
“Personally i've no idea why people rate The Beatles so much they are just another boy band to me....but they make people happy so who cares if they are overrated or not?”
AAARRRRGHHHH dont EVER refer to the beatles as a boyband
THEY WERE NOT.
to start with, the term boyband was first coined to describe the likes of bros, new kids on the block, take that (early), acts that were just groups of 'boys' who played no instruments or created their own music.
the beatles are/were the first POP GROUP, they created their own music and unlike 99% of other pop groups they evolved. as has been mentioned, they were in the right place at the right time but had the talent to create on what was a blank canvass, a catalogue of music that is still heavily influencial today.
no other group has, or can, cut the new ground that the beatles did, like them or not, they are/were the best pop group ever .
the stones were also very good, sad to see that the recent poll on the greatest songwriters of all time missed off jagger/richard (and ray davis ... sheeeesh!) as they were also 'up there' with the beatles but ultimately not as creative or influencial.