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11 bands better than The Beatles?
Foxnews.com ^ | February 07, 2014 | By Mike Mettler

Posted on 02/07/2014 10:54:23 AM PST by US Navy Vet

It was 50 years ago today that The Beatles landed in America for the first time. Could any other group ever hope to top the talents of these beloved moptops? Well ...Yeah, yeah, yeah! Check out 11 bands that I think took the Fab Four’s pop revolution and made it even better, way beyond compare

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KEYWORDS: bands; beatles
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To: ZirconEncrustedTweezers
Howlin’ Wolf never went after them for turning “Killing Floor” into “The Lemon Song” either.
41 posted on 02/07/2014 11:19:40 AM PST by Olog-hai
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To: arkfreepdom

Everyone will have to defer to me on this... The Beatles will survive beyond all the others because their music has the elements that are timeless: melody, harmony, and elegant prose. Led Zeppelin may have been “better” in a sense, but their music does not translate well to simple note by note comparison. (Ever heard Stairway to Heaven on piano? God-awful, truly.) The Kinks get a nod because they were in many ways the first to band to push rock into the 21st century. The Beatles, Stones, and The Who used early Kink classics as templates. There are greats and there are the Beatles, who are in a class by themselves... Period.


42 posted on 02/07/2014 11:19:46 AM PST by HMS Surprise (Chris Christie can STILL go straight to hell.)
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To: BlueDragon

Springsteen’s best work was any cover of his crap by any band.

Manfred Mann comes to mind. Talk about polishing a turd, MannyMan’s IrfBand did it.


43 posted on 02/07/2014 11:20:05 AM PST by Cletus.D.Yokel (Catastrophic Anthropogenic Climate Alterations: The acronym defines the science.)
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To: US Navy Vet
The first half-dozen replies this thread -- classic freeper humor.

hilarious

44 posted on 02/07/2014 11:20:30 AM PST by BlueDragon ("the fans are staying away from the ballpark...in droves" Yogi Berra)
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To: US Navy Vet

The Who were the best rock band ever. Babba O’rielly baby!


45 posted on 02/07/2014 11:20:33 AM PST by The Public Eye
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To: US Navy Vet

I agree with the placement of Zeppelin, who went way beyond the confines of the word “band.” But the rest? Forgettable.


46 posted on 02/07/2014 11:20:53 AM PST by Albion Wilde (The less a man knows, the more certain he is that he knows it all.)
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To: US Navy Vet; a fool in paradise

47 posted on 02/07/2014 11:21:08 AM PST by Revolting cat! (Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious! We reserve the right to serve refuse to anyone!)
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To: camle

Umm Elvis?


48 posted on 02/07/2014 11:21:33 AM PST by okkev68
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To: US Navy Vet

Where was Queen in that list? An oversight.


49 posted on 02/07/2014 11:22:28 AM PST by Albion Wilde (The less a man knows, the more certain he is that he knows it all.)
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To: US Navy Vet

Only eleven?


50 posted on 02/07/2014 11:22:54 AM PST by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: ZirconEncrustedTweezers
I always thought it was funny that Jake Holmes waited almost forty years to sue Jimmy Page for plagiarizing “Dazed and Confused.”

And as far as I know Spirit never sued Led Zep for the outright theft of "Stairway to Heaven."

51 posted on 02/07/2014 11:22:59 AM PST by KevinB (Barack Hussein Obama: Proof-positive that affirmative action does not work.)
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To: ZirconEncrustedTweezers

I’m a fan of the many garage bands that sprung up in every community around the country in the 60s. Most of them cite The Beatles music and popularity as their reason for starting a band. I’ll give credit to the Stones, Kinks, Yardbirds, etc for their contributions but The Beatles were the main catalyst for the garage band phenomenon.


52 posted on 02/07/2014 11:23:18 AM PST by upsdriver
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To: discostu
IMHO you’ve got to get The Kinks in there, they did almost every innovation rock had before 1980 first, laying down the basis for metal, punk, theater rock, art rock, not to mention inventing distortion.

The Kinks rarely get enough credit. That being said, The Who is the missing band that should really be on this list.
53 posted on 02/07/2014 11:24:08 AM PST by drjimmy
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To: US Navy Vet
Such a silly claim, without much more definition. "Better" in what way? More #1's? More documentaries and movies? More albums in the top 10 of all time? Better vocalists? Better Lead Guitarist? Better evolution of sound? More Influential?

What does better even mean, unless it is personal preference? The Beatles are iconic, have a fascinating story, and were excellent song writers. They definitely evolved their sound over their 10 year career, from "Please Please Me" to "Rubber Soul" to the White Album, skiffle to back-masking, 3 guitars and a drum to french horns, harpsichords and sitars.

I'm a big Rush fan, but "Better"? Their sound is quite repetitive. Velvet Underground? Please. Most influential in the NY late 60's music scene maybe, but difficult to get through a whole album and actually listen to it. And NICO can't sing, sorry. The Clash? Cool, but very pigeonholed into Punk, and again repetitive.

The Stones, OK, maybe, if for no other reason than longevity. But not nearly as influential, methinks.

54 posted on 02/07/2014 11:24:11 AM PST by jimmyray
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To: US Navy Vet; a fool in paradise

55 posted on 02/07/2014 11:24:35 AM PST by Revolting cat! (Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious! We reserve the right to serve refuse to anyone!)
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To: The Public Eye
The Who were the best rock band ever. Babba O’rielly baby!

And "Teenage Wasteland." Another gross oversight by the listmaker.

56 posted on 02/07/2014 11:25:27 AM PST by Albion Wilde (The less a man knows, the more certain he is that he knows it all.)
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To: rey

And let us not forget the oft neglected lap band.


57 posted on 02/07/2014 11:25:46 AM PST by Shethink13
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To: drjimmy

I’d definitely have The Who on there. Really stretched a lot of boundaries and showed a lot of what could be done in rock.


58 posted on 02/07/2014 11:25:48 AM PST by discostu (I don't meme well.)
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To: US Navy Vet; a fool in paradise

59 posted on 02/07/2014 11:26:03 AM PST by Revolting cat! (Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious! We reserve the right to serve refuse to anyone!)
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To: US Navy Vet
GENTLE GIANT!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UM-yGcpaY_4

60 posted on 02/07/2014 11:27:09 AM PST by CivilWarBrewing
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