And I'm not understanding the Roy Orbison phenomenon - I mean, good, but he's not the Beatles.
I’ll listen to Roy sooner than the Beatles.
Especially hippie-dippie doofus “message” Beatles (which, BTW, I think had a lot of “gay” goofy arrangements).
I like the early Beatles but they quickly morphed. It just occurred to me maybe their AIM was to be hippie-dippie and they just used the pop market to get it so everyone would listen to their self-important pieces, which hit very soon after Ed Sullivan. Sort of the Vogues syndrome.
I love Roy. But Pretty Woman gets overplayed as if it’s a 1-hit wonder (actually, they tend to play “Only the Lonely” tons, too - and none of the classics in between).