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What was so great about the beatles?

?? i just dont get it?

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Gegenhall offline Verified User (1 year, 1 month) Long Term User Shouts: 0 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year, 1 month ago (12 minutes after post)

They are the 60s.

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spiratec9 offline Verified User (1 year, 8 months) Long Term User Shouts: 8 #
Burnaby, BC, CA | 1 year, 1 month ago (15 minutes after post)

listen to at least 4 of their songs then you will get it.

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♪The Music of Love offline Verified User (2 years, 8 months) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
Santa Barbara, CA, US | 1 year, 1 month ago (29 minutes after post)

their vocal range is amazing most guys cant sing that high and sing low. Also their songs have alot of hidden meaning which if you juz listen to the songs it will sound as if they’re high, but it has to do with the things that went on in their time period and issues that teens dealt with. some of their songs dont have any meaning sorta like todays songs. but try listening to piggies(i think thats the song i could be wrong) its about the government at their time. they gave us an insight to our countries history.

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hockeymaniac500 offline Verified User (1 year, 8 months) Long Term User Shouts: 24 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 1 month ago (33 minutes after post)

I would take the Rolling Stones over the beatles any day. For a band that “revolutionized” rock, it sounds like they smoked in their submarine.

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Gegenhall offline Verified User (1 year, 1 month) Long Term User Shouts: 0 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year, 1 month ago (34 minutes after post)

Ah, the good old Beatles vs Stones clash.

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hockeymaniac500 offline Verified User (1 year, 8 months) Long Term User Shouts: 24 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 1 month ago (35 minutes after post)

Gegenhall wrote:
Ah, the good old Beatles vs Stones clash.

Hey, you can’t argue with 40 years of number 1’s. Although I’m just saying I agree with the OP, I don’t understand either.

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♪The Music of Love offline Verified User (2 years, 8 months) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
Santa Barbara, CA, US | 1 year, 1 month ago (35 minutes after post)

can i take both??? I love rolling stones but i also like that beatles songs actually make you stop and think :D

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♪The Music of Love offline Verified User (2 years, 8 months) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
Santa Barbara, CA, US | 1 year, 1 month ago (36 minutes after post)

omg and The Clash is amazing! haha gegenhall said clash which made me think of them :P

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hockeymaniac500 offline Verified User (1 year, 8 months) Long Term User Shouts: 24 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 1 month ago (37 minutes after post)

♪The Music of Love wrote:
can i take both??? I love rolling stones but i also like that beatles songs actually make you stop and think :D

Ever truly thought about Sympathy for the devil? Or street Fighting Man?

♪The Music of Love wrote:
omg and The Clash is amazing! haha gegenhall said clash which made me think of them :P

Wait, who is the clash?

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Gegenhall offline Verified User (1 year, 1 month) Long Term User Shouts: 0 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year, 1 month ago (37 minutes after post)

I like both too, but it’s just very typical to compare them. And yes, The clash is awesome!

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Gegenhall offline Verified User (1 year, 1 month) Long Term User Shouts: 0 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year, 1 month ago (38 minutes after post)

Revolution rock! Revolution rocks!

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hockeymaniac500 offline Verified User (1 year, 8 months) Long Term User Shouts: 24 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 1 month ago (38 minutes after post)

I still don’t know who the clash are.

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Gegenhall offline Verified User (1 year, 1 month) Long Term User Shouts: 0 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year, 1 month ago (39 minutes after post)

A band. You have internet, don’t you?

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♪The Music of Love offline Verified User (2 years, 8 months) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
Santa Barbara, CA, US | 1 year, 1 month ago (39 minutes after post)

an absolutley amazing band!

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spiratec9 offline Verified User (1 year, 8 months) Long Term User Shouts: 8 #
Burnaby, BC, CA | 1 year, 1 month ago (43 minutes after post)

the stones,beatles,led zepplin.

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♪The Music of Love offline Verified User (2 years, 8 months) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
Santa Barbara, CA, US | 1 year, 1 month ago (45 minutes after post)

led zepplin is amazing too. haha so many bands that are amazing lol. than again so many (email removed) bands too.

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hockeymaniac500 offline Verified User (1 year, 8 months) Long Term User Shouts: 24 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 1 month ago (46 minutes after post)

“Don’t tell me you never got your led out!?!?!” Jack black in school of rock.

Led Zeppelin is foremost the greatest rock and roll band ever. They beat everybody. Followed by Ac/Dc, The who, Metallica, and The stones. Just a few bands. Woah, almost forgot Stevie Ray Vaughan, wow I could list amazing classic rock forever.

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hockeymaniac500 offline Verified User (1 year, 8 months) Long Term User Shouts: 24 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 1 month ago (47 minutes after post)

How did I leave out Van Halen and rush. I should be ashamed of myself. =/

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♪The Music of Love offline Verified User (2 years, 8 months) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
Santa Barbara, CA, US | 1 year, 1 month ago (53 minutes after post)

you should be ashamed you can never forget Van Halen.lol and you forgot to mention zepplins amazing guitar solos. AC/DC most defintally who couldnt like “rock and roll aint noise pollution” and “back in black”?

oh and dont forget Pink floyd and the white stripes and ofcourse the eagles.

have you ever heard of jethro tull or supertramp?

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hockeymaniac500 offline Verified User (1 year, 8 months) Long Term User Shouts: 24 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 1 month ago (58 minutes after post)

♪The Music of Love wrote:
you should be ashamed you can never forget Van Halen.lol and you forgot to mention zepplins amazing guitar solos. AC/DC most defintally who couldnt like “rock and roll aint noise pollution” and “back in black”?

oh and dont forget Pink floyd and the white stripes and ofcourse the eagles.

have you ever heard of jethro tull or supertramp?

Heard of supertramp, and I praised Led Zep as the greatest band ever. The Eagles, oh wow, number one selling album of all time. Amazing band, tequilla sunrise, the girl from yesterday. Hotel California and Desperado. All amazing.

But you can’t forget Kansas, carry on my wayward son. Anyone? Or how about Journey, wheel in the sky? Don’t stop believin’? How about boston with Smokin and more than a feeling? I could name bands all night. I love classic rock.

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♪The Music of Love offline Verified User (2 years, 8 months) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
Santa Barbara, CA, US | 1 year, 1 month ago (1 hour, 3 minutes after post)

Omg im such an idiot i ttly forgot about journey and dont stop believing is even one of my favorite songs! anyhow i grew up listening to classic rock to so I love it too lol

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spiratec9 offline Verified User (1 year, 8 months) Long Term User Shouts: 8 #
Burnaby, BC, CA | 1 year, 1 month ago (1 hour, 4 minutes after post)

“Stairway to Heaven” is a song by the English rock band Led Zeppelin.

an absolute masterpiece.So much variability within the piece.

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hockeymaniac500 offline Verified User (1 year, 8 months) Long Term User Shouts: 24 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 1 month ago (1 hour, 5 minutes after post)

I am growing up on it. I’m only 15 lol. I know more classic rock than either of my parents ever did and they grew up while it was going on.

spiratec9 wrote:
“Stairway to Heaven” is a song by the English rock band Led Zeppelin.an absolute masterpiece.So much variability within the piece.

Agreed. But never play it on the guitar infront of another guitarist. Considered bad luck.

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spiratec9 offline Verified User (1 year, 8 months) Long Term User Shouts: 8 #
Burnaby, BC, CA | 1 year, 1 month ago (1 hour, 6 minutes after post)

hockeymaniac500 wrote:
I am growing up on it. I’m only 15 lol. I know more classic rock than either of my parents ever did and they grew up while it was going on.

spiratec9 wrote:
“Stairway to Heaven” is a song by the English rock band Led Zeppelin.an absolute masterpiece.So much variability within the piece.
Agreed. But never play it on the guitar infront of another guitarist. Considered bad luck.

I am sure.

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♪The Music of Love offline Verified User (2 years, 8 months) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
Santa Barbara, CA, US | 1 year, 1 month ago (1 hour, 9 minutes after post)

haha while im 16 so i guess im still growing up on it too. anyhow when they came out with stairway they said it would never make it far because it was too long and it would get no radio play. But now its like one of the most amazing songs ever

waynes world “sorry, no stairway to heaven”

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hockeymaniac500 offline Verified User (1 year, 8 months) Long Term User Shouts: 24 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 1 month ago (1 hour, 10 minutes after post)

♪The Music of Love wrote:
haha while im 16 so i guess im still growing up on it too. anyhow when they came out with stairway they said it would never make it far because it was too long and it would get no radio play. But now its like one of the most amazing songs ever

waynes world “sorry, no stairway to heaven”

No stairway? Denied. Haha, I have that clip on my myspace. I know it shouldn’t with how long it is, but with solos like that how wouldn’t it get airtime Same with Free Bird by Ronnie and the boys.

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♪The Music of Love offline Verified User (2 years, 8 months) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
Santa Barbara, CA, US | 1 year, 1 month ago (1 hour, 13 minutes after post)

I’ve never heard Free bird
but if its anything like stairway i must listen to it! :D

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hockeymaniac500 offline Verified User (1 year, 8 months) Long Term User Shouts: 24 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 1 month ago (1 hour, 14 minutes after post)

♪The Music of Love wrote:
I’ve never heard Free bird
but if its anything like stairway i must listen to it! :D

Listen to freebird, has about a 6 minute long solo, amazing, it;s by lynyrd Skynyrd.

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♪The Music of Love offline Verified User (2 years, 8 months) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
Santa Barbara, CA, US | 1 year, 1 month ago (1 hour, 15 minutes after post)

i shall look it up and listen to it now :P

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hockeymaniac500 offline Verified User (1 year, 8 months) Long Term User Shouts: 24 #
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♪The Music of Love wrote:
i shall look it up and listen to it now :P

Let me know what you think of it’s amazingness.

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♪The Music of Love offline Verified User (2 years, 8 months) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
Santa Barbara, CA, US | 1 year, 1 month ago (1 hour, 28 minutes after post)

OMG that was amazing!! the best solo i’ve ever heard!

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hockeymaniac500 offline Verified User (1 year, 8 months) Long Term User Shouts: 24 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 1 month ago (1 hour, 29 minutes after post)

I know, but keep in mind that They use 3 guitarists for that song, while led Zep and most bands only have one lead and a rythem.

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♪The Music of Love offline Verified User (2 years, 8 months) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
Santa Barbara, CA, US | 1 year, 1 month ago (1 hour, 34 minutes after post)

yea but its still amazing especially since switching between chords that fast could not be easy.

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hockeymaniac500 offline Verified User (1 year, 8 months) Long Term User Shouts: 24 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 1 month ago (18 hours, 4 minutes after post)

♪The Music of Love wrote:
yea but its still amazing especially since switching between chords that fast could not be easy.

Oh it’s not easy at all, it is insane to even think of trying to play it by yourself.

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♪The Music of Love offline Verified User (2 years, 8 months) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
Santa Barbara, CA, US | 1 year, 1 month ago (1 day after post)

I wish i had stuck with guitar juz so i could learn that solo now :P

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hockeymaniac500 offline Verified User (1 year, 8 months) Long Term User Shouts: 24 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 1 month ago (1 day after post)

Haha, I have been learning the guitar for the last 4 or so months. I wish I could play any of the solo.

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♪The Music of Love offline Verified User (2 years, 8 months) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
Santa Barbara, CA, US | 1 year, 1 month ago (1 day after post)

well hopefully you’ll learn. that would be amazing.
another great soloist who isnt a guitar solist, but Ian Anderson from Jethro Tull is really good its not an as well known band, but still amazing. One of the songs the band did was taking a classical peice and turning it into a rock peice with the flute it sounds stupid, but its actually very good.

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hockeymaniac500 offline Verified User (1 year, 8 months) Long Term User Shouts: 24 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 1 month ago (1 day after post)

Would it happen to be canon in D? I have spent the last three days learning how to play the first half of it.

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hockeymaniac500 offline Verified User (1 year, 8 months) Long Term User Shouts: 24 #
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♪The Music of Love wrote:
no its called bouree

I’ll look it up. Check out canon in D. Absolutely amazing.

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hockeymaniac500 offline Verified User (1 year, 8 months) Long Term User Shouts: 24 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 1 month ago (1 day after post)

Find a rock version, or a kid on a guitar, not an orchestra though. And bouree is pretty sweet, I am listening to it in another window lol.

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♪The Music of Love offline Verified User (2 years, 8 months) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
Santa Barbara, CA, US | 1 year, 1 month ago (1 day after post)

thats really good it would be amazing if you learned how to play it (i clicked on the wrong one at first and i was really confused) lol.
but yea im working on playing Ian Andersons bouree rite now for my next recital juz so i can confuse everyone lol.
Ian Anderson actually taught himself how to play flute along with the spanish guitar and a little piano i beleive.

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hockeymaniac500 offline Verified User (1 year, 8 months) Long Term User Shouts: 24 #
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♪The Music of Love wrote:
thats really good it would be amazing if you learned how to play it (i clicked on the wrong one at first and i was really confused) lol.
but yea im working on playing Ian Andersons bouree rite now for my next recital juz so i can confuse everyone lol.
Ian Anderson actually taught himself how to play flute along with the spanish guitar and a little piano i beleive.

Wow, talented man.

And I am learning a slightly different version, played lower on the neck and a slower, not so many hammer ons and stuff. He composed like 5 different versions of this.

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♪The Music of Love offline Verified User (2 years, 8 months) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
Santa Barbara, CA, US | 1 year, 1 month ago (1 day after post)

thats really cool I think i actually did listen to that version cuz the guy who was playing was playing the chords on the neck.

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♪The Music of Love offline Verified User (2 years, 8 months) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
Santa Barbara, CA, US | 1 year, 1 month ago (1 day after post)

*i listened to it on youtube so i could see the person play in case you were confused

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hockeymaniac500 offline Verified User (1 year, 8 months) Long Term User Shouts: 24 #
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Did you watch the very first one?

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♪The Music of Love offline Verified User (2 years, 8 months) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
Santa Barbara, CA, US | 1 year, 1 month ago (1 day after post)

no i watched “‘canon in D’(rock version)”

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hockeymaniac500 offline Verified User (1 year, 8 months) Long Term User Shouts: 24 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 1 month ago (1 day after post)

Huh, He plays it half and half. I saw what I play at times and then alot higher at other points. Well, I can play some of that at this point.

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♪The Music of Love offline Verified User (2 years, 8 months) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
Santa Barbara, CA, US | 1 year, 1 month ago (1 day, 1 hour after post)

oh thats kinda weird that he plays it half and half. thats really cool that you can actually play it

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hockeymaniac500 offline Verified User (1 year, 8 months) Long Term User Shouts: 24 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 1 month ago (1 day, 1 hour after post)

It is really fun to play. Just slower so I don’t mess up as much. But the person that got me into guitar can play this perfectly. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDT7a8…

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hockeymaniac500 offline Verified User (1 year, 8 months) Long Term User Shouts: 24 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 1 month ago (1 day, 1 hour after post)

Well I need to call it a night. Peace.

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♪The Music of Love offline Verified User (2 years, 8 months) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
Santa Barbara, CA, US | 1 year, 1 month ago (1 day, 1 hour after post)

i gotta call it a night too after i watch the youtube clip. :)
ttyl

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♪The Music of Love offline Verified User (2 years, 8 months) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
Santa Barbara, CA, US | 1 year, 1 month ago (1 day, 1 hour after post)

Omg that was so cool his fingers were moving so fast!!

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spiratec9 offline Verified User (1 year, 8 months) Long Term User Shouts: 8 #
Burnaby, BC, CA | 1 year, 1 month ago (1 day, 1 hour after post)

style.

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hockeymaniac500 offline Verified User (1 year, 8 months) Long Term User Shouts: 24 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 1 month ago (1 day, 17 hours after post)

spiratec9 wrote:
style.

Stevie Ray Vaughan has amazing style. Smoking a ciggarete. Just relaxed, Totally chill. He is amazing.

He and Eddie are my favorite guitarists hands down.

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An Unknown Location | 8 months ago (5 months, 1 week after post)

Not a fan of the Rolling Stones, and the Beatles I don’t understand either. Nothing about them was spectacular, average everything all around. They just wrote catchy pop songs. Average drums, singing, guitar work. I just don’t get it. I enjoy listening to them, don’t get me wrong, but they are not the greatest anything.

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♪The Music of Love offline Verified User (2 years, 8 months) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
Santa Barbara, CA, US | 8 months ago (5 months, 2 weeks after post)

shua8 wrote:
Not a fan of the Rolling Stones, and the Beatles I don’t understand either. Nothing about them was spectacular, average everything all around. They just wrote catchy pop songs. Average drums, singing, guitar work. I just don’t get it. I enjoy listening to them, don’t get me wrong, but they are not the greatest anything.

the beatles didnt write catchy pop songs they sang songs that may not make sense on the surface but after you analyze them they reflect the economy and the issues they were facing during the time the songs were written. Its not just songs they’re lead ways into history it shows a point of view which usually would just be glossed over.

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