Free Republic looks at The Beatles

[Cartoonist]

On the anniversary of Abbey Road. I was expecting a lot of insults to John Lennon, but it didn't happen. In fact, people were calling out Come Together as a great song.

One thing I've noticed when the Beatles are discussed, is that there is always one or two people who claim they are overrated. Compared to who? They never say.

[hlthe2b]

1. I'm feeling the pain (increasingly) of recogizing that younger teens/adults don't know them

though at least for a while they tend to have at least "heard' of them. But as time goes by the BIG talents of decades past yield nothing but oblivious looks. The latest (this week) was Eric Clapton. A group of twenty-somethings had never heard of him. sigh...

[Cartoonist]

3. History will never forget them

It saddens me that people are even more unfamiliar with the music of the Big Band era. Greats like Artie Shaw, Count Basie, and Louis Jordan are pretty much forgotten.

I'm not worried too much about the Beatles legacy. I was on a bus once sitting near a group of 20 somethings who were discussing their favorite bands. The ones I recognized were all current. Then one of them said, "I think the Beatles are pretty good." The group then paused in respectful silence.

[stonecutter357]

2. why do you care what the racist pigs at Free Republic think about the Beatles ?

[Cartoonist]

4. Curious, not care.

I expected the worse. Was surprised and gladdened that my favorite band was immune to their hatred. All You Need Is Love.