Is there ANYTHING

[AMPEEEM]

I really like him i think hes cool
i think he'd be fun to hang out with and go to the bar with

[Lump Clock]

This thread has brought me back to this site

http://yourscenesucks.com/

AW fuck, I'm two shades away from being a rude boy. fFFF Good thing I actually wear jeans and nice shirts.

[DigitalLemonClock]

Within the Western World, they are easily the most important band ever, and even outside of it, they were huge. They were the most popular band in Germany, England and America during the 1960s, and had a very large fan base in Japan, as well. I also watched a documentary last year detailing the impact of the Beatles on the soviet union and how their music inspired the young to rethink the priorities laid out by them by their government, and helped influence the social change that took place in 90s in Russia.

They developed numerous studio techniques (to put it lightly), marketing strategies and invented the EP. They changed the idea of a record from "The latest hits, with some covers and a throw away song or two" to a complete piece of original art. Each album was an event in and of it self, and both represented the current trends in music and life, and prophesied where it would go from here. Again, I believe this is not debatable.

When the Beatles encountered Indian culture and brought it back into their music, they also left an impression India. Africa, Arabia, alright, maybe they aren't as well known as other places, but that doesn't matter. The Beatles are still the most important band, can you think of a band that has had more influence, a single band that has progressed music and kicked down more doors?

Hell, what other band has had video games and films released forty years after their split based solely on their music, with more to come?

Also, China? The place that has the biggest lock down on their culture and hate letting anything else in? C'mon. Of course they learn about the bealtes in 60s.

Also, North Koreans only found out about the peace sign in the early 00's. There was an interview with some North Korean guy going "We have just learned this hand gesture is supposed to represent some kind of good will,"

okay, so Africa doesn't matter, China and most of Asia don't matter, Arabic countries do not matter, India doesn't matter, you discount 70% of the world population

even within the western-centric world it is debatable, the Beatles are flanked by the Rolling Stones, Elvis, Sinatra and Michael Jackson in record sales, worldwide reach through tours and radio play etc

my point was that defining 'the most important band of the 20th century' is problematic and unnecessary

were the beatles of importance to popular music in most of the Western world during the second half of the 20th century? yes

[AMPEEEM]

okay, so Africa doesn't matter, China and most of Asia don't matter, Arabic countries do not matter, India doesn't matter, you discount 70% of the world population

even within the western-centric world it is debatable, the Beatles are flanked by the Rolling Stones, Elvis, Sinatra and Michael Jackson in record sales, worldwide reach through tours and radio play etc

my point was that defining 'the most important band of the 20th century' is problematic and unnecessary

were the beatles of importance to popular music in most of the Western world during the second half of the 20th century? yes

Well, at least google agrees with me. "What is the most important band in the world" "most popular" and  "best known" all ended up with several websites that pointed directly to the beatles.

[FLOUNDERMAN_CLOCK]

I saw a documentary about North Korea where they sing at a north korean karaoke bar. One of the north korean guys paid to entertain the documentary guys sang Anarchy in the UK by the Sex Pistols. If that wasn't ironic enough he thought it was a patriotic song. It was goddamned amazing.

[Thor]

SlurpeeClock is awesome and he's got an amazing butt.

http://slurpeebutt.info/

[Topcatyo]

http://slurpeebutt.info/

we really should put a mini slurpeebutt button at, like, the top right corner of the forum or soemthing.

[Lump Clock]

we really should put a mini slurpeebutt button at, like, the top right corner of the forum or soemthing.

We have to have an initiative for it first.

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