“Get Off My Lawn” Review of The Beatles
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And don’t get me started on the Rolling Stones. That group of degenerates will be dead or in jail within the next two years.
Black and white photo of Mr. Jones so I can’t tell if his hair is blue, pink or green.
He probably predicted the internet was just a passing fad, too.
His photo came from the dictionary under Curmudgeon.
And yet, here we are.
Missed it by thaaaaat much!
I bet Sullivan’s ratings were sky high the night he had the Beatles on. CBS execs were undoubtably very happy and that’s the big enchilada in TV land.
I agree, entertainment died when we weren’t able to watch plate spinners on TV every Sunday night.
“Generation Gap” in a nutshell.
Now there’s a term I bet you haven’t heard since you wore bell-bottoms.
I wanna see his review of Ye.
And no, I’m not talking about “in a nutshell”, whippersnapper.
@Wyatt, Insensitive Progressive Jerk: Keith Richard’s statement: “If I knew I would have lived this long, I would have taken better care of myself.”
Beatles had a couple of snappy songs like I wanna hold your hand. Then they got into middle Eastern religion, it was more tolerable than Christianity to them. They couldn’t perform or operate under Christianity….none of them can. Grammy’s turned satanic, well they just stuck it in our face.
He’s not wrong, they did suck.
Talk about curmudgeons: I’m a curmudgeon about posts of newspaper clips without citation of what paper is was from
I’m a curmudgeon about people who can’t type Paul Jones Newspaper Columnist into a search engine. 😉
My grandfather who was in his late 60’s about the time that the Beatles came to fame in 1964 or so hated the Beatles and their long hair as well as their music. It’s probably a good thing he didn’t see myself or my 3 brothers later in the late 60’s and early 70’s with our long hair, let alone hippies. He was an old school redneck originally from Oklahoma and was far more of a grouch and curmudgeon than I am at almost 70.
https://www.1073theeagle.com/entertainment/1964-review-beatles-claims-their-notoriety-clearly-doesnt-come-their-musical-talent/2WUMXYZSIJBM5K2S32BEVGHVLU/
https://www.proquest.com/openview/e416e72fce25c2c75cea7cf9fab9834e/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=1819382
I think it was “The Daily Crank”, ChiGuy.
Good thing the Beatles broke up in ‘69, so they coukd stay Forever Young. They were better off divorced. Paul wrote some schmaltzy Summer music throughout the ‘70s, while Ringo wrote some cartoon yacht rock, George got sued for plagiarism and John did heroin and Yoko. If the Beatles had gone on and on and on it would have been a boring disappointment.
He’s not wrong, they did suck.>>>
Who are your favs?
For the people who say the Beatles suck, who are your favorites?
I enjoy a lot of the Beatles music, but I also subscribe to the theory that they were so popular as a group because of the line-up of John, Paul, George and Ringo. Some people claim that the Beatles needed all of these folks (and frequently Billy Preston) and none could really be substituted out.
The true measure of any band, and all music in general, is both their popularity and longevity and since 50 years later they are still the number one sellers, I would say categorically, they do NOT suck;
mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/beatles-still-number-one-sellers-22374691
Some people said the same thing about Elvis, Frank, and Michael Jackson, all of which whose music people are still buying.
My music tastes have evolved the older I get but I still have a 70’s station on my sirius/XM.
Television?
Nobody is gonna want to see moving picture shows in their homes when we have perfectly good theaters.
Joe B
FEBRUARY 15, 2023 AT 11:40 AM
“Television?
Nobody is gonna want to see moving picture shows in their homes when we have perfectly good theaters.”
No, they ruined movies with “talkies”.
@Wyatt, Clueless Progressive Jerk
“Some people claim that the Beatles needed all of these folks (and frequently Billy Preston) and none could really be substituted out.”
That, to me, is a hallmark of a great band, such as Led Zeppelin, BFH.
And no, I don’t think the Beatles suck. You and I, BFH are almost the exact same age (11/21/60 here), and I think you have to admit that the Boomers (I consider myself Generation Jones) have bludgeoned us over the head for decades with the holiness of Thee Beatles.
After a while, it brought out my contrarian streak, and I found I could make heads explode just by saying “eh, they’re kinda overrated and dated”. By the same token, I was in a band with a drummer who was obsessed with the Beatles. He’d go out in the gatage for hours, slap on the headphones and drum along with their music for hours, and you know what? He became a great drummer, and I credit those Beatle hours with most of his improvement.
I think the key to thinking about the Beatles is not to be that crusty old fart of the sixties or the crusty old Boomer of the Church of the Fab Four, but somewhere in the healthy middle.
That was the night that “Rock and Roll” actually died.
I was 10 when the Beatles arrived on the scene. They changed everything, stirred up a lot of shit, and pissed off the old folks, but they didn’t suck. They wrote some really great music and made a lot of people happy, including me.
I was in 4th grade and there was much merchandising available almost immediately for them. My best friend down the road got a pink plastic wallet with them in their gray collarless suits on in and she liked Paul best. Some liked George and some liked John–I never got how anyone could pick them. I liked to watch Ringo but no girls picked him as favorite I think bc he was married. I wanna hold your hand was a twisting song at a 4th grade birthday party. I too liked Paul at the time but now? I take little notice of him but enjoy my Beatles Fake Book sometimes on keyboard. Most of it is easy to play.
Ed alway had them on at the absolute END 🙁
You had to watch Topo Gigo, plate spinning, Wayne Newton etc. for almost an hr. My parents watched the first one with interest. They were a sensation and it wasn’t long before older kids grew they hair long, boys and girls. 60’s were the beginning of troubles but there was some fun, too.
That newspaper guy sounds deep state!
Ed Sullivan was also a newspaper columnist. I met him once while walking around midtown Manhattan with my mom. He was standing at a corner surrounded by men chatting about golf. So we stood around listening to what he was saying. He interrupted the gentlemen and noticed us and said “well hello ladies,will you be watching our show next Sunday night?” I said yes & he replied that “we’re having some special guests that you might like” so I said I know it’s “Herman’s Hermits” ,you said so last week . He laughed! So of course I asked for his autograph which he gave me and addressed it TO me by name along with “Best Wishes Ed Sullivan”.
He was such an old fashioned gentleman that it rankles me that someone of the likes of that hateful creature Colbert has a CBS show in the same theater where Ed Sullivan would broadcast LIVE on Sunday nights now named the Ed Sullivan theater. Never heard of columnist Paul Jones before today but who hasn’t heard of Ed Sullivan? May he rest in peace, Amen. Pax et Bonum !
Peter Noone was my favorite, way better than Paul!
He was right about them not being attractive.
Bland looking Brits with mop hair.
Have you seen some of the mules that married them?
The Beatles were a great band, inventive, musically creative and beyond influential. Viewed from the distance of fifty years some might think they were nothing special but bubblegum crap like “Sugar Shack” was on the top forties when the Beatles arrived. They offered a fresh sound and held up well over 5-10 years and individually they performed well after the breakup.
One doesn’t have to like them to recognize that they changed things in a big way. For awhile they likely even changed your haircut and lapels.
dee, same here & my best friend actually got to meet him , get his autograph (he drew a cute doodle for her) and he posed for a snapshot. We saw Herman’s Hermits in concert. We also got to see the Beatles at Shea stadium, twice ! My husband told me that when Ed Sullivan announced the Beatles my Father-in-law managed to pass wind as if on cue just to annoy my (not yet) Sister-in-law, ha!
I like the Beatles well enough – one of their fist hits – “I Saw Her Standing There” was one of my two favorites, the other being “While My Guitar Gently Weeps”.
They were innovative all right, and most of their stuff was clean, an exception when one of them went into the climax heaves on the last part of “Lovely Rita, Meter Maid”.
try not to take it personally BFH. I’m in the “Beatles suck” camp. posting my favorite groups would only invite criticism too.
I like Chicago for one, and they were hammered hard here some time ago, everyone is different and it’s ok to not like the Meatles, or that heathen Lennon.
I like Chicago. But my intent was not to have someone post their favs for m to say they suck, too. I promise.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MD_8cDGnkxE
I enjoy Chicago, Cream, The Electric Flag, Santana (before he became a known anti-US communist cunt), Hendrix, REO Speedwagon, Supertramp, CSN&Y, Joe Cocker, Janis Joplin, Rory Gallagher, SRV, Simon and Garfunkle, The Outlaws, QMS, Derek and the Dominoes, Muddy Waters, B.B. King, Dave Brubeck, Vaughan Williams, Gustave Holst, Beethoven, Vivaldi, Chopin, Coltrane, Miles Davis, Joe Bonnamassa, Jethro Tull, The Beatles, Jonsered Chainsaws, and VW Beetles.
In deference to SNS, I will cut this short. And the list is in no order. And is not complete.