The horror that is the Beatles!! - Bilge

KBT3 King Bushwich the 33rd Tiki Socialite Ling Cod Beach, CA 90808 Joined: Jan 10, 2005 Posts: 1737	KBT3 King Bushwich the 33rd Posted posted on Fri, Oct 8, 2010 11:26 AM On 2010-10-08 07:51, lucas vigor wrote: ...Sinatra and other "jazz" pop artists of that time period pandered a bit to what was then current tastes, and included Beatles and other 60's artists songs in thier repetoir.. ... It's pandering, and an attempt to stay current. Some of them were older artists, trying to be hip. Others perhaps genuinely liked the new sound. But some, I am willing to bet, did this with a gun pointed at thier heads by the record company trying to capture the youth market.... I always found this album to be tragically ironic or ironically tragic... Most early Beatle albums could have been called "Beatles pick Chet Atkins".

On 2010-10-08 07:51, lucas vigor wrote:
...Sinatra and other "jazz" pop artists of that time period pandered a bit to what was then current tastes, and included Beatles and other 60's artists songs in thier repetoir.. ... It's pandering, and an attempt to stay current. Some of them were older artists, trying to be hip. Others perhaps genuinely liked the new sound. But some, I am willing to bet, did this with a gun pointed at thier heads by the record company trying to capture the youth market....

I always found this album to be tragically ironic or ironically tragic...

Most early Beatle albums could have been called "Beatles pick Chet Atkins".

Post #558618 by King Bushwich the 33rd on Fri, Oct 8, 2010 11:26 AM