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Originally Posted by atari 2600
It's disturbing that people that claim to love music love to find fault with the greatest band in rock and roll.
And Bach is more important to the history of western music than Beethoven.
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Bach's superiority over Beethoven, I would assert, is a moot point. It's not insofar as I trust the opinions of every composer/ professional musician I've had the good fortune to meet, but in terms of protagonists of varying, not terribly high-level awareness of the qualia of counterpoint, it is a moot point.
The Beatles being the most important band (note: I say 'band' very deliberately) to Western music, to the entireity of rock n' roll is not in question. Much as I'd like to debate it, I would be a fool to do so.
I don't find fault, particularly. They don't appeal to me. I don't find anything which I, personally, can like about that band. In terms of the musical level upon which they operate, I find very little which is exceptional, except within the narrow context of rock n' roll. Okay, so narrow is probably a misnomer, rock n' roll is an incredibly expansive form. I don't find anything terribly exciting about them. And, again, I've tried numerous times, probably twice a year, to understand what the fuss is. I don't hear it. I don't hear the fuss about a number of rock n' roll bands, but it doesn't particularly bother me. I'm confident enough in my opinions to not worry about it. What I take exception to is the various implications imputed upon people who don't like them.