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Originally Posted by marleypumpkin
I'll admit that the talent level wasn't up to par as people claim they were. George was a minimal lead guitarist, John, although the wisest of all, was a minimal guitar player, Paul WAS a brilliant musician/songwriter, & Ringo wasn't to great of a drummer (I think we can all admit that), but there have been better bass players since his arrival. Somehow, they took whatever talent they had, & added , in the later years, a certain type of intelligence & wisdom in their music. So for that I don't think they're overrated.
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The problem with that article is that the person obviously has no appreciation of anything other than boorish soloing. I don't like the Beatles, but their technical proficiency is utterly a moot point. I love the Shaggs to the point where they bring me to tears, and they can't play for shit. Technical proficiency = shit criticism. The Beatles weren't terribly adept soloists, but they were writing relatively sophisticated songs. Still don't like them, but I wouldn't criticise them on that level. In fact, I don't have a teneble argument against them, except for the personal fact of my never having liked them.