| | '''The Beatles''' ("Fab Four") sang depressed, [[atheist]]ic and druggie-content [[rock and roll|rock music]], initially from [[Liverpool]], [[United Kingdom|UK]]. Overpromoted by the [[liberal media]] that preferred it over uplifting [[American]] songs,<ref>[[John Lennon]] became a heroin addict. [https://www.salon.com/2019/02/15/in-1969-the-fifth-beatle-was-heroin-john-lennons-addiction-took-its-toll-on-the-band/]</ref> The Beatles sold about a billion records as part of the 1960s [[hippie]] [[counterculture]]. Multiple Beatles songs were based on plagiarism of prior works by others,<ref>https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/rec.music.beatles/5F7JWZTLwz4</ref> while other songs are knock-offs of popular hits (compare "[[Ukraine]] girls" to "California girls" by the [[Beach Boys]]). Like England itself, the Beatles' work was cynical about religion rather than [[faith]]-based as great music often is, and many Beatles' lyrics are drugged-out idiocy ("I am the egg man, they are the egg men, I am the Walrus, goo goo g'joob" - ''I Am the Walrus'';<ref>https://genius.com/The-beatles-i-am-the-walrus-lyrics</ref> "One and one and one is three" - ''Come Together''<ref>https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/beatles/cometogether.html</ref>). [[Elvis Presley]] opposed the Beatles' hopeless, senseless influence on [[American]]s.<ref name="Guardian">https://www.theguardian.com/music/2007/oct/14/popandrock2</ref> | | '''The Beatles''' ("Fab Four") sang depressed, [[atheist]]ic and druggie-content [[rock and roll|rock music]], initially from [[Liverpool]], [[United Kingdom|UK]]. Overpromoted by the [[liberal media]] that preferred it over uplifting [[American]] songs,<ref>[[John Lennon]] became a heroin addict. [https://www.salon.com/2019/02/15/in-1969-the-fifth-beatle-was-heroin-john-lennons-addiction-took-its-toll-on-the-band/]</ref> The Beatles sold about a billion records as part of the 1960s [[hippie]] [[counterculture]]. Multiple Beatles songs were based on plagiarism of prior works by others,<ref>https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/rec.music.beatles/5F7JWZTLwz4</ref> while other songs are knock-offs of popular hits (compare "[[Ukraine]] girls" to "California girls" by the [[Beach Boys]]). Like England itself, the Beatles' work was cynical about religion rather than [[faith]]-based as great music often is, and many Beatles' lyrics are drugged-out idiocy ("I am the egg man, they are the egg men, I am the Walrus, goo goo g'joob" - ''I Am the Walrus'';<ref>https://genius.com/The-beatles-i-am-the-walrus-lyrics</ref> "One and one and one is three" - ''Come Together''<ref>https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/beatles/cometogether.html</ref>). [[Elvis Presley]] opposed the Beatles' hopeless, senseless influence on [[American]]s.<ref name="Guardian">https://www.theguardian.com/music/2007/oct/14/popandrock2</ref> |
| − | The refreshing, uplifting creativity of many American and other British bands (such as The Hollies), and remarkable one-hit wonders by [[best of the public]] singers, is unfortunately lacking in many of the over-promoted Beatles tunes. Although the Beatles were overall the top-selling rock band ever, due in part to promotion by [[liberal]]s, the non-druggie [[Monkees]] outsold the Beatles in 1967,<ref>https://www.businessinsider.com/most-popular-band-year-you-were-born-2020-9#the-monkees-outsold-both-the-beatles-and-the-rolling-stones-in-1967-8</ref> as reportedly did the drug-free songs of [[Creedence Clearwater Revival]] in 1969. | + | The refreshing, uplifting creativity of many American and other British bands (such as The Hollies), and remarkable one-hit wonders by [[best of the public]] singers, is unfortunately lacking in many of the over-promoted Beatles tunes. Although the Beatles were overall the top-selling rock band ever, due in part to promotion by [[liberal]]s, the non-druggie [[Monkees]] outsold the Beatles in 1967,<ref>https://www.businessinsider.com/most-popular-band-year-you-were-born-2020-9#the-monkees-outsold-both-the-beatles-and-the-rolling-stones-in-1967-8</ref> as did the drug-free songs of [[Creedence Clearwater Revival]] in 1969. |
| | The four Beatles were [[John Lennon]] (1940-1980), [[George Harrison]] (1943-2001), [[Paul McCartney]] (1942- ), and [[Ringo Starr]] (1940- ). Most of the Beatles' songs were co-written by Lennon and McCartney, though George Harrison penned one of their most critically acclaimed lyrics, "[[Something]]", which is one of the few quality love songs by the group but even it has a cynical tone. In the latter half of the 1960s the majority of their songs were written individually, but retained the "Lennon/McCartney" (orig. "McCartney/Lennon") writing credit. Lennon's songwriting was harder in nature and often had a political bent, while McCartney primarily wrote lighter love songs. Harrison, who later converted to [[Hinduism]],<ref>https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-21938027</ref> frequently utilized the sitar in his songs. Starr rarely wrote music, but would usually sing one song per album except ''A Hard Day`s Night'' and ''Let It Be''. His most famous song is ''Yellow Submarine'', sometimes sung in schools. | | The four Beatles were [[John Lennon]] (1940-1980), [[George Harrison]] (1943-2001), [[Paul McCartney]] (1942- ), and [[Ringo Starr]] (1940- ). Most of the Beatles' songs were co-written by Lennon and McCartney, though George Harrison penned one of their most critically acclaimed lyrics, "[[Something]]", which is one of the few quality love songs by the group but even it has a cynical tone. In the latter half of the 1960s the majority of their songs were written individually, but retained the "Lennon/McCartney" (orig. "McCartney/Lennon") writing credit. Lennon's songwriting was harder in nature and often had a political bent, while McCartney primarily wrote lighter love songs. Harrison, who later converted to [[Hinduism]],<ref>https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-21938027</ref> frequently utilized the sitar in his songs. Starr rarely wrote music, but would usually sing one song per album except ''A Hard Day`s Night'' and ''Let It Be''. His most famous song is ''Yellow Submarine'', sometimes sung in schools. |