| − | '''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<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> [[rock and roll|rock music]], initially from [[Liverpool]], [[United Kingdom|UK]]. Overpromoted by the [[liberal media]] that disliked [[faith]]-based [[American]] songs, 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, 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 to hype by [[liberal]]s, the non-druggie, cheery [[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 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 to hype by [[liberal]]s, the non-druggie, cheery [[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. |