I remember in about 2000 hearing that a huge survey of many thousands of US radio listeners had been held to ask who was the greatest band of the 20th century. The Beastie Boys were rated number one and The Beatles were second.
Well, I have been listening to radio reports today celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Abbey Road album cover photograph of The Beatles crossing the road. I'm wondering if anyone can remember what was on the cover of any Beastie Boys CDs!
These 'surveys' are such a wank. I think I remember another one where The Beatles came in about 8th behind several bands I'd never heard of. I mean - I'm not a fan of classical music but I've heard of Bate-hoven.
Beastie Boys verses Beatles
Beastie Boys verses Beatles
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The outcome of such polls merely reflect the demographic of the listeners or readership of the radio station or magazine who run them. Pointless.
I will say that 'Check Your Head' is a seriously good album though.
I will say that 'Check Your Head' is a seriously good album though.
Re: Beastie Boys verses Beatles
Silly survey.
No one band can compare to the Fab Four.
Having said that though, the Beasties are pretty damned good in their own right.
No one band can compare to the Fab Four.
Having said that though, the Beasties are pretty damned good in their own right.
They're locking them up today, they're throwing away the key...I wonder who it be tomorrow, you or me?
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A few years ago the BBC did a series of programs asking people to vote the best comedy shows on TV.
They did it by decade, so of course shows like Steptoe and son lost out to more up to date shows that were on at the time.
The overall winner was Men Behaving Badly, which happened to be showing at the time, over shows like say Morecambe and Wise.
I remember the 2 guys from M B Badly going up to collect the award and I think they seemed a little embarresed at winning it.
In your first append you say the survey was amongst "US radio listeners" but if they were all "top 40" based stations the average listener would be about 13 or 14 and so to them the Beatles were "old hat" (as was any music more than about 6 months old).
Anyway, it is often only 13 or 14 year olds who bother to vote in things like this, totally skewing the figures.
They did it by decade, so of course shows like Steptoe and son lost out to more up to date shows that were on at the time.
The overall winner was Men Behaving Badly, which happened to be showing at the time, over shows like say Morecambe and Wise.
I remember the 2 guys from M B Badly going up to collect the award and I think they seemed a little embarresed at winning it.
In your first append you say the survey was amongst "US radio listeners" but if they were all "top 40" based stations the average listener would be about 13 or 14 and so to them the Beatles were "old hat" (as was any music more than about 6 months old).
Anyway, it is often only 13 or 14 year olds who bother to vote in things like this, totally skewing the figures.
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Talking of Beatles album covers, it is amazing how many of them have reached iconic status over the years.
In the early 60s, when groups threw out LPs with 2 or 3 good tracks and the rest fillers, the Beatles (mostly) took time over their albums, including the covers.
The second album, with the faces in black and white, Revolver, with the cartoon drawings, Sgt Pepper (nobody had ever taken so much effort on an album cover before), The White Album, and of course Abbey Road.
Compare these to say the Beach Boys covers, which were all mostly naff.
Brian Wilson (with the Beach Boys) were probably the only band able to compete with the Beatles, and Brian Wilson poured his heart and soul (and sanity) into Pet Sounds.
Yet the album cover shows the band in terrible outfits feeding goats.
I remember seeing an interview with Mike Love (of the Beach Boys) and he said when he met Lennon in the late 60s he told Mike Love the band should take much more care over their album covers (and image).
In fact the way Capital treated the Beach Boys was scandalous compared with the way Parlophone treated the Beatles.
Capitol wanted to rush out albums as quickly as they could (for 3 years running the Beach Boys released 3 albums per year -1963,1964,1965) so they often finished up with some terrible filler tracks, and mostly badly designed album covers.
For that reason few Beach Boys albums have FULL true iconic status.
Parlophone gave the Beatles time and space to record their albums, which means they are of high quality, with no filler tracks, and great album covers.
I believe if the Beach Boys had been on a label like Parlophone they would have produced fewer, but far better, albums, and may have had some decent album covers in the 1960s.
But as it was Capital just drove Brian Wilson out of his mind.
In the early 60s, when groups threw out LPs with 2 or 3 good tracks and the rest fillers, the Beatles (mostly) took time over their albums, including the covers.
The second album, with the faces in black and white, Revolver, with the cartoon drawings, Sgt Pepper (nobody had ever taken so much effort on an album cover before), The White Album, and of course Abbey Road.
Compare these to say the Beach Boys covers, which were all mostly naff.
Brian Wilson (with the Beach Boys) were probably the only band able to compete with the Beatles, and Brian Wilson poured his heart and soul (and sanity) into Pet Sounds.
Yet the album cover shows the band in terrible outfits feeding goats.
I remember seeing an interview with Mike Love (of the Beach Boys) and he said when he met Lennon in the late 60s he told Mike Love the band should take much more care over their album covers (and image).
In fact the way Capital treated the Beach Boys was scandalous compared with the way Parlophone treated the Beatles.
Capitol wanted to rush out albums as quickly as they could (for 3 years running the Beach Boys released 3 albums per year -1963,1964,1965) so they often finished up with some terrible filler tracks, and mostly badly designed album covers.
For that reason few Beach Boys albums have FULL true iconic status.
Parlophone gave the Beatles time and space to record their albums, which means they are of high quality, with no filler tracks, and great album covers.
I believe if the Beach Boys had been on a label like Parlophone they would have produced fewer, but far better, albums, and may have had some decent album covers in the 1960s.
But as it was Capital just drove Brian Wilson out of his mind.
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As a teenager I regarded the Beach Boys with complete disinterest. They seemed such a bunch of clean cut college goodie goodies, like some Christian rock band the President would have invited to the White House in 1966 to show younger voters how 'groovy' he was. I think their surfie image reminded me of those awful Frankie Avalon and Annette Funichel*&&%$MMPH movies too.
Only in recent years have I come to appreciate how good some of their stuff was. Good Vibrations of course and Sail on Sailor are now amongst my favourites. I didn't even realise Sail on Sailor was the BB until a few years ago.
For me, I find that Beatles 'sound' is so eerily good that they are number one. George Martin was a big part of this too.
Only in recent years have I come to appreciate how good some of their stuff was. Good Vibrations of course and Sail on Sailor are now amongst my favourites. I didn't even realise Sail on Sailor was the BB until a few years ago.
For me, I find that Beatles 'sound' is so eerily good that they are number one. George Martin was a big part of this too.
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I thought few Beach Boys albums achieved true iconic status because . . . . . . THEY WERE SHITE! Yank shite at that . . . . .
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I loved the Beatles when I was a kid, but for me the best songs were written by Ray Davies of the Kinks. I think Waterloo Sunset, Days and Sunny Afternoon were all better songs than anything the Beatles wrote although the Beatles wrote more good songs than the Kinks, their 'better' output wasn't as good as the Kinks best.
The Beach Boys relaesed some great songs also, but the Beastie Boys to me are just utter shite.
The Beach Boys relaesed some great songs also, but the Beastie Boys to me are just utter shite.
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Pauls Boutique because it had a photo of.....er.....Pauls Boutique
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I dont like the beatles,never have,never will.Couldnt say what was on any of the album covers.
I like the beasties and have some of the albums,
Album covers,
hello nasty, has the three beasties in a sardine tin
ill communication, has a bloke in a car holding what looks like a speaker at a drive in
check your head, has the three beasties sitting on a kerb
pauls boutique, is a pic of pauls boutique
licensed to ill ,has the plane crash
same old bullshit ,has a dog
hope I did well?
I like the beasties and have some of the albums,
Album covers,
hello nasty, has the three beasties in a sardine tin
ill communication, has a bloke in a car holding what looks like a speaker at a drive in
check your head, has the three beasties sitting on a kerb
pauls boutique, is a pic of pauls boutique
licensed to ill ,has the plane crash
same old bullshit ,has a dog
hope I did well?
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