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Originally Posted by Blazed
Beatles - Imagine 18million views
Oasis - Wonderwall 22million views
The beatles video was added a year earlier and still has 4m less views, thats because only old hippies give a damn about the beatles and if the music was half as great as you make out young people today would like them also, but the clearl;y isnt the case which is why oasis videos get more views on youtube.
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Imagine came out in 1971; it's almost 40 years old. Wonderwall is ~15 years old. They should have more views if views means they're better. Lil Wayne has 25 million views so it's not a good metric to use.
I wasn't always a Beatles fan. Their music wasn't hard enough. Not enough guitar work. It was status quo music for 'old' people. But I've come to appreciate how difficult it is to craft everlasting melodies and good songs, especially of the scope of the Beatles. Liking or disliking their music is a matter of taste but there is no doubting their influence/imprint in music.
Is this just a Beatles versus Oasis thing? In your opinion, is Oasis better than the Rolling Stones, The Who, Zepplin? I couldn't tell you who is the better of the latter three bands, but they were all great. I don't put Oasis in the same league.