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Originally posted by Manowar
The Beatles were highly overrated, theres too much competition in each music genre to do what they did nowdays though
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So speaketh the words of the fool.
Here's a short list of performers that were around at the time of the Beatles, so much for not enough competition.
Rolling Stones.
Bob Dylan
The Hollies.
Buddy Holly
Elvis Presley
The Kinks.
The Animals
The Yardbirds
Otis Redding
Ike & Tina Turner
Wilson Pickett
Eric Clapton
Jefferson Airplane
Grateful Dead
James Brown
Cream
The Bee Gees
Cilla Black
The Dave Clark Five
Spencer Davis Group
Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky Mick and Tich
Freddie and The Dreamers
Gerry & The Pacemakers
Jimi Hendrix
The Herd
Tom Jones
Manfred Mann
The Moody Blues
The Move
Traffic
Pink Floyd
Procol Harum
Cliff Richard
Cat Stevens
The Swinging Blue Jeans
Jethro Tull
Status Quo
The Monkees
The Righteous Brothers
Neil Diamond
The Mamas & the Papas
Donovan
The Who
Loving Spoonful
The Bach Boys
The Supremes
Aretha Franklin
Four Tops
Temptation
Stevie Wonder
Smokey Robinson
Martha Reeves & The Vandellas
Jackson 5
Marvin Gaye
The Birds
The Small Faces
The Shadows
Sandie Shaw
Adam Faith
Plus many many more, I've missed out a lot.
The reason there will never be another Beatles or time like the 60s is now it's all about marketing and presentation. They spend more time effort and money on getting the image and video right than the music. Most of the above served an apprentieship working pubs, clubs and dance halls. Now they get "found" before they have played live.
I'm just glad I lived in a time when we thought good music was the norm.
How many of the above could outsell tickets against todays artists?