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Strawberry Fields Forever, A day in the Life, - the entire beatles catalogue for that matter will (hopefully) be around for over 100 more yrs. It's the closest society will come to re-creating anything remotely as beautiful. Will it outlast Beethoven? Who knows, and who cares. But in regard to quality, I feel they do compare. The similarities between the technically inclined/musically advanced composer, and the four musically unschooled lads may not sound plausible, but I feel it's a justifiable comparison. Problem is, although the quality is on equal wave lengths - the beatles music standing the test of time leaves me with lots of uncertainty. Composers are glorified (rightfully so, sure) and widely accepted amongst the intellectual. It's sophisticated music, whose core audience will continue to grow, decade after decade. It plays as the backdrop to every romantic movie, and we don't even realize it. But rock? Especially classic rock, is very isolated. The core audience is not getting younger, and today's generation is too desensitized from the constant decline of mordern music that graces their ears daily. That, in addition to the white wash image the beatles get, they're known for their mop-top music. Great inspiring fun music, but not even close to their compelling compositions in later yrs.

Without rambling on too much, point is, yes I agree Beethoven was amazing. However, I honestly do feel we have had our shot at that sort of greatness. And this will be our defining band/composers, when we have to reflect on 20th century music. Who knows, perhaps in another 40-yrs, my comments will go without saying.