Just watching a TOTP on bbc 4 from 1978 and its got Macca’s band Wings on.
Bloddy hell they were awful.

Just the band the Beatles could have been..

It makes you realise how important Lennon was.

Here’s I wondering what was actually good on TOTP in 1978…

Wings or Wing?

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqBWvmhS-AY[/video]

Nothing apparently. Not in the episode just on anyway.

It makes you realise how important Lennon was.

No, the Beatles were bloody awful too!

Not the argumentative type but wings are more to my musical taste than john lennons solo stuff.

No, the Beatles were bloody awful too!

To be fair, they improved considerably when they were off their tits on drugs.

Beatles in ‘greater than the sum of the parts’ shocker 😉

To dismiss the whole of the Beatles output shows a cluelessness about music beyond words.

To dismiss the whole of the Beatles output shows an opinion I disagree with. cluelessness about music beyond words.

FTFY.

To be fair, most bands improved considerably when they were off their tits on drugs.

Fixed that for you.

I caught Genesis’s “follow you, follow me” on TotP’s, thought that the best track they ever did.

What else can I type but my own opinion?

To dismiss the whole of the Beatles output shows an opinion I disagree with. cluelessness about music beyond words.
FTFY.

I dont like the beatles

FTFY

I don’t like the Beatles either, can I join in?

To be fair, they improved considerably when they were you are off their your tits on drugs.

crikey – Member
I don’t like the Beatles either, can I join in?

No, because you are clueless beyond words. 😉

Hate to break it to you, but The Beatles don’t actually exist anymore.

Sorry O’Flashearty but DezB is right. I’m no big fan of the Beatles but just because you can’t see through the frazzled fringe of that hair metal shit you listen to, you cannot simply dismiss everything they did. I know it’s all kinda cool post modern revisionism for some but it’s a bit silly.

Something I’m truly thankful for! 😆

DD, I wasn’t putting my opinion out there, nor was I dismissing things, merely stating that DezB was rather harsh in his “I’m right and everyone else is clueless” opinion! 🙂

I caught Genesis’s “follow you, follow me” on TotP’s, thought that the best track they ever did.

Not hard that, is it.

merely stating that DezB was rather harsh in his “I’m right and everyone else is clueless” opinion!

And, of course, you’re entitled to your opinion. Even if it’s wrong 😉

Anyway, enough of this i’m watching Sons of Anarchy and it needs my full attention.

I’ve read enough of your posts over the years on The Beatles flashy. I know just how you feel about them.

Don’t flounce now DezzieBee!!

Wasn’t meant to cause offence, I just really don’t like any of their music! Living in Liverpool and having their brilliance rammed down your throat constantly didn’t help.

I suspect you’d all be in creases at the state of my ‘eclectic’ music collection, but each to their own!

Beatl-who?
Sorry never ‘eard of them

To dismiss the whole of the Beatles output shows a cluelessness about music beyond words.

More than that. The Beatles influence went far beyond just music. I doubt whether many of those who dismiss the Beatles are aware of how Monty Python was influenced by them, for example.

I was never a Beatles fan btw.

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sppnIijmjY[/video]

TOTP 78 you say….

I wasn’t dismissing The Beatles, I have to admit I like some of their work (and some of it I dislike too – I mean, Obla dee Obla da? didn’t know they were from Sheffield 😉 )

what I was saying is, collectively, the music they produced was better than almost anything any of the individual members ever managed afterwards. Ok there’s Woman, Jealous Guy, Band On The Run, Live & Let Die, etc, but against that you’ve got Mull Of Kintyre & the freaking Frog Chorus 😯

I doubt whether many of those who dismiss the Beatles are aware of how Monty Python was influenced by them, for example.

not to mention how many of the people posting in here a tad younger than yourself (sorry ernie…) who were conceived as a result of that awful four piece ensemble! They should be bloody grateful!

I quite like Band on the Run and Live and Let Die.

I’m not a Beatles fan and as a surprise my wife booked a hotel for a Beatles weekend in Liverpool.How i looked forward to it.It was more tacky than i thought it would be,with shops selling Beatles tat and cheesy bus trips to look at a road name plate or drab houses.

“The Beatles are dying in the wrong order”. Ain’t that the truth.

Realise it’s all subjective etc etc but I do agree with the original post that Wings was utterly dire. Surely there’s no-one that can put up with its utter cheesy awfulness?

Band on the run anyone?

Rachel

“The Beatles are dying in the wrong order”. Ain’t that the truth.

Dunno, can’t stand Lennon’s solo stuff, god awful whiny crap. As previously stated: The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.

It’s not Wings, but I love this:

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cm2YyVZBL8U[/video]

And, obviously, who could forget this absolute classic:

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2RItLuDPY8[/video]