I am a middle aged white guy and I honestly don't give a shit about the Beatles lol

They have maybe 4 or 5 songs I actually like and I've always said they were overrated

I think my favorite Beatles fact is they were being taxed at like a 90+% rate and didn't even know for a couple years.

When they found out and took it to court the judge basically said "you were making so much money you didn't even realize you were being taxed at all. Sucks to suck we're gonna keep taxing you at the same rate"

Am I the only on here that actually likes the Beatles? They're catchy and familiar, not to mention have some weird and whacky unusual stuff like Revolution 9. Also found the conspiracy theory fun to dive into.

Obviously music is extremely subjective but you can't tell me that their music was not objectively a massive deal, at least historically.

Hating any music is weird, as hate takes vastly more effort than indifference.

Hating specifically anything of comparable acclaim as the Beatles is, frankly, just contrarianism for the sake of contrarianism.

If you didn't like them you just wouldn't like them, but what you actually like is not liking them as a factor of your personality.

Trivia (from Wikipedia): "Taxman" from their 1966 album Revolver was the group's first topical song and the first political statement they had made in their music.

"Taxman" was influential in the development of British psychedelia and mod-style pop, and has been recognised as a precursor to punk rock. When performing "Taxman" on tour in the early 1990s, Harrison adapted the lyrics to reference contemporaneous leaders, citing its enduring quality beyond the 1960s. The song's impact has extended to the tax industry and into political discourse on taxation.

Unlike their other political songs, which are fairly vague peace&love jobs, this one tackles a concrete issue: It protests the 95% top marginal tax rate.

You've heard how "the boomers" screwed up everything for later generations. Here's exhibit A from pop culture. Don't just think about evil, old men in smoky backrooms.

I used to work with a lot of young people and some of them told me they hated the Beatles. So I would randomly play Beatles songs and occasionally ask them what they thought. Turns out they never even listened to the Beatles except for maybe a couple of pop/radio songs. It was just a fad to hate on them

Hate is a strong word. I just prefer to listen to other stuff. I understand how they were culturally significant half a century ago, but that’s half a century ago.

Middle-age would be in your 40s-50s. Not to diss my dead relatives too hard, but you're thinking of old fucks that would have any solid opinion on that. In a handful of years, the music middle aged men will be up in arms about is *NSYNC.

middle aged? lmao the average baked in Beatles fan is Ike 80 now.

The Beatles were popular 50-60 years ago.

Even if they listened to it when they were 10, they are about to retire in a couple of years.

Nothing middle aged about it.

I haven't really listened to their music, but I recognise its significance to recent history.

Why hate them? What did they do to you?

Hate the Beatles all you want. You just can’t hate the Stones.

The same boomers when you say bands playing at 400bpm are expressing emotions and working harder than the guy bending to the blues note slowly for the millionth time.

It's got no soul! How can you refine yourself through hours of practice and technique and dedication and also express yourself at the same time???

Those cans aren't all white and neither are we - get your ears checked weirdo.

If you really want to scandalize them, say this: The Kinks are better than The Beatles