Look at them all with their mop-tops, swinging their pants and singing about their babies "oooh-oooh yeah!". I don't like the Kinks, I don't like the Beatles, and I definitely don't like Build Me Up bloody Buttercup. I don't like semi-acoustic guitars or matching outfits, I don't like trips to India to find yourself (up your bum, in case you were wondering). I don't like psychedelic songs about underwater creatures because, in spite of drug culture influencing a lot of excellent music, LSD is only responsible for making people believe that kid's TV storylines are valid poetry, and that is BAD NEWS. Do you hear about anyone asking for Button Moon to be played at their funeral? Of course you don't. That's because it's silly.
Anyone who was alive in the 60s will tell you it was great. But was it really about the pop music, or was it just about the era? An era of political and social change, of amazing fashion and culture, all blinding people to the fact that Herman's Hermits were absolutely fucking awful? Was it really the greatest era for popular music ever? Really?*
*disclaimer: I may or may not be willingly performing the hits of the Beatles and the Monkees in a twee fashion on a bandstand in a model village this Sunday afternoon. But also the hits of Phil Collins and Lady Gaga. Totally cancels out.
I also hate The Beatles. That is a largely unpopular opinion but it's true. Particularly Hey Jude... *shudder*
ReplyDeleteIn fact, you're totally right. I dislike almost all 60s music. Phil Collins on the other hand....
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YES! Yes, yes, yes, yes bloody yes!
DeleteI do like Build Me Up Buttercup though.
Phil is just brilliant. Genesis were so much better after Peter Gabriel left, piff to anybody who thinks otherwise.
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My sister despises the Beatles, it actually angers her when they're played. In fact, I think she might actually love this whole post.
ReplyDeleteI'm a shameless bopper, love me some music to croon along to. I'm like the anti-music lover, and I'm well aware of it, my iPod is not allowed anywhere near a communal docking station. x
Your sister sounds like she has her head screwed on :)
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"I also hate The Beatles. That is a largely unpopular opinion but it's true. "
ReplyDeleteWhat's true? That you're opinion is yours.