Fair enough. For me there's always been room for them all (almost) from Elvis to Freddie and the Dreamers, the Monkees, Strawbs, Country Joe, Arlo, etc. I can also accept that Chuck Berry's only #1 hit was "My Ding-a-ling".I will admit that I have never been much of a fan of pop music compared to the average person. When Beatles came out with band like the Dave Clark Five and Gerry & The Pacemakers, etc. it was only a short before I was jumping to Rolling Stones, then the Yardbirds, the Butterfield Blues Band all by 1966. By 1968-69, It was Zappa and the Mothers, King Crimson, Emerson Lake and Palmer at one end, and blues artists like Johnny Winter and Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf and John Mayall at the other. 69-70, Zeppelin, Santana and, a bit late Jimi and Cream. By 1973, Mahavishnu Orchestra and so on. At that point, I couldn't care less about vocals and lyrics. The human voice was just another musical instrument to me. I couldn't care less about music people could dance to. I played Zappa Live at the Roxy to death.
There was an R&B and Funk diversion for 67-68. Instrumentals like Green Onion, Read Beans and Rice, Soul Finger were among my favourites. There was no better groove artist like James Brown, especially with extended versions of his music from 6 to 15 minutes (again lyrics unimportant) . Motown hasn't weathered as well over the years for me.
Though I never lost interest the Beatles, simply because they evolved. After they broke up and went solo, McCartney devolved straight into sugar coated mainstream pop, IMO. Objectively as a performer, musician and songwriter, he is great. Just not to my taste - like trying to acquire a taste to Jagermeister - not going to happen.
I can get tired of their latter catalog but for some reason I can listen to the earlier stuff endlessly and I never get tired of it. Eight Days a Week, Anna, Penny Lane, And Your Bird Can Sing, .......................from 7th grade to 9th grade the first time, i was forced to take a class on the beatles. it was the exact same class all 3 times. it is the reason i can't stand beatles music to this very day. i am no longer able to make objective judgments on any of it. when i was a just a boy in the late 60's/early 70's i loved them. i was 5 when i told my bros & sisters that i didn't care if they beat me up for playing their records. i HAD to hear that music. now i just cant stand to hear any of it anymore.
I like Ram - but if you want to take about sappy nonsensical songs you can start with Uncle Albert/Admiral HalseyMy favourite of his is RAM.
I can get tired of their latter catalog but for some reason I can listen to the earlier stuff endlessly and I never get tired of it. Eight Days a Week, Anna, Penny Lane, And Your Bird Can Sing, .......................
I feel ya. Our station is terrrrible for that. Unfortunately the other options are mid-grade 2000s pop, bad pop-country, and mumble-rap. Oddly enough the rock station's sister station 100km away is excellent.on further introspection, i have to place some blame on classic rock radio. there is quite alot of other great music i just refuse to listen to anymore, after unceasing rotation, including songs by zep, hendrix, genesis and everyone in it, the police, and 2 of floyd's albums just to name a few.
I'm with you on With A Little Luck and I'd also add Ebony And Ivory to the list. I like the message of the song but it was one of those songs that became overplayed and it wouldn't matter to me if I never heard it again. I'd also add the first Wings album, Wild Life, to that list. The only half decent song on that album was one called Tomorrow. There are a few others as well that I don't care for.On my 'McCartney songs I'd prefer to never hear again' list, Mull of Kintyre and With a Little Luck are both sitting a lot higher than Silly Pop Song.
I've just finished a complete listen to his last two "New" and "Memory Almost Full". Really losing his voice as of "New" - although he can still sing circles around me. Each album has maybe 3 great tracks and a mix of stuff of mixed redemption.I'm with you on With A Little Luck and I'd also add Ebony And Ivory to the list. I like the message of the song but it was one of those songs that became overplayed and it wouldn't matter to me if I never heard it again. I'd also add the first Wings album, Wild Life, to that list. The only half decent song on that album was one called Tomorrow. There are a few others as well that I don't care for.
BTW, Sir Pauls new album Egypt Station debuted at the number one position on the Billboard 200 chart. Here's the link:
Top 200 Albums | Billboard 200 chart
Not bad for a 76 year old, huh?
That’s kind of like me with AC/DC.from 7th grade to 9th grade the first time, i was forced to take a class on the beatles. it was the exact same class all 3 times. it is the reason i can't stand beatles music to this very day. i am no longer able to make objective judgments on any of it. when i was a just a boy in the late 60's/early 70's i loved them. i was 5 when i told my bros & sisters that i didn't care if they beat me up for playing their records. i HAD to hear that music. now i just cant stand to hear any of it anymore.