I mostly only have problems with Bob Dylan and The Beatles. I can see how they could be over-rated because who could ever live up to the legend people and the press have created for them.
But no need to cheap shot them.
The Beatles started out, yes, with 'Love Me Do' and people enjoyed it. They grew to 'Sgt Peppers' and 'Abbey Road' only 5 years after that. Quite an accomplishment for a band.
Dylan has put out plenty of good albums since the 60's. Dylan fans are almost always die-hard. This kind of lifetime devotion doesn't happen because they haven't yet realized his music isn't good. Of course it's good. Thats WHY so many are devoted. The proof is that, in the end, people still come to listen to him play. These people... are not idiots.
For bands like Coldpay, Green Day, U2, Nirvana- you can kind of attach a movement, a 'cool-kid' type thing that accounts for their fans. But The Beatles and Bob transcend this, from grandma's to little kids to writers to musicians.
I mostly only have problems with Bob Dylan and The Beatles. I can see how they could be over-rated because who could ever live up to the legend people and the press have created for them.
But no need to cheap shot them.
The Beatles started out, yes, with 'Love Me Do' and people enjoyed it. They grew to 'Sgt Peppers' and 'Abbey Road' only 5 years after that. Quite an accomplishment for a band.
Dylan has put out plenty of good albums since the 60's. Dylan fans are almost always die-hard. This kind of lifetime devotion doesn't happen because they haven't yet realized his music isn't good. Of course it's good. Thats WHY so many are devoted. The proof is that, in the end, people still come to listen to him play. These people... are not idiots.
For bands like Coldpay, Green Day, U2, Nirvana- you can kind of attach a movement, a 'cool-kid' type thing that accounts for their fans. But The Beatles and Bob transcend this, from grandma's to little kids to writers to musicians.