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<blockquote data-quote="Gay-Guy" data-source="post: 229950"><p><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Charles @ Nov 21 2008, 06:44 PM) <a href="http://index.php?act=findpost&pid=361705" target="_blank"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div></p><p></p><p>Public success does not equal quality. Your statement is laughable, to say the least...Ordinary people don t have what it takes to get brilliant music/film/litterature/art. That s it.</p><p></p><p>***anic made the most entries in the world and it is by no means the best film ever.</p><p>[/b]</p></blockquote><p>I might have to side with RC on this one...because....</p><p></p><p>Music of the past can be copied by other musicians and therefore improved on....the real mark of genius is to be able to stand out in your own generation.  For instance....heaps of guitarists today can play Jimmi Hendrix solos and then some.  However he was the only one doing them in his time.  Can these "imitators" create something totally out there that stands out in our generation where every other guitarist will not have a chance to even get close to playing it?  Any musician can tell you that the musicians of the past can be copied easily today.  </p><p></p><p>The Beatles music is easy to play for bands today.  Their songs can be redone by other artists where it sounds better.  Songs that are similar to their songs have been created using osme of their riffs and melodies.  However it was the Beatles alone who created their music during that time...no one else had thought of it.  They were pioneers of their generation...just like how every generation has pioneers in music.  Elvis was a pioneer in his generation, Michael Jackson had the world in his time, etc etc....all these musicians from the past can now be laughed at and their music seems simplistic compared to todays standards.  However because they were pioneers with what they did they were leading at the forefront because they had no one in front to follow....it was all new.</p><p></p><p>This is why the Beatles are great.  I do not listen at all to their work...I can't stand it as a modern day musician....but I am not naive to acknowledge that I probably would have been worshipping their musical greatness if I was born in that era with no knowledge of who Elvis, Jackson, Madonna, or any number of the musicians we have today.</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p>
[QUOTE="Gay-Guy, post: 229950"] <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Charles @ Nov 21 2008, 06:44 PM) [url='index.php?act=findpost&pid=361705']<{POST_SNAPBACK}>[/url]</div> Public success does not equal quality. Your statement is laughable, to say the least...Ordinary people don t have what it takes to get brilliant music/film/litterature/art. That s it. ***anic made the most entries in the world and it is by no means the best film ever. [/b][/quote] I might have to side with RC on this one...because.... Music of the past can be copied by other musicians and therefore improved on....the real mark of genius is to be able to stand out in your own generation.  For instance....heaps of guitarists today can play Jimmi Hendrix solos and then some.  However he was the only one doing them in his time.  Can these "imitators" create something totally out there that stands out in our generation where every other guitarist will not have a chance to even get close to playing it?  Any musician can tell you that the musicians of the past can be copied easily today.  The Beatles music is easy to play for bands today.  Their songs can be redone by other artists where it sounds better.  Songs that are similar to their songs have been created using osme of their riffs and melodies.  However it was the Beatles alone who created their music during that time...no one else had thought of it.  They were pioneers of their generation...just like how every generation has pioneers in music.  Elvis was a pioneer in his generation, Michael Jackson had the world in his time, etc etc....all these musicians from the past can now be laughed at and their music seems simplistic compared to todays standards.  However because they were pioneers with what they did they were leading at the forefront because they had no one in front to follow....it was all new. This is why the Beatles are great.  I do not listen at all to their work...I can't stand it as a modern day musician....but I am not naive to acknowledge that I probably would have been worshipping their musical greatness if I was born in that era with no knowledge of who Elvis, Jackson, Madonna, or any number of the musicians we have today. [/QUOTE]
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