Know how the Beatles ended? Peter Jackson may change your mind

Re:Know how the Beatles ended? Peter Jackson may change your... by paganel on Saturday November 13, 2021 @03:29AM (#29208343)

You're downvoted just for stating an opinion (which I don't agree with, incidentally, but I also don't agree with the downvotes), but in the same vein I'm wondering how much are the Beatles known and especially listened among the, let's say, under 40s.

I'm in the early 40s myself and I do regard them as one of the greatest music bands ever, even though I used to listen more to the Beach Boys and I regard Michael Jackson as a bigger phenomenon/star than the Beatles ever were, but I'm curious how much of that feeling is shared by kids/young adults in their teens or in their early 20s. Incidentally I've seen lots of 14, 15-year old kids with Nirvana or Kurt Cobain shirts but, of course, none of them with Beatles shirts (never seen a Beatles shirt, to be honest).

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Re:Know how the Beatles ended? Peter Jackson may change your... by Lio on Saturday November 13, 2021 @05:08AM (#29208761)

I agree. I think it’s less about how popular someone is in their own time, although that’s clearly important, but how much they endure with future generations.

T-shirt merchandising is probably more to do with who owns the rights though and if they want to sell products in places like Target or Tescos.

For a long time you couldn’t download Beatles albums on iTunes. That was purely down to the dispute over the name “Apple” rather than popularity of the music.

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Re:Know how the Beatles ended? Peter Jackson may change your... by WalterBright on Saturday November 13, 2021 @03:16PM (#29212823)

MJ was popularity was for much more than his music. He was a showman in the way the Beatles never were. The Beatles would competently play their music on stage. MJ would put on a performance.

And yes, I have every MJ album.

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