The Beatles Bible - Topic: Get The Beatles to number 1 in the charts? http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/get-the-beatles-to-number-1-in-the-charts/ Simple:Press Version 5.2.6 GniknuS on Get The Beatles to number 1 in the charts? http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/get-the-beatles-to-number-1-in-the-charts/page-2/#p27988 The songs http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/get-the-beatles-to-number-1-in-the-charts/page-2/#p27988 That's interesting, what makes a number one these days. I never hear these people's music, I just know the names, Bieber (it's his b-day if you didn't know :) , Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, blah blah blah the rest. It's pretty easy to ignore music these days, but I suppose when I was younger it wasn't quite as easy. We had Hanson, those boys from the backstreet, Nsync and all the rest of the pop scene. Now that was some incredible music.

]]> Wed, 02 Mar 2011 05:52:21 +0000 mithveaen on Get The Beatles to number 1 in the charts? http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/get-the-beatles-to-number-1-in-the-charts/page-2/#p27974 The songs http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/get-the-beatles-to-number-1-in-the-charts/page-2/#p27974 Well when I read the idea I thought "Why not?". Just for the fun of it. a-hard-days-night-john-2

]]> Wed, 02 Mar 2011 03:28:25 +0000 mr. Sun king coming together on Get The Beatles to number 1 in the charts? http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/get-the-beatles-to-number-1-in-the-charts/page-2/#p27876 The songs http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/get-the-beatles-to-number-1-in-the-charts/page-2/#p27876 Von Bontee said:

Something else - Number Ones can be misleading, saleswise too. "Strawberry Fields Forever"/"Penny Lane" sold way more over the years than "Release Me".

But you need to remember that "Strawberry Fields Forever"/"Penny Lane" were two A-sides, meaning they needed to double Release me in sales.

]]> Tue, 01 Mar 2011 22:44:32 +0000 Von Bontee on Get The Beatles to number 1 in the charts? http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/get-the-beatles-to-number-1-in-the-charts/page-2/#p27871 The songs http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/get-the-beatles-to-number-1-in-the-charts/page-2/#p27871 Something else - Number Ones can be misleading, saleswise too. "Strawberry Fields Forever"/"Penny Lane" sold way more over the years than "Release Me".

]]> Tue, 01 Mar 2011 22:17:21 +0000 mr. Sun king coming together on Get The Beatles to number 1 in the charts? http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/get-the-beatles-to-number-1-in-the-charts/page-2/#p27868 The songs http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/get-the-beatles-to-number-1-in-the-charts/page-2/#p27868 Because all the people who bought the bad #1's of today don't have taste.

]]> Tue, 01 Mar 2011 21:52:58 +0000 Zig on Get The Beatles to number 1 in the charts? http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/get-the-beatles-to-number-1-in-the-charts/page-2/#p27867 The songs http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/get-the-beatles-to-number-1-in-the-charts/page-2/#p27867 mr. Sun king coming together said:

Novelty records are fine as #1's. Glee/Justin Beiber/Jonas Brothers/Bad Music of Today are not worthy #1's.

Thanks for clearing that up for me - I can now see the grass!

My point, however was in agreeing with Von that number 1's do not translate into greatness. Regardless of the genre, a number 1 is a number 1.

Whether it is worthy or not, I will leave for others to debate. I can't sit here and tell you I've liked every number 1 song ever recorded. It just seems to me that if enough people bought the record ...]]> Tue, 01 Mar 2011 21:48:16 +0000 Von Bontee on Get The Beatles to number 1 in the charts? http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/get-the-beatles-to-number-1-in-the-charts/#p27863 The songs http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/get-the-beatles-to-number-1-in-the-charts/#p27863 mr. Sun king coming together said:

Von Bontee said:

Number ones don't equal greatness,

But they would earn the group new followers, which can't hurt.

That's true!

]]> Tue, 01 Mar 2011 21:34:28 +0000 mr. Sun king coming together on Get The Beatles to number 1 in the charts? http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/get-the-beatles-to-number-1-in-the-charts/#p27860 The songs http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/get-the-beatles-to-number-1-in-the-charts/#p27860 Von Bontee said:

(And I'll bet that if I bothered to listen to present-day radio at all, odds are I'd hear the occasional enjoyable hit by Jonas Bieber or whoever)

The only good current music comes from Alternative Bands.

]]> Tue, 01 Mar 2011 21:29:44 +0000 Von Bontee on Get The Beatles to number 1 in the charts? http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/get-the-beatles-to-number-1-in-the-charts/#p27859 The songs http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/get-the-beatles-to-number-1-in-the-charts/#p27859 Sorry Zig, but I LOVED those Archies records! (Some of 'em anyways.) At the very least, they were good for a fine Greatest Hits collection.

(But then I love all sorts of disposable bubblegum stuff from the era and refuse to apologize for it. ) (And I'll bet that if I bothered to listen to present-day the radio at all, odds are I'd hear the occasional enjoyable hit by Jonas Bieber or whoever)

]]> Tue, 01 Mar 2011 21:25:38 +0000 mr. Sun king coming together on Get The Beatles to number 1 in the charts? http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/get-the-beatles-to-number-1-in-the-charts/#p27853 The songs http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/get-the-beatles-to-number-1-in-the-charts/#p27853 Novelty records are fine as #1's. Glee/Justin Beiber/Jonas Brothers/Bad Music of Today are not worthy #1's.

]]> Tue, 01 Mar 2011 21:01:25 +0000 Zig on Get The Beatles to number 1 in the charts? http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/get-the-beatles-to-number-1-in-the-charts/#p27850 The songs http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/get-the-beatles-to-number-1-in-the-charts/#p27850 mr. Sun king coming together said:

But that's a novelty record.

Your point is reminiscent of the grass in my front yard which is buried under feet of snow. I don't see either one.

]]> Tue, 01 Mar 2011 20:57:20 +0000 mr. Sun king coming together on Get The Beatles to number 1 in the charts? http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/get-the-beatles-to-number-1-in-the-charts/#p27847 The songs http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/get-the-beatles-to-number-1-in-the-charts/#p27847 But that's a novelty record.

]]> Tue, 01 Mar 2011 20:52:42 +0000 Zig on Get The Beatles to number 1 in the charts? http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/get-the-beatles-to-number-1-in-the-charts/#p27843 The songs http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/get-the-beatles-to-number-1-in-the-charts/#p27843 Von Bontee said:

Number ones don't equal greatness

Sage words indeed. After all, even The Archies had a number 1 with Sugar, Sugar - yikes.

]]> Tue, 01 Mar 2011 20:45:23 +0000 mr. Sun king coming together on Get The Beatles to number 1 in the charts? http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/get-the-beatles-to-number-1-in-the-charts/#p27839 The songs http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/get-the-beatles-to-number-1-in-the-charts/#p27839 Von Bontee said:

Number ones don't equal greatness,

But they would earn the group new followers, which can't hurt.

]]> Tue, 01 Mar 2011 20:37:09 +0000 Von Bontee on Get The Beatles to number 1 in the charts? http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/get-the-beatles-to-number-1-in-the-charts/#p27836 The songs http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/get-the-beatles-to-number-1-in-the-charts/#p27836 I'd certainly jump at the chance to purchase "Carnival of Light", even if it required me to pay for a digital file (for the first time ever!) Otherwise, why bother? Number ones don't equal greatness, and anyways they've already got more of them then any band ever has or ever will - unless the cast of "Glee" is magically considered to be a "group", in which case the Beatles are already #2, and you have to just laugh at the ridiculousness.

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