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Sure, everyone knows Eric Clapton from Cream and U2 from Bono, but those are just key figures within the band, and only big fans would know the name of all the bands bandmembers in these groups.

I know Chris Martin of course, but I wouldn't in a million years be able to tell you the rest of the bands names.

And as far as Pink Floyd go EMR, The Wall is the greatest concept album ever.

Sure you can name key members of those bands, but not the rest of them.

I only know Chris Martin from Coldplay.
I only know Eric Clapton from Cream.
I know all of U2, but most would only know Bono and perhaps the Edge.

But the Beatles were known by everyone. They were basically at the head of a musical revolution.

Oh, and as far as The Wall goes, in my opinion it is the greatest concept album of all time.

oops, sort of posted the same thing twice. The many server errors going on right now have confused me, I thought, I'd posted but i hadn't so rehashed what I'd wrote. In hindsight, the second posting is probably better.

I think you'd be suprised at how many people knew who Ginger Baker and Jack Bruce were.

I don't think the beatles were uniquely revolutionary, in music or other areas. Can you give me an example please?

Coldplay, I'm just gonna give this a go to see if I can name the other members. Chris Martin, Guy Berrymen, Will Champion and X Bucland. I think.

Just to address another thorny rock'n'roll issue; Libertines or Babyshambles?

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The Beatles were the fist huger than huge rock band. However much you'd like to deny it, any band you listen to today would simply not be the same without The Beatles. They firstly changed the sound of rock n' roll.

On April 4th, 1964, the Beatles acheived something that no one else has ever done. They held twelve spots in the Billboard Hot 100 chard, including the all top 5 places.

When they first appeared on the Ed Sullivan show, around 45% of Americans were watching. the Ed Sullivan show received more than 50,000 requests for its 728 seats.

John Lennon caused an absolute outrage when a quote was taken out of context by an American magazine, that the Beatles were "more popular than Jesus." Half the nation defended the beatles, the other hapf burnt their records and boycotted the Beatles. Many radio stations stopped playing Beatles music. In a way the quote was true, kids in China had heard of the Beatles, but not of Jesus.

The Beatles were one of the main forces behind the 'Summer of Love' in 1967. Some people were suddenly interested in psychedelia and eastern religions, all because The Beatles were doing it.

The beatles hair, which was very rebellious and extremely long, was suddenly being worn by everyone. This beforehand would have been completely socially unaceptable.

maybe its because you weren't there to see it, or becuase you have a limited Beatles knowledge, but these are just a few of the thousands of reasons why the Beatles were the greatest rock band ever, as far as influence is concerned. They changed music, fashion, politics, and religion. I believe it would be impossible to convince you if you dispute this. Its sad that these days, the Beatles are dismissed as being old peoples music. I say lsiten to a Beatles album, any album, and read a Beatles biography. All will come clear to you. Alternatively, read some of the entries the guide has to offer on the Beatles. Just do a search, and you will find a stack.

As far as Libertines and babyshambles go, I believe they are both moderately talented groups. Nothing to special though.

Oh and by the way, did you know that The Beatle's Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band was the first ever album to have complete printed lyrics? Just a random bit of trivia.

OK, I really like The Beatles, I only own a couple of their albums, however I think that you're over-praising them a bit. Of course their influence is still felt, but so is that of other bands. The Beatles were good, but other bands were equally so.

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What's is this Billboard Hot 100.

Thanks

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I don't know what this Billboard 100 thing is, but you've got to remember that all those other bands that we've been discussing (Coldplay, Cream, Floyd, etc.) came *after* the Beatles. The Beatles took rock to a whole new level and they were the *first* to do so. They revolutionised popular music.

If you read some of Douglas Adams' stuff in the Salmon of Doubt you'll see what it was like to be a kid when the Beatles were big. It was apparently a *huge* deal.

The Billboard Hottest 100 is an American music chart put out weekly which charts the 100 best-selling singles of that week in America. For any band to have more than one is a fairly big feat, but 12 is amazing! Plus there were two Beatles tribute tracks in the charts that week.

Concerning the Arctic Monkeys, I bought their single that was put out last week. Its not bad, but I probably won't be buying the album, which has just came out here in Australia.

Triple J, Australia's ad-free youth radio station, featured the album a number of weeks ago, and have been playing bits and pieces since.All the tracks i have heard are good.

My overall verdict - They'll be big alright, but not ultra-ultra-ultra big.

I'm now a member of a band! It's not entirely formed yet, but I'm playing electric violin and we're all psyched. Isn't this exciting?

hmmm, electric violin sounds pretty groovy, I've never seen one before. Good luck with it! What kind of music will you play?

Pretty basic rock stuff - we're learning a song by Audioslave right now, and the guitarists - our Lennon/McCartney writing team - are working on something original.

Sounds groovy, good luck.

Just wondering what ur all into music wise as a group so I thought I'd have a vote...

1. Rock
2. Pop
3. Punk
4. Rock pop
5. Pop rock
6. Dance
7. chesey pop
8. other music

Hey I like Little Birdy too! How do you feel about Australian music in general?

Just realised how random that sounds coz Orange posted the thing about that band ages age, so never mind.

Little Birdy is great, and their second album is way overdue. I can't wait. The sound is very original, and the singer katy steele has a very original voice.

I had the greatest musical experience of my life the other night. Ben Lee, who has been discussed in this thread already, palyed to me and a bout 25 other people in a private reherseal. It was a competition on the internet, and the winners got to go watch the rehearsal.

Ben played his whole set for the show at Margaret River the next night. It was great, and you could truly see he was putting effort in, and gauging the reaction. He was very friendly and nice, and I even got a picture and an autograph afterwards.

It was in a small hall that had been turned into a recording studio. The whole thing was kept quiet, and we had to keep the location secret.

It was one of the funnest things I've ever done.

Don't worry, listen to Ben Lee!

I vote 1. Rock.

Oooh, I forgot about the poll! I vote 'rock' and 'other music'. Folk music can be very cool if done right.