90% of their music was aimed towards teenage girls, wasn't

Sure.

>faggish public persona
Explain.
He was the embodiment of the zeitgeist.
For a few years, he was the definition of 'cool.'

>>73412302
No they weren't.
Musically they were far more creative.

Lyrically speaking I never heard One Direction or Justin Beiber make any references to Hamlet or Oedipus on their first albums or anywhere in their lyrical content.

>>73412552
Well maybe I used the wrong term, what I meant is that his character (I use the word character here because he really seemed to be acting imo) was the ultimate girl magnet. Just like today's bands aimed towards girls, with the difference being that girls in the 60s obviously had a better taste.

>>73412663
Jesus christ does the pope shit in the woods?
Of course it was about being mysterious.
I would murder for his facial structure.

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>>73412638
Never denied that, of course they were far superior, but I don't think Oedipus references is what made them famous. Like I said, 90% of their career were love songs that catered to horny teenagers

>>73412701
Only because The End didn't get any airplay when the first album came out.

Of course the Hamlet Reference made them famous even though many people didn't get the reference unless they were already Shakesperian scholars to begin with.

>>73412302
>Most rock lyrics are about love, more at 11

What are you getting at?

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Kek

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>>73412701
We'll never know how much fresh cunt Jim ploughed through, because nobody would ever dare talk shit about him...