Overrated or not? according to /mu?

the beatles have reached full-blown meme status on /mu/. they are above ratings

>>73737058
Depends. Many overrate them which seems to cause many to in turn underrate them in spite of the former.

Might be the best band ever as they have probably the most solid discography of any band in existence with plenty of experimentation and innovation from album to album.

>>73737058
Overrated, but still extremely talented and highly influential

THE BEATLES RULE!
POSTERS ON /mu/ DROOL!

FUCK THE HATERS!

>In B4 "Hurr durr! John Beat his wife"

WHO CARES? FUCK OFF!

>>73737058
The fact that so many books still name the Beatles as "the greatest or most significant or most influential" rock band ever only tells you how far rock music still is from becoming a serious art. Jazz critics have long recognized that the greatest jazz musicians of all times are Duke Ellington and John Coltrane, who were not the most famous or richest or best sellers of their times, let alone of all times. Classical critics rank the highly controversial Beethoven over classical musicians who were highly popular in courts around Europe. Rock critics are still blinded by commercial success. The Beatles sold more than anyone else (not true, by the way), therefore they must have been the greatest. Jazz critics grow up listening to a lot of jazz music of the past, classical critics grow up listening to a lot of classical music of the past. Rock critics are often totally ignorant of the rock music of the past, they barely know the best sellers. No wonder they will think that the Beatles did anything worthy of being saved.

>>73737058
They're alright. They deserve the billion album sold title.

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>>73737700
Smells like summer

appropriately rated

Every musical artist ever is overrated to some extent, by somebody.

The Beatles though are generally regarded as one of the greatest bands of all time, if not the greatest, and /mu/ generally agrees, memes aside.

The Beatles are the greatest rock band of all time. It's an objective fact even if you don't think they are and you like another band more than them you have to admit that this is the truth.

It's hard to be perfectly rated if you are literally the most popular band to have ever existed

pre-Rubber Soul: overrated
Rubber Soul and onward: appropriately rated

underrated on /mu/
overrated everywhere else