Nice! I tend to prefer early Beatles because it's all just so sing-alongable, dance-in-the-grocery-storeable, but really, these guys were IT. Versatile, flexible, never happy standing still - musically. Their growth never felt artificial, but an honest need to learn more, do more, understand more. They aren't all bangers, but damn, there are a lot of bangers in the canon. (You are probably too old to have seen Beat Bugs, but that show introduced the Beatles to my grandkids, and now they are fans, too.) But just to argue re: Jimi Hendrix, I think Eric Clapton is the greatest guitarist ever. And he thought Prince was. So there you go.
Nice! I tend to prefer early Beatles because it's all just so sing-alongable, dance-in-the-grocery-storeable, but really, these guys were IT. Versatile, flexible, never happy standing still - musically. Their growth never felt artificial, but an honest need to learn more, do more, understand more. They aren't all bangers, but damn, there are a lot of bangers in the canon. (You are probably too old to have seen Beat Bugs, but that show introduced the Beatles to my grandkids, and now they are fans, too.) But just to argue re: Jimi Hendrix, I think Eric Clapton is the greatest guitarist ever. And he thought Prince was. So there you go.