Music to NOT work by

[bigmtnman]

My grips are made to Doo Wop, classic country and 60's folk
Motown, Elvis, and Roy Orbison
But the Beatles are a NOPE ! 
Some Sousa, Sondheim, Tchaikovsky
and just a bit of Bach 
Andrew Lloyd Weber and the Righteous Brothers
But the Beatles ? ... I think NOT !!
The Bangles, Go Go's, and Supremes 
are ALL music to my ear
But that #$!*$# four person "insect" group 
I NEVER want to hear !
Why oh why I know you ask this animosity I bear ?
Because those British bums "invaded"
and made my Doo Wop disappear


They turned the last half of my senior year in high school ('64) into a musical disaster ...Yeah .... Yeah .....YEAH !

It was the spring of ‘64 a month or so before graduation. My date and I were having the traditional after the Saturday night movie pizza. Ledo’s had recently installed a jukebox. It was located in front of the restroom entrance where you had to go by to the bar side. It was playing constantly, and every second or third song was....you guessed it....BEATLES ! “ She loves you, yeah,yeah, yeah”. By the time we had finished our pizza, the crowd was beginning to groan when that song started up again. The jukebox was a nickel a play, three plays for a dime and seven plays for a quarter. When I got up to leave I went over to the jukebox. I put in a quarter and put in that damn Beatles song for ALL SEVEN PLAYS. My date and I laughed all the way back to her house. The next time I went to Ledo’s (which was always soon) the jukebox was gone

 

[CH4]

I can happily work to all the above, even ABBA.

 

[Alk8944]

My grips are made to Doo Wop, classic country and 60's folk
Motown, Elvis, and Roy Orbison
But the Beatles are a NOPE !
Some Sousa, Sondheim, Tchaikovsky
and just a bit of Bach
Andrew Lloyd Weber and the Righteous Brothers
But the Beatles ? ... I think NOT !!
The Bangles, Go Go's, and Supremes
are ALL music to my ear
But that #$!*$# four person "insect" group
I NEVER want to hear !
Why oh why I know you ask this animosity I bear ?
Because those British bums "invaded"
and made my Doo Wop disappear


They turned the last half of my senior year in high school ('64) into a musical disaster ...Yeah .... Yeah .....YEAH !

I have to agree with you. While the song "The Day The Music Died" refers to the day when Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper and Richie Valens were killed in an airplane crash on February 9, 1959, I contend the day the music really died was five years later, February 9, 1964, when the Beatles first appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show! I hated The Beatles then and I still despise The Beatles!

Note the dates! Were the Beatles scheduled on Feb. 9, 1964, the fifth anniversary of the crash in Iowa, done intentionally to correspond with the 1959 crash anniversary date?

 

[krsmith58]

come on Ken, tell us how you REALLY feel.


die hard Beatles fan. krs

 

[lihpster]

Music to work to.
[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLGLUSzzuWU[/ame]

 

[StrawHat]

And you channeled your inner Dr Seuss to write it!

Kevin

 

[Truckman]

My entire music collection on CD disappeared coincidentally the same day my ex-wife disappeared...I really miss my music...

There are certain jazz and blues recordings dating back to the 1920's that I have now not heard in over 15 years, but I can still put together a YouTube playlist of Roy Orbison songs to get me through the day...

As for the Beatles, anything up to (but not including) Sgt. Pepper was acceptable to my ears...And the Rolling Stones can still do no wrong!......Ben

 

[Bald1]

I do not like like Beatles either. But for me the reason is much simpler. I think their music sucks!!!!! And let’s just say we would not agree on anything.

 

[Dave.357]

If she was singing yeah yeah yeah.
I was happy to sing along.

 

[quikdraw67]

As for the Beatles, anything up to (but not including) Sgt. Pepper was acceptable to my ears...And the Rolling Stones can still do no wrong!......Ben

Agree there. Rubber Soul was a great album. Revolver was a little out there, but still ok.

After that, the LSD and other drugs took over, and it showed.

 

[SMSgt]

The day the music died was the same day rap was born.

 

[jeffrefrig]

I can not comment on any of the above, as I may be shunned! Except, the one Rolling Stones concert I ever attended was back around maybe '77 at the old Cleveland Stadium; festival seating for a sell out stadium. The only song I care for by them is "2000 Lightyears From Home." That's as far as I can respectfully comment!!
I forgot to mention it was the worst show I ever attended.

 

[gjgalligan]

I do not like like Beatles either. But for me the reason is much simpler. I think their music sucks!!!!!

I agree 100%

 

[smithra_66]

How about some Dean and Frank?

Can't go wrong with them.

 

[quikdraw67]

Credit where due, hard to believe that the Stones are still together, let alone on this side of the dirt (well, most of them). Keith Richards had defied the Grim Reaper.

 

[Krogen]

Heh heh.... I'm not a fan of those "insects" either, but I don't hate 'em. I will change to a different channel if one of their tunes materializes.

It could be worse. I feel extreme sadness for those folks who grew up with disco.

 

[Truckman]

How about some Dean and Frank?

Can't go wrong with them.

Include Nancy in there, too...❤...Ben

[Note to self: She still hasn't returned my calls...]

 

[Chuck24]

I have to agree with you. While the song "The Day The Music Died" refers to the day when Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper and Richie Valens were killed in an airplane crash on February 9, 1959, I contend the day the music really died was five years later, February 9, 1964, when the Beatles first appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show! I hated The Beatles then and I still despise The Beatles!

Note the dates! Were the Beatles scheduled on Feb. 9, 1964, the fifth anniversary of the crash in Iowa, done intentionally to correspond with the 1959 crash anniversary date?

February third

 

[T112-4]

Not a fan of the insects mentioned. Spend most of my time with Janis, Bob and the Eagles.

 

[lkabug]

My grips are made to Doo Wop, classic country and 60's folk
Motown, Elvis, and Roy Orbison
But the Beatles are a NOPE ! 
Some Sousa, Sondheim, Tchaikovsky




It was the spring of ‘64 a month or so before graduation. My date and I were having the traditional after the Saturday night movie pizza. Ledo’s had recently installed a jukebox. It was located in front of the restroom entrance where you had to go by to the bar side. It was playing constantly, and every second or third song was....you guessed it....BEATLES ! “ She loves you, yeah,yeah, yeah”. By the time we had finished our pizza, the crowd was beginning to groan when that song started up again. The jukebox was a nickel a play, three plays for a dime and seven plays for a quarter. When I got up to leave I went over to the jukebox. I put in a quarter and put in that damn Beatles song for ALL SEVEN PLAYS. My date and I laughed all the way back to her house. The next time I went to Ledo’s (which was always soon) the jukebox was gone

Ken, for some reason I had you pegged as a Eddie Leonard's guy.
Maybe even a little Link Wray music in your youth.
But Ledo’s in Adelphi was the place to go