Pete Townshend latest comments on the Beatles

[PCTraitor]

I do think he has a point. The Beatles never got to ruin their legacy. They went out on top and stayed out. Once Lennon died their already (deserved) legendary status went to godlike. Coming back again and again for reunion tours of diminshing quality have made bands, including the Who, seem less legendary. I think he was commenting on that.

[zerofan]

I don't quite understand why everyone is so offended by this. It sounds like a genuine compliment to me.

Yeah he started off sounding jealous and tried to recover....he has no reason to be jealous....he is in The Who for crying out loud!

[colahead420]

I think he may be right when he says they never grew up. After reading that article about why The Beatles broke up, it seemed The Beatles bickered like little boys and some of them acted like the center of the universe.

I love The Beatles with all my heart, but that article was depressing, and I really wasn't expecting that. On a side note, whether you think they're immature or not, I liked the fact that they joked around and did weird things in the studio. This is partly why they are the best band ever.

You take the good with the bad. I wouldn't want the Beatles any other way.

[theeggman]

That statement is not very clear. What I think Townshend means by "more mature" is "more progressive rock". The Beatles did some progressive stuff at the end of their career like with You never give me your money or I want you, but they were not a progressive rock band. They wrote tunes. Art-pop-rock tunes but tunes.

In my opinion, they stopped at their peak really. They could have made one more terrific album with songs like Imagine, Jealous Guy, How?, Maybe I'm amazed, Junk, Every Night, My Sweet Lord, Isn't it a pity, What Is Life, I don't come easy, but after that point, their best years were behind them really.

[nbalive2005]

That statement is not very clear. What I think Townshend means by "more mature" is "more progressive rock". The Beatles did some progressive stuff at the end of their career like with You never give me your money or I want you, but they were not a progressive rock band. They wrote tunes. Art-pop-rock tunes but tunes.

In my opinion, they stopped at their peak really. They could have made one more terrific album with songs like Imagine, Jealous Guy, How?, Maybe I'm amazed, Junk, Every Night, My Sweet Lord, Isn't it a pity, What Is Life, I don't come easy, but after that point, their best years were behind them really.

No way, your just putting out their good solo songs. They could have easily made great quality songs for a long long time considering that they would have been able to write songs together, they were the greatest band of all time because of their songs and their songs were so great because of the creative input of all 4 of them.

Thinking that if they made an album after that, that it would only be full of their solo hits is closed minded and foolish. Those songs deemed "hits" might not have even made the record.

[vcalzone]

The brilliance of The Beatles was that they didn't HAVE to use amazing songs like those to create a great album. And I have to say, all those songs are made all the worse by the lack of input from the other members of the group. Particularly so many of McCartney's songs that have terrible 70s production.

[RADIO CHRIS]

The Who is not in the same league as The Beatles and that's Real

[soup567]

Why do most people here think it's an insult? It's obviously a compliment.

[wcarnation]

That statement is not very clear. What I think Townshend means by "more mature" is "more progressive rock". The Beatles did some progressive stuff at the end of their career like with You never give me your money or I want you, but they were not a progressive rock band. They wrote tunes. Art-pop-rock tunes but tunes.

I dunno about "more progressive rock", but maybe "more substance". They were getting beyond songs about dainty times and petty issues of young men that are recounted countless times and were starting to move into musical styles and lyrical themes that were both original and meaningful. Imagine being an example of that.

Going from audio cheesecake to audio brainfood.

[CuaisesD]

Why do most people here think it's an insult? It's obviously a compliment.

That's an easy one. It's like I tell you: "Hey, you're a inmature ****... But then again I think you're great"