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"the Beatles are overrated" is a poorly defined statement often made by people who give the impression they want to be seen as an iconoclast of some sort.
Ok. Overrated on what metrics? Historical impact? Popularity at the time? Popularity now?
"I don't like the Beatles' music" is probably closer to what people mean, and that's fine. I rarely listen to them on purpose. But the whole "I don't like them, and neither should you" thing is kind of insufferable.
When I say they're overrated, I mean I don't understand why they're so popular. They're not bad but they're not that good, either. I don't understand the praise lauded on them. It's too much relative to their quality.
I can understand if someone loves them in their time. For example, Nirvana was absolutely amazing in their time. However, it's been 30 years and that sound is a lot more mainstream, but in their day, they were breaking new ground.
But my kids age? Why do people think they're that good?
TBH people listened to these Beatles high on acid. And somehow the radio stations where persuaded to play their songs more frequent.
Perfect recipe for verse rush
I generally assume that "popular thing is overrated" is generally said just to troll people. At least, I like to dog on things that are popular that I'm not in to just to get a raise out of people that can't accept any criticism of their thing.