At times I consider The Beatles a bit like Prince, quantity over quality seemed to be the ticket. In amongst that quantity there are phenomenal gems though. I've said this many times, their songs have often been much more interesting when performed by others notably "With a Little help from my friends" by Joe Cocker, "Let it Be" by Meat, "Come Together" by Michael Jackson and "Help" by Tina Turner.
Regarding their performances they lacked emotion at times and I regard them more like a boyband with an amazing song catalogue. For the emotion side I don't really buy the time (60s) excuse as we had Janis Joplin singing her guts out round that time too.
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