to: Joseph about the Beatles

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Of course, the Beatles were incredible, but all their music is so similar.  
The Beatles songs I think are best are the few that feature a different sound 
from the strawberry fields, penny lane, yellow submarine genre that dominated 
their work- such as paperback writer and back in the ussr.  Put it this way- 
how much different did the Beatles music sound from the start of their run 
till the end?  And one album does not make a band a risk taker (White Album). 
Discount crap like I am the walrus, because that was just bad music, period.  
The who and townshend continued to push the envelope musically while the 
Beatles did their pushing lyrically.  The Beatles wouldn't have gone 100 
miles near something like Tommy because it was major risk of popularity.  The 
Beatles were much more about staying popular than about taking chances with 
their music, and there is nothing wrong with that.  The Beatles are Mozart- 
everything they did was perfect, but the Who is Beethoven- great music with 
an edge to it.  I respect a band more when they lay everything on the line 
for their music.