Five Famous Musicians That Hate The Beatles

Lou Reed said a lot of shit to provoke people, not because he necessarily believed his own words. At one point or another, he pretty much ended up hating everything.

Stipe didn't say he hated them, he just didn't identify with them. He also acknowledged their talent.

It's odd that Lou Reed thought that British music was garbage considering his most successful album was produced by two Englishmen in London.

Lou Reed saying British people shouldn't play rock'n'roll is like saying Americans shouldn't read Shakespeare. Or speak English..Seriously, the guy wrote 2 good songs at best. The Beatles wrote hundreds.

Lou Reed saying British bands shouldn’t play rock n roll, what a c••k

The old saying. “Opinions are like assholes ,everyone has one”. Applies here.

The Beatles had a huge range.. and they were well received in nearly every genre they tried.. even if you don’t like them, it’s impossible to dismiss them.

I think Lou Reed forgot that John Cale, the co-founder of the Velvet Underground was British and the sound that the Velvet Underground got had a lot to do with Cale plus Bowie along with Mick Ronson, two more Brits produced Reeds best selling album, Transformer.

If all twelve people who bought The Strokes' albums refused to buy a Beatles record, I'm sure they'd survive.

envy is a bad thing

When Frank Sinatra said that Something was the best love song written in 50 to 100 yrs. When Leonard Bernstein talked about how cleverly structured some of the Lennon/McCartney songs were then it doesn’t matter what these guys think

I am not a big Beatles fan but they are legendary for sure.

Lou Reed was utter shit not even in the same league.

I love The Beatles but we all have their own opinion. I personally have no interest in Lou Reed mumbling through songs.

5 Chihuahuas barking at the Elephant.

Anyone who says they can’t find anything they like in the Beatles catalogue is a liar or a poseur.

Who cares what these dudes think of the Beatles? None of them can hold a candle to the Beatles. Sure, Quincy Jones is super talented but he has a very bad habit of knocking other artists. Not a very nice quality. Jealousy brings out the worst in people and these 5 are prime examples. The Beatles are awesome. Each of the four of them is talented in their own way.

I think Quincy Jones might have had every right to say what he did about the Beatles when he said it. He was coming from the standpoint of having been a jazz musician. When you're listening to one style of music most of the time and hearing a minimum level of proficiency, people like John, Paul, George and Ringo who were not formally trained or educated, it kind of stands to reason that somebody like Quincy Jones wouldn't have the kindest words to say about their proficiency. What I would like to know is if Quincy had changed his mind about them by 1982 when Michael Jackson was recording the music from Thriller and they recruited Macca to duet with Michael on "The Girl is Mine".

I had a feeling before watching this that whomever the people were not liking the Beatles were probably no one worth their comments anyways....... "I was right"

Lou has actually said that he thinks they are some of the greatest songwriters ever. But he flip flops often.