Sgt. Pepper...Overrated bollocks?

terenceanne wrote:The album itself is a tad overrated but the influence of it and the Beatles themselves is not. When that came out people were listening to Herman Hermits, Freddie and the Dreamers etc......basically Labor club acts only famous because of the 60's scene etc.

You would have a job on to name another album to this day that has such a wide range of different types of songs...instruments, arrangements......certainly nowt as influential. IMO

Soul Kitchen wrote:

terenceanne wrote:The album itself is a tad overrated but the influence of it and the Beatles themselves is not. When that came out people were listening to Herman Hermits, Freddie and the Dreamers etc......basically Labor club acts only famous because of the 60's scene etc.

You would have a job on to name another album to this day that has such a wide range of different types of songs...instruments, arrangements......certainly nowt as influential. IMO

How about We're Only In It For The Money?
Hey punk where you going with that flower in your hand?

terenceanne wrote:

Soul Kitchen wrote:

terenceanne wrote:The album itself is a tad overrated but the influence of it and the Beatles themselves is not. When that came out people were listening to Herman Hermits, Freddie and the Dreamers etc......basically Labor club acts only famous because of the 60's scene etc.

You would have a job on to name another album to this day that has such a wide range of different types of songs...instruments, arrangements......certainly nowt as influential. IMO

How about We're Only In It For The Money?
Hey punk where you going with that flower in your hand?

I'd wager 99% of people reading this have never heard of those records ..... influential.....a tad at best.  Chances are those records would never have been made at all if not for Sgt Pepper...... 
You'd be better off naming Ziggy Stardust or Early Roxy Music ....Clash ....