Site Search:
 
Speak Korean Now!
Teach English Abroad and Get Paid to see the World!
Korean Job Discussion Forums Forum Index Korean Job Discussion Forums
"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Teachers from Around the World!"
 
 FAQFAQ   SearchSearch   MemberlistMemberlist   UsergroupsUsergroups   RegisterRegister 
 ProfileProfile   Log in to check your private messagesLog in to check your private messages   Log inLog in 

Does anyone here actually not like the beatles?
Goto page Previous  1, 2, 3, 4, 5  Next
 
Post new topic   Reply to topic    Korean Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Off-Topic Forum
View previous topic :: View next topic  
Author Message
nautilus



Joined: 26 Nov 2005
Location: Je jump, Tu jump, oui jump!

PostPosted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 7:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Fishead soup wrote:
BS.Dos. wrote:
That's okay. You don't have to defend your tastes. It's just unusual for any lover of music to be dismissive of the bands you've mentioned.


It's called being a non-conformist. It's just a phase he'll grow out of it.
My son came home with a mohawk once. I was really afraid until I realized it was just a phase.


Supposedly western society is all about non-conformism/ individuality.
But when someone doesn't like the beatles everyone gasps?
Its hardly a phase- i never liked the beatles. Unless you classify not liking something for 35 years as a "phase".
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
rabies.kills



Joined: 18 Feb 2008
Location: Anyang, Gyeonggi-do, Seoul

PostPosted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 7:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

the beatles seem to have a few good songs, but other than that, i don't like them. and the songs that are good don't sound like beatles songs to me.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message MSN Messenger
IncognitoHFX



Joined: 06 May 2007
Location: Yeongtong, Suwon

PostPosted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 7:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

nautilus wrote:
Fishead soup wrote:
That's okay. You don't have to defend your tastes. It's just unusual for any lover of music to be dismissive of the bands you've mentioned.


It's called being a non-conformist. It's just a phase he'll grow out of it.
My son came home with a mohawk once. I was really afraid until I realized it was just a phase.


You can be a "non-conformist" your whole life, the image isn't something necessarily tied to it unless you're young or mentally so. Sadly, the opinion back home is that non-conformists wear uniforms and can't be otherwise. Suppose this goes for the West in general.

Non-conformists who have their shit together know that you can do more damage from the inside than from the outside.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Jandar



Joined: 11 Jun 2008

PostPosted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 11:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Non-conformists just want to be different like everybody else.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
yawarakaijin



Joined: 08 Aug 2006

PostPosted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 1:08 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Never liked them. Not when I was 14. Not when I was 24. Not now at 34.
Dull. Boring.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
MollyBloom



Joined: 21 Jul 2006
Location: James Joyce's pants

PostPosted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 6:05 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Jandar wrote:
Non-conformists just want to be different like everybody else.


Nice! It reminds me of the "hipsters" I dealt with living in Boston/Cambridge for so many years...they all wanted to be so "different" and ended up looking the same.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
sargx



Joined: 29 Nov 2007

PostPosted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 4:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'm not a fan of the Beatles. Wonder girls, DMX, Johnny Cash... sure. Beatles, no.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message MSN Messenger
Fishead soup



Joined: 24 Jun 2007
Location: Korea

PostPosted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 4:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

MollyBloom wrote:
Jandar wrote:
Non-conformists just want to be different like everybody else.


Nice! It reminds me of the "hipsters" I dealt with living in Boston/Cambridge for so many years...they all wanted to be so "different" and ended up looking the same.


The first and last time I saw true non-comformists was in England in 1978
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail Visit poster's website
5600



Joined: 07 Apr 2008
Location: At an undisclosed FEMA camp.

PostPosted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 5:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

It was funny to see dudes with anarchy signs on their jackets bitching because the bus was late, or that they couldn't get a job.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Visit poster's website
Fishead soup



Joined: 24 Jun 2007
Location: Korea

PostPosted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 5:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

5600 wrote:
It was funny to see dudes with anarchy signs on their jackets bitching because the bus was late, or that they couldn't get a job.


I was in England when they were still wearing swastikas
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail Visit poster's website
mikeyboy122



Joined: 28 Feb 2008
Location: namyang

PostPosted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 9:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

As long as they stay outside and not under my fridge or anywhere in my apartment, I'm cool with em'.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail
xingyiman



Joined: 12 Jan 2006

PostPosted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 9:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I am not saying the Beatles weren't any good. But the Beatles were my parent's music in their teens to be replaced by Peter Paul and Mary, James Taylor, and Barbara Striesand later on. I never liked any of my parents' music and honestly I don't expect my kids to like any of mine.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail
D-Man



Joined: 17 Jun 2008

PostPosted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 5:41 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Oh man,I really hate The Beatles.Always have and always will.

They were one of the first packaged and processed groups.

Most of their music is actually pretty weak and hasn't stood the test of time very well at all.

There were far better groups around in the mid-late 60s who didn't receive the hype or publicity which the Beatles received.

The Animals,The Zombies,The Turtles, and Herman's Hermits in my humble opinion, were putting out better records and songs during that period.

Everytime I hear a Beatle's tune,I want to vomit.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Oreovictim



Joined: 23 Aug 2006

PostPosted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 8:29 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I can't stand The Beatles, Led Zepplin, and Pink Floyd.

The Beatles? No thanks. I don't like pop music. I prefer technical music, thank you. People have told me, "You don't understand. Their music was completely over-the-top and cutting edge for the time." Hey, I'll appreciate the production of their albums; that's about it. But the guys were far from virtuosos. Listen to what Django Reinhart was playing on the guitar 20 years earlier, and he used two fingers.

Led Zepplin. They have some good guitar riffs, but they were played to death on the radio when I was a kid. On long car rides, it was always Journey, Foreigner, Led Zepp, etc.

Pink Floyd. I used to share a car with my brother. There's nothing more depressing than driving to school on a gray Monday morning in the fall, listening to Pink Floyd.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
asylum seeker



Joined: 22 Jul 2007
Location: On your computer screen.

PostPosted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 1:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'm indifferent to them.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Display posts from previous:   
Post new topic   Reply to topic    Korean Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Off-Topic Forum All times are GMT - 8 Hours
Goto page Previous  1, 2, 3, 4, 5  Next
Page 4 of 5

 
Jump to:  
You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum


This page is maintained by the one and only Dave Sperling.
Contact Dave's ESL Cafe
Copyright © 2018 Dave Sperling. All Rights Reserved.

Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2002 phpBB Group

TEFL International Supports Dave's ESL Cafe
TEFL Courses, TESOL Course, English Teaching Jobs - TEFL International