Does the Beatles' trip to India and experimenting with Indian spirituality make you think less of them?
As a band noSolo artists eh
>>129797031The only person it left an impression on was George, and George really just thought the Sitar sounded cool
>>129797031The Beagles perfectly matched the cult classic and the mainstream into one, like very few artists accomplished to.
>>129797078Like the Grateful Dead?
>>129797031>>129797039>>129797059>>129797078>caring about 60s one direction's trip to indiadon't you have anything better to do? i can also tell you're new here because old /mu/ HATED this band. we would've probably bullied you for this awful thread
>>129797031Eh, not really.
They were into Indian shit earlier than their trip. It already shows on Revolver, from all members
>>129797031Fuck Indians desu
>>129797169white women: "gladly"
>>129797134HURR DURRRRR BOY BAND AMIRITE GUYZEverything from Rubber Soul to Let It Be debunks your bullshit
>>129797059Only good song ever made with a sitar is Paint It BlackThe Beatles literally just made indian music but with english singing. It was horrible and they should have realized nobody liked it
>>129797180>white women: "gladly"
>>129797284No pakis
>>129797344COMMONWEALTH
>>129797134Tiresome “but on old /mu/!” poster
>>129797134Would you ever think of trying a new gimmick? All you're doing is advertising the fact that the Beatles live rent free in your head
>>129798139Dude's been at this for 5 years now. What's the point of trying to think of something new?
>>129797031Reminder one single Indian sitar playing maestro had more influence on Western and black music than anyone in history. Wh*tes will always be lesser in music. Suck my lund
>>129798192Ravi was a humble gentleman who would not say such crass things. I don't deny the skills though.
>>129798205If a fuckwit like OP wants to bring racism into what should be /mu/ because he isn't loved enough in his life then excpect it back. More than the Beatles Pandit Ravi Shankar influenced all the legendary jazz musicians lile Coltrane (who named his eldest son in his honour). Jazz went modal because of him
>>129797223>Everything from [generic pop album] to [generic pop album] debunks your bullshitUhh, okay?
>>129798326Generic in what way?
>>129798238OP here and I am not racist against Indians. I respect his musicianship, but just coming from my western background I like the Beatles more.
>>129797059George converted to Hinduism and his Bhakti (devotee) Manor is there for you to see in St Albans>>129797031Your wording was provocative. If you are genuine and not trolling then i'll leave there. Hinduism (Sanatan Dharma) is oldest living religion and culture. George converted the others didn't so what? But they were all influenced by Hindu music>muh sitarModesMicrotonesRhythmsTuningsSong structureNot to say Paul and John weren't already great songwriters but if you're trying to say they and George weren't influenced by Hindu music then your insulting the band you claim to adoreAdd The Doors guitarist too with The End
>>129797031everyone did this in the 60s so no not really
>>129798612>George converted to HinduismWhy would George convert to Pajeet Paganism and not European NeoPaganism? They're both the same religion except one is practiced by brown people and the other is practiced by white people. What exactly did Hinduism offer someone like George that other religions didn't?
>>129797232Norweigian Wood is kino and I think that was the very first of the 60s songs to use sitar. The Stones and all the others copied the Beatles of course with almost everything.
>>129800064Norwegian Wood doesn't use a Sitar, John was mimicking a sitar with his guitar when he was playing it.
>>129797031Not really. The White Album is a landmark in popular music
>>129800080George comes in with the sitar after the first phrase, he doubles the part alongside John on guitar.I checked, and that was the very first use of sitar in a Western recording.
>>129797031Hinduism is pretty fucking interesting. Way more interesting than Christianism if I'm being honest.
>>129798612Yeah. And the way he did the Bangladesh benefit concert was proof he was a fundamentally good dude. Maybe the spiritualism made him a better person.
>>129800350Fundamentally to me the difference is Sanatan Dharma (Hindu, Buddh, Sikh and Jain) is about living in harmony, to do good and not imposing itself whereas the Abrahamaic religions all make their claim as the superior religion/people and forcefully imposed that thought through the guilt trip mechanismNevermind even all the philosophy and science stuff of Sanatan Dharma that went to the West via the Arabs you can also see and hear it's influence on South East Asia countries that were once part of the Indian Hindu/Buddhist sphere like>ThailandOriginal name is Siam (as in Siamese cat) which is the local way of pronouncing Shyam - one of the 108 names of Sri Krishna - avatar of Vishnu which is the deity that George was most connected with>INDOnesia>MALAYsiaMalay meaning mountains as in Himalayas>CambodiaKamboj empire and Angkor WatTheir local music has a lot in common>>129800088Beatles at their best imo just wish they deleted some of the granny music on it>>129800355You could argue about that, at least with all the stuff with Patti, his way with women and he kept a sharp tongue but i suppose he wanted a change within and he found what he needed. I can't compare myself i'm born into it and contented with what it means to me.Bringing it back to music, i grew up listening to my dad's vinyl of Please Please Me, they were amazing songwriters
>>129797031It makes me think they really were a psyop. They went to India and didn’t tell people what it was really like
>>129801205Ringo wasn't a fan of the experience
>>129801205They were drugged up hippies, nothing they said was based on a reliable experience
>>129798192good morning
>>129797031It did introduce John to his screeching banshee wife after their Maharishi was replaced with a smart rat.
>>129797031No it makes me think more of them. Meditation is based.
>>129807378Absolutely 100%. It has changed my life for the better. don't even feel the need for the hippie hallucination drugs desu.
>>129797031Ringo said the food was shit and left early and John thought the guy was a bullshit artist. Very relateable.
>>129809023Yes there was an unsubstantiated rumor that was supposedly spread by Magic Alex.
>>129801205I've spent time at an Indian ashram. AMA
>>129797031yes
>>129809023Before call centers they had guru scams >>129810083Did the little Indian fella shag your wife?
Of course TPTB don't want people getting into spirituality and finding inner peace, I get it. The control structures are based on fear, ego, addiction to sensory stimulus, etc. Meditation helps to go beyond that so those methods don't work anymore.
>>129809023based john
>>129797232Do It Again
>>129812142Based fellow Dan fanThe Doors' The End is the best usage of the Indian scale and raga system in western pop imo
