No I'm not kidding. I really don't.
It annoys me that when you tell someone that, they'll start this long condescending monologue about how you haven't "matured" into it yet, or haven't "discovered" the right song.
Maybe I've heard enough of their songs to have reached this conclusion.
Maybe, just maybe, I want to listen to bands that I don't have to spend years "maturing in to" and have more than just "the right song".
Have a look at this page if you don't believe me that saying "I'm not fond of The Beatles" gets you a load of shit. http://www.facebook.com/pages/I-Hate-The-Beatles/254699572296
People act like if you don't like The Beatles then you are musically ignorant, and your opinion is null and void. I'm not ignorant. I listen to a lot of music. And old music too. I love Peggy Lee, Elvis, The Ink Spots, The Beach Boys, The Who, The Cure, Black Sabbath, Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra (Oh and a cheeky bit of Elton) - I'm not some kind of dunce who lives and dies by what's in the top 40.
Frankly I just don't like The Beatles. I don't like their voices (or the hair for that matter). And honestly I'd maintain nothing more than a respectful indifference to them if people didn't get so righteous about it.
While I'm here I might as well admit a few other things too. I don't care for Guns and Roses. ABBA and The Monkees make me homicidal. I don't think Lady Gaga or Madonna are musical "Idols", and I'm honestly not sure I've ever even listen to Rolling Stones.
I mean, I'm happy The Beatles existed, they inspired a lot of other bands that I do listen to. I'm not even here to say they're over-rated, because if people get so freaking pretentious about them, they must be doing something right for the other 99%. I'm just saying they're not for me. And that doesn't make me a leper.
"But they're the best selling band ever!" - look at how Twilight does at the box office and then tell me that statement actually means something.
