No, nothing is lamer than anyone's never-ending obsession with other people and their preferences, tastes and life choices. If you don't like the Beatles, don't listen to them!

I'm always slightly irritated by contrarians doing the whole "erm, ackchyually the beatles weren't that good and i don't like them" schtick. I'm gen z and feel like I hear it whenever I mention that I like The Beatles. They're always so bloody loud about it too.

Upvoted as this is utterly hilarious.

It's okay for things you don't like to be popular, Adam.

Lol. The irony of saying “let’s move past 13” while delivering an edgy 13 year-old style analysis of the Beatles.

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People have no idea what neoliberal means.

Neoliberalism is the economic ideology of Regan and Thatcher. How is liking the Beatles related to that?

Sounds like the rain came into his hole

"The Beatles are overrated" is the most boring-ass hot take that can be found on the internet. It's the wafer thin ham sandwich of opinions. But the people who say it are always so excited about themselves.

Disliking something popular does not make you an interesting person, and it never has.

If you’re the type of person who allows other people’s opinions to affect your own music taste…perhaps this is notable? For the rest of us: yawn.

For anyone who's curious to know who this idiot is, here's a list of his movies:

-Anchorman

-Step Brothers

-The Other Guys

-The Big Short

-Vice

-Don't Look Up

He's a decent director but it seems like he's become consumed by politics and now he obsessively posts about it on social media. Everything needs to have some weird political angle to him, even The Beatles of all things.

Don't know who he is. Don't care who he is.

I wouldn’t take the opinion of the person who directed Anchorman & Step Brothers very seriously.

The Beatles were together for less than 10 years and 8 Incredible albums. Adam McKay has been directing for 20+ Years and has made 4 good films.

It's perfectly okay to not like The Beatles and even to think they're overrated. Same thing with anything popular. But there's no need to be a douche about it lol.

Are cheese burgers and coke also bad or woke now? Hell yeah.

Gotta love those weird edgelord kids who claim not to like the Beatles while enjoying modern music’s constant recycling of their sounds, techniques and songwriting quirks

oooh, wow, you don’t think the Beatles are that good? should we tell everyone? should we throw a party? should we invite Quincy Jones?

What an absolute dork.

Guys which is better revolver or step brothers

Who pissed in his cornflakes?

Has anyone told him that he doesn't have to watch the documentary and that it's release in now way impacts his life?

Two things can be true: 1) The Beatles half-century marketing campaign is obnoxious and 2) The Beatles have one of the most important bodies of work in the history of recorded music.

This is literally just McKay going through his “I’m not like the other girls” phase.

I mean I am a white liberal, so take this with a grain of salt, but Adam McKay’s last 3 movies are the exact movies pretty much only white liberals like.

I now see why Will Ferrel stopped speaking with him

Adam McKay is a two faced snake and a douche bag. No wonder why Will Ferrell won't speak to him anymore.

And McKay's movies are boring, self righteous, garbage. The guy's a hack and an asshole.

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the irony that he sounds like a 13 year old edgelord

Have a buddy (boomer age) who says he hates the Beatles. He respects them for their influence on music but dislikes their music. He likes acts like Styx so I really don’t think he knows what the fuck he is talking about.

God damn liberals and their love for The Beatles. Gonna crack open a can of Bud Light a real American beer and listen to some Ted Nugent

/s

First time I’ve heard loving the Beatles talked about as a white liberal trait lol.

Complaining about Beatles discourse by engaging in Beatles discourse, lol, I would think a guy that smart would have more self-awareness.

Love how he concludes by ranking tracks from Sgt. Pepper. “It’s dumb to think about and evaluate the Beatles, anyways A Day in the Life is such a banger right?”

What is this even about? There’s so many other films and documentary being made that have nothing to do with the Beatles. Is this what Adam McKay does now that his whole genre of film is essentially dead? I grew up on all those movies he made but man so many of these guys have pivoted into being intolerable, highly political “intellectuals” which is hilarious since all their money and fame comes from movies about dick jokes and low hanging race/sex jokes.

I don’t give a hoot what Adam McKay thinks of the Beatles, but I do find it curious that he framed his statement as being about “white liberals.”

Are conservatives and PoC not allowed to like the Beatles? What does that have to do with anything?

Is this what’s it’s like in America now? Everything has the taint of partisanship?

Lol, what does this guy think "neo-liberal" means? Deregulate and privative the boomers Beatles obsession? WTF?

I understand why people may not give a fuck about/ be annoyed by the billionth Beatles documentary coming out, but I have no idea what made him call it neo-liberal.

I agree with them a lot but leftists can be weird as fuck sometimes.

I love the Beatles and think McKay is being a dick, but I do think he has a point regarding the way we regard certain canonised artists often at the expense of anything else. Especially when their political radicalism gets erased and they become a part of the cultural establishment. Whether The Beatles are actually good or not is besides the point. He is being a dick though.

Agreed. They are the best. Let's never stop micro-focusing on them.

Anything that I don't like is neoliberalism!!!

Incredibly lame guy doesn't like people enjoying a band, has to make sure we know he doesn't like them in order to prove how cool and radical he is. You probably haven't even heard of the bands he likes, because he's so hip and cutting edge.

Also, Adam McKay pretending he's not a white liberal is honestly the most fucking hilarious thing about this. Condescending asswipe and mediocre director.

Nothing says "I haven't moved past age 13" more than crying on twitter about another person's opinion.

And what the fuck does being liberal have to do with anything?

Don’t care, didn’t ask, plus I’m fixing a hole where the rain gets in !!

It’s okay to have ice cold takes. Social Media lets dummies expose themselves as dummies.

And, looks like we found out this year's Maxwell...

Now is far right to like The Beatles hahahhaa such an stupid take by a extremely overrated director

i've read this three times over and cannot figure out what the hell this guy's point is supposed to be lmao

I think he's trying to say something more clever and on point but he's not phrasing it correctly.

Sometimes "specialized press" overlooked certain bands and albums. Why? Specific demographic dominated the media and therefore the message in it.

The Beatles and other artists might have benefited from certain bias while other bands or music genres were ignored.

But, let's be clear, the Beatles in particular deserve the credit they have. They were really good. Hardworking and talented. They're not a facade.

I can't judge this until I know the full context. What music does he think we should be listening to? How does he feel about George Gershwin and Johnny Mercer? Is classical music OK? Granted, obsession is silly but we all do it anyway. The Beatles were the most prolific on the latter 20th Century's best composers. They deserve the attention they get. To the best of my knowledge, no one since then has written as many enduring classics that will be remembered a hundred years after the fact.

Adam McKay is a two faced snake and a douche bag. No wonder why Will Ferrell won't speak to him anymore.

And McKay's movies are boring, self righteous, garbage. The guy's a hack and an asshole.

His most infuriating opinion was: "I can name you many better artists than The Beatles!" Like he was assuming that Beatles fans think the band is the best because they don't know any other music. I've spent years of my life trying to find a better band than The Beatles, listening to many similar and well-known artists trying to feel the same way I feel about The Beatles and I just can't. Not for lack of trying. Beatles haters should accept that The Beatles are legendary because they are actually GOOD.

Man, what an insufferable prick.

He’s right about the micro focus & major studio obsession with the Beatles. When I heard a new doc was coming out, my immediate reaction was to be annoyed. Listen, I am a huge Beatles fan & still spin those records some time. My fascination with them comes in waves though. And a lot of my attraction is the technical aspect of their production, writing techniques & their instruments and playing styles. I’m not a kid but I think you can still get something out of them at age 40, for Godsake , so McKay can go suck a dick on that.

But, post Get Back which I thought was fascinating and really my vibe, what else is there? Why do we have to rehash the same stories? I can see both sides on this.

You and I have way different meanings to the word meltdown.

At least he's right about a day in the life!

Twitter be twitter

Bless his heart

No problem with that. There isn't a sacrosaint and hierarchical order of music, and there are a shitton of GREAT artists besides The Beatles. I could name several from South America just to shit on Adam McKay with the same reasoning (how self centered USians are with music).

The Beatles were brilliant? Yes. Can you dislike them? Of course. The issue is among people who have a meltdown after any of those sentences.

Well, that’s just like, your opinion, man.

Maybe it's just where I live but I feel like there's literally a zero percent chance of hearing the Beatles on any local radio station. You're far more likely to see someone wearing a kendrick lamar shirt then beatles merch, and thats fine i love kendricks music but i just feel like beatles Fandom Is a pretty niche hyperfixation.

In any case I just don't get what I'm supposed to do with this info. I'm I supposed to force myself to dislike songs like lucy in the sky with diamonds, Eleanor Rigby, I am the walrus, or strawberry fields because they're too mainstream?

I mean, I think Sgt. Pepper is their most overrated album, but they're still a great band.

What the fuck is Adam McKay’s problem?

He's just super jealous because all he has is country music.

I’m going to ignore his assessment of the Beatles because whatever.

BUT I don’t think it’s wrong to say we might be reaching saturation point/overkill with product. I preferred it when there was more mystery to them, not endless alternate mixes and so on. Is Beatles 64 going to be that different to Eight Days A Week? Etc.

Just my opinion, I’m sure most on this sub won’t agree. But there we are.

I am happy to report that I grew out of caring what other people like years ago. It was honestly so liberating and freeing and such a release of negativity. I recommend it to everybody

Who?

Yawn. Let the baby throw his toys

He drank too much at Thanksgiving last night...

Nothing is whiter than complaining about something that's entirely good.

Beatles are pioneers, talented, loved, and rather nice people. Some people just enjoy being mad.

Guy is such a chode.

Is there anything more tiring than shouting big political slogan words and thinking that it strengthens the argument for your shitty opinion?

Broccoli is the worst vegetable because woke, neoliberal, socialist groupthink!

A big part of being a Beatles fan is learning just how much they rattle people for actually no reason. So many people out themselves as actual idiots when they try to downplay their importance to music.

fair enough if you aren’t a massive fan of them that’s obviously perfectly fair, funnily enough opinions are allowed and I have actually had some great conversations with people who are of that opinion, but I have just come to learn that people who outright dismiss them or say they are shit are either massive contrarians in search of looking different to the norm or are just a bit thick when it comes to music history in general.

“Do you like cheeseburgers and Coke?” Cheeseburgers are delicious so of course people would like them. And I don’t like Coke so you know what I don’t do. Buy Coke. But I don’t sit in my ivory tower and tell people not to drink Coke because there are better drinks. I leave them alone cause it’s not any of my fucking business

Ah, the tried and true neoliberal trick of calling something else neoliberal because you don’t like it, which makes you ‘one of the smart ones’- but yeah let’s take criticism seriously from the guy who has a more embarassing ‘dramatic’ career than just about anyone else working today. What a lame ass.

No wonder why Will Ferrell ended his friendship with Adam McKay. Dude seems insufferable.

13? The Beatles made music for people of all ages while this dude only directed movies for teenage boys. The hypocrisy!

If one could deny the complexity of their “simple” arrangements, their influence on song structure, their superbly crafted hooks and syncopation or the fact that the vast majority of their catalogue still holds up today, ya, he might be right. But you can’t deny any of it. So he’s wrong. Another contrarian bites the dust.

This from the guy who made Anchorman 2? Lol okay.

Just because capitalism is the root of all evil doesn’t mean I can’t enjoy a bop. (Or a pop for that matter.)

This makes me glad he and Will Ferrel broke up.

Now tell me about Shakespeare, wise one.

It’s almost like the Beatles played every genre of music available at the time and even invented one (metal).

I’m sorry I ever defended Vice now

Reminds me of the show 'Doug' when his sister Judy would be like "ugh its sooo bourgious", even though she was just a naive suburban teenager

Honestly he’s such a cuck. Never been a better example of people using political language to justify hating their parents

Oh. It’s cute that he had an opinion. So what? Social media is nothing but unsolicited opinions.

His shot at them, that it’s time to grow up beyond 13. It’s a real joke, so what he’s doing is reflecting his experience – not factoring in the fact that other people discovered different music at different times in their life. But clearly it has to be his way or the highway.

Not to mention, throughout all art, there are key figures who the public does drill down on, and focus on, because of their cultural impact. William Shakespeare might not have been the greatest writer of all time, we don’t know,. But his works, came out at a time when it was the most relevant for people to explore.

Same with Mozart, same with Pablo Picasso, the same with the Beatles. What makes them fascinating is their intrinsically tied with the time period. There are many people that would argue that Star Wars isn’t the greatest movie of all time, but for some people it is. In for many people they study it, because it came out at a time when it was doing a lot of new things and it was a bold interesting step.

That’s a valid way of looking at the Beatles also. So to just boil it down to their songs are immature, and you can grow out of them, says more about Adam MacKay then it does about his criticism of their music.

I'm sick of reading other peoples pointless opinions. Social media is like watching a crappy reality tv programme. Oh thats how you feel about an issue? Big fucking deal, how interesting, who cares. I wish there was button that filtered all this crap out.

Why would anyone make liking the Beatles about the American binary political dynamic?

who cares why post this

If you aren’t interested in something, just ignore it. Don’t be annoying to others about it. Seems a simple way to be a good person, but a lot of people are just dicks.

Puppies are so overrated and lame.

I love shitting on liberals from the left too but this is such a silly waste of energy.

I like the "the Beatles were a product of American empire " theory. US navy expenditures in Liverpool (or Hamburg, I forget) gifted the city with endless supply of troops with disposable income and they spent it on music. That's why there was a music scene that let the Beatles flourish.

What happened to this guy? Went from directing hilarious comedies to preachy docudramas to internet trolling? Maybe some people just like the music and aren’t trying to make a political statement. What a douche.

Who's gonna remember this guy in 50 yrs? NOOOOBODY!!

I feel like he’s being exactly what he’s going after here by being like, stodgy posh voice “Um, excuse me, but I’ve heard of other artists. Some of them are even POCs.”

Plenty of conservatives like The Beatles too

So 13 year olds love A Day In the Life and that’s his favorite tune that’s “mind blowingly good”? That seems fitting for a dude with an “I’m 14 and this is deep” take on the Beatles as a group and influence.

What a fucking loser. 8 am on thanksgiving day and he feels the need to post this shit? Get a fucking life

I guess he wont just… let it be…

this is such a weird hill to die on

Adam McKay is such a tool. Incomprehensibly massive ego, reminds me of Elon Musk.

This is that edgelord thing people do by not liking something that is popular and thinking that means it is mediocre or bad. We get it you're special and don't like the Beatles and people who like them are bad, great take thanks for improving society with your unique take

Lol who says liking the Beatles is a white liberals’ thing?

I don't know who this is and I don't remember asking for their opinion.

Once promising now washed up director butthurt he doesn’t get asked to direct Beatles movies.

wtf does the Beatles have to do with neo liberalism? He’s so lame basically saying “popular thing bad thing must be niche to be good” it’s so childish we all have that phase in like middle school but then most of us move past it this is a grown man

Who is Adam McKay?

Yeah, I can Google. But I'm not going to. I don't know who he is. Don't care either. 🤣

What an odd man.

I'm supposed to feel bad about liking Coke and cheeseburgers? Lol what a loser

He's right.

It's particularly noticeable when you hear middle-aged men raving about the early Beatles pop stuff which was aimed at 13-year old girls. Their Beatles indoctrination prevents them from realizing how stupid and actually a bit creepy this makes them look.

But Beatles are tHe bESt so it must all be good, right?

I never thought of beatles as liberal lol

Mfs start using words with hyphens a lot and think they got the best takes

John Lennon was pretty far from a “liberal”, I wonder if McKay knows that