Is Britney Spears more popular than the Beatles in the '00s?

[Magrittes Pipe]

Yeah, it's a shame.

But still, "Hit Me Baby, One More Time" and "Toxic" are FAR better songs than the Brothers Gallagher ever came up with.

[Worst Username Ever]

1. uh...uh...

:puke:

[Kikosexy2]

2. No...never will..

but it depends on which age group is answering. Britney is trash and fluff, mindless, future guilty pleasures like cheesey 70s songs.

[JVS]

3. Mmmmmm Teen tramp music!

[WI_DEM]

4. Hell, No.

[saracat]

5. Who says that? That is ridculous!

She doesn't close down airports and bring cities to a halt! Nor is she frontpage news. There is NO comparison!

[Magrittes Pipe]

7. hee

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=2509947&mesg_id=2509947

All I'm saying is, though she pales in comparison to the Beatles, Britney is way better than Oasis.

[Kikosexy2]

9. No brainer..

I'll take Oasis anyday.

[Kahuna]

14. "....pales om comparision to the Beatles..." That, my fried is a gross

understatement. :eyes:

[codswallop]

41. Oasis was a sick dynamic

but nowhere near as sick as Britney...and far better musically.

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

6. Toxic is a badd ass tune

so is Baby Boy by Beyoncé

[Kikosexy2]

8. You're...

kidding I hope. Or do you have such bad taste in music.

[redqueen]

10. Well... I have such bad taste!

:cry:

[Kikosexy2]

11. Well I have..

a soft spot for cheesey, guilty pleasures like "Toxic" and "Seasons in the Sun", "I Am Woman", etc. So don't feel bad--no pun intended.

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

13. No - seriously - take the Beyoncé and Britney out of the mix and those

tracks are really creative. East Indian melodies, creative bass lines, great production work.

[Kahuna]

15. How did Beyonce get in this? She can actually sing.

:shrug:

Welcome back. :hi:

[tjdee]

27. Simon Cowell, kingmaker, says he is perplexed by her success

as she cannot sing, and isn't that beautiful.

:crazy:

[Kahuna]

36. I may not like most of the songs she sings. But she does

have a good voice. And she is beautiful.

[redqueen]

32. I can't get enough Toxic

I just love that song.

I'll have to listen to Baby Boy ...

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

34. Baby Boy is better IMO

But then I'm a dancehall fan so....

[redqueen]

35. I don't recognize it

I've probably heard it but just didn't pay attention.

Those fat, squishy sounds on Toxic I just couldn't ignore. :)

[tjdee]

26. Do you mean Destiny's Child?

Are you talking about the new single?

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

29. no - Baby Boy - Beyoncé and Sean Paul

come now!

[Kahuna]

12. HELL NO!!!! Not even close. I never hear about throngs of

fans camping out at her doorstep to tear her clothes off, just so they can have a piece of her. Pu-leeze.

[Magrittes Pipe]

16. I never said that we were better than Jesus Christ....

How quickly we forget.

[dolo amber]

17. You are this:

Wrong.

Oasis is FAR better than Shiteney Spears on their worst day. And they're HOT! :P

[Magrittes Pipe]

22. At least Britney has two distinct eyebrows.

[dolo amber]

24. At least the Gallaghers aren't

95% plastic. Ooooh...talk about "Toxic".

:P

[tigereye]

31. I like Oasis

or are ya just toying with people, D? ;) They are kind of a guilty pleasure for me.

[dolo amber]

37. Not this time, tigereye

I'm bona fide. :loveya:

[tigereye]

43. whew, now I can relax.

I can imagine how much crap you get at home about that ;)

[barb162]

18. no way in hell, she is teeny-bopper stuff

[alexisfree]

19. not in my book!

:puke:

[Moloch]

20. I prefer Britney...

The Beatles are tired and old. Plus, Britney doesn't have to resort to making stupid, nonsensical, druggie songs like "I am the Walrus" just because it is the popular thing at the time.

[Magrittes Pipe]

21. "I Am the Walrus" was a BRILLIANT song!

"Martha, My Dear" on the other hand.... :puke:

[jpgray]

28. Ha! I like 'em both

Sometimes I'm in the mood for saccharine Paulishness. No "Wild Honey Pie" for me, though.

[Magrittes Pipe]

30. "Wild Honey Pie" rules.

Asshat.

[NNadir]

25. I would probably have to have heard a Brittany Spears song

to make a definitive answer, but I haven't.

That probably says something.

I know, of course, who Brittany Spears is and all about her navel and marriages through supermarket tabloid osmosis, but I have no idea what any of her music sounds like.

From what I can tell from my unfortunate knowledge of her, she about sums up what is left of American culture. There's nothing there but an insipid illusion.

[codswallop]

40. That is probably the most clueless statement I've ever seen

posted about music.

[NoPasaran]

23. No way

The Fab Four were bigger than Jesus, for chrissake!

[tigereye]

33. I don't think Britney songs will be heard years from now

but I suspect the Beatles will. My son is enjoying them now, and a lot of their songs sound even better than when I was his age.

[jmm]

38. Let me rephrase your question

In 2045 will Britney Spears be more popular than the Beatles in 2005? I doubt it. I was born long after the Beatles broke up but I doubt the generation after me will listen to her music the way my generation still listens to their music.

[Magrittes Pipe]

42. Well, if you want to rephrase it in the COMPLETELY WRONG way.

Is Britney more popular than the Beatles in the aughts? In other words, in the past five years, who's been all record-selly and stuff? The lads from Liverpool sold some swag, sure. So has Britney.

The Beatles were bigger than Jesus in '66. Is Britney, right now, bigger than the Beatles?

I just love being an iconoclast.

[lavenderdiva]

39. ain't no way...

no one will ever remember Britney Spears 10 years from now, especially her music. Only as an historical footnote, and maybe her songs will be on a 'Best of' compilation sold on an infomercial at 3am some night. IMHO.