Definitions
WordNet 3.0
- n. a rock group from Liverpool who between 1962 and 1970 produced a variety of hit songs and albums (most of them written by Paul McCartney and John Lennon)
Examples
“I don't understand why so many of you so call beatles fans are agaisnt it, it'll mean more beatles material out there.”
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“You remind me of the beatles, which is also awesome.”
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“It kind of bothers me that people think the beatles were the greatest thing that happened to rock and roll.”
“In my opinion, the beatles are the only band prolific enough to warrant a rock band game.”
“I'M ONE OF THEIR BIGGEST FANS BUT YOU NEED TO SNAP BACK INTO REALITY!!! ahaha you should relax not everyone likes the beatles but well yeah maybe the beatles are the best band ever but not everyone likes them I don't and I hate queen too To me Is the lamest thing ever but well nobody said they weren't the bigger they are!”
“jan - thanks for stopping by. it is indeed a coming of age of sorts :D i will check out your blog more.. liked it :D penny - awww why would ANYONE get made fun of for liking beatles : sad day! the beatles are the best!”
“Those who were there for the Taping universally raved about the whole show, especially “Crying” and “In My Life (beatles)” Waiting for the PBS special so I can hear those two although I understand that “Crying” is on his Tried and True CD that drops June 1st.”
“We play guitar and sing around here and my college kids are all up in the beatles.”
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“I don't know his web address, but his number is 16144028935, His beatles do a really great job.”
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“Labels: beatles, castle crashers, olympics comments:”
reesetee Those dern giternes! Nov 3, 2008
chained_bear "In 1554 the Merchants Adventurers Company in Newcastle, England, swore out a complaint against its own apprentices for their 'lewd liberty,' which included 'dicing, carding and mumming, what tippling, dancing, and brazing of harlots ... what use of guitars at night—what wearing of beards.' When police broke up the Beatles' rooftop concert in January 1969, the Fab Four might have saluted John Swetenham, William Garlthorp, and John Pycard. In 1381 these three men became the first British sic--he means English musicians sent to jail for making a disturbance with 'giternes.'"
—Glenn Kurtz, Practicing: A Musician's Return to Music (New York: Vintage Books, 2007), 112 Nov 3, 2008