It is always a question... Were The Beatles better when they first came out or towards the end? (or somewhere in between)

What do you people think?  


   It is hard for me personally to decide... The Beatles had some nice songs from like '63 to '66ish.... they were catchy and up beat and fun... the later years were pretty and had some nice tunes as well...

Discuss your opinions here!  

About '61. Kicked a**.

Quoted from John Lennon

"We were at our best when we were playing
in the dance halls of Liverpool and Hamburg.
The world never saw that."

I like them 1965 and onward... some of the songs from the early years are catchy but personally I like the stuff after Rubber Soul and Revolver.

I prefer the songs 63 to 67. I think they stuggled 68 onwards in
their songs but of course they were still amazing!   I just love the energy
of them early beatles records.
But after saying that i would have done anything to see them in Hamburg or the
Cavern before they hit it bigtime! the way they just banged songs out & shouted at
the audience sounds just so cool!
I'm just a sucker for the catchy perfect pop song to be honest!, so that's why i
choose the early years!

I would do anything to have seen them in the earlier days... but I couldn't because I wasn't born...

I like there look a lot better in the early years....

Quoted from DarkSweetLady

.. but I couldn't because I wasn't born...

I like there look a lot better in the early years....

i wasen't born either so i can't do much about it!

are we talkin suits or leather in the early years?

well I think they all looked better in the suits... but the leather was fun too!

I liked the leather personally as they could wear what they wanted!

they looked nice & clean cut in the suits but i could understand Lennon when
he said that they looked a bit too posh in them, so y'know...

Yes I know.... but I didn't think the look fit them perfectly though...

I like the 1966 style... the turning point between suits and psychedelic  

I think each period has its magic, even those early songs had signs of what The Beatles were about to become, then with Rubber Soul & Revolver came a transition period and the rest is history.  But most of my fave songs are from their last years together.  

I like the period after they stoped touring. But whats amazing is they went through a lot of interesting looks and sounds .
One thinks of Bowie changing his image or say Madonna today .
But The Beatles in my opinion kicked off the whole notion of reinvention , the leather look ,the suited moptop look and the hippy look.
Ch Ch Changes

DaveRam

Quoted from Dark Phoenyx

I think each period has its magic

Yeah, i'd go along with that!

I agree with that also ^ but i prefer the early days. They gave everything they could because there was no guarantee that they'll become stars. I'm not saying that they didnt give all they got after. But in the early years they were so young and fresh and sang rock n roll.... I'll agree with Lennon (and bobber).