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Originally Posted by Glice
I'm not going to respect what the Beatles did for music until one of you Beatles fans explains to me precisely the importance of Domenico Scarlatti, Thomas Tallis or John Dowland.
The point being that the Beatles are not the only people who were ever important, and you'll rarely find a Tallis fan ranting about people 'not respecting his position'. To summarise, they're all massively important, but I, and no-one else, cares if you don't recognise this.
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Of course there are other people that are important within music. There are many that are
more important. In the context of a SY messageboard though, The Beatles have a far more direct relevance than someone like Thomas Tallis has. That's not to say that people should feel pressured into liking Strawberry Fields Forever any more than they should Tallis' psalm chants. I'd even go as far as to say that
Beatles fans should maybe be aware of the importance of Tallis - if only via someone like Vaughan Williams. I'm just not sure how relevant he is to the SY universe. I admit to not knowing the first thing about Scarlatti or John Dowland and if they had a more direct impact on that universe then fair play, but in the case of Tallis (as important as he is to music, English music and, according to McCartney, his own attitude towards English music) I just don't know how important he is to SY's sphere of influence.