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Hamtaro126 wrote:Fact: Ringo Starr currently works as the Narrator for Thomas the tank engine. Despite sounding older!

He did on the British show from 1984 to 1986, and the American show in 1989. He's only made one appearance in relation to Thomas since then.

tepples wrote: It gets even more flagrant in some parts of Earthbound.

Funny you should mention that, because I've always heard shades of "Yesterday" in Twoson and Threed. There's even one song in the game that samples Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxmBzMfM2ww

Oh, and I think Hip Tanaka said in an interview somewhere that he was inspired by the Beatles. And there's also a well-known anecdote of the time Koji Kondo met Paul McCartney (on an airplane, I think?), and Paul actually knew who Koji was and hummed the SMB theme to him.

And gee guys, if the early Beatles sucked so hard and there was never anything outstanding about them, why are they still the most successful band anywhere in the world, and why is the most covered song in the world "Yesterday"?

Here's a hint: it's more than that they were just cute and were the first ones to do the "long hair thing".

mic_ wrote:Personally I feel like they're overrated. Nostalgia probably
has something to do with that.

I think this is kind of what generations of gamers younger than ourselves
might say about all those older games that we love. :-)

Nostalgia is a given factor, but some things/products really are that good
despite its age.

I think they're incredibly overrated. Sure, they had a huge impact on things, but the actual music isn't anything I really care for. I'm a pretty big fan of music from that era though, but I tend to lean more towards the 70's with bands like Fleetwood Mac (seriously, don't even talk smack about them or I will kill your face!).