On The Beatles, 1964

From Newsweek Magazine, 1964, when the Beatles arrived to America:

"Visually they are a nightmare: tight, dandified, Edwardian-Beatnik suits and great pudding bowls of hair.  Musically they are a near-disaster: guitars and drums slamming out a merciless beat that does away with secondary rhythms, harmony, and melody.  Their lyrics (punctuated by nutty shouts of “yeah, yeah, yeah!”) are a catastrophe, a preposterous farrago of Valentine-card romantic sentiments."

I hope the author didn't give out stock recommendations, too.

Link:  http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek.html