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But,. as a matter of contrast...

...take a good look at this pic. Now, it's not hard to find photos from the late 60s when bands realized they needed a LOT more amplification behind them if they wanted to be able to hear themselves. But this one here I found quite interesting. I wonder how much noise that particular outfit had to put up from their rabid fan base? Yet they found it necessary to outfit themselves with plenty of equipment in order to hear themselves on stage. Any idea who they might be? Nope, not the Who. Or Tull, or Zep, Black Sabbath, Grand Funk, Hendrix, Iron Butterfly, or the MC5.

That wall of amps was apparently necessary for the band pictured, which is the friggin' CARPENTERS. Of course, if you've read this far, you've seen what the Beatles had to work with in 1964 & 1965. I guess it doesn't matter that they played to tens of thousands of screaming girls; it's easy enough to just say that they sucked. But if the Carpenters decided a backline like that was necessary, you'd think it would've gotten across to some people over the past 4 decades that the Beatles weren't exactly dealing with anything resembling a modern approach towards amplification of a rock band in a large venue.

Yet even without the more involved stage setups that ended up being the norm on live rock stages by the end of the 60s, especially in large venues, the Beatles still managed to sound as good as they do on 'Hollywood Bowl.'

Ah, but that doesn't mean anything. After all, Lennon said they were terrible somewhere. It's not like context matters, or anything.

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