__________ is/are properly rated

[Max Rockatansky]

Coca Cola given it is adequate for when you are thirsty and need something with a little of caffeine it.  The taste is inoffensive, adequate and reliably familiar.  I like a lot of other drinks more and a lot of other drinks a whole lot less.   

[JayhawkCO]

Colorado in general. Maybe not the best state, but I think everyone rates it pretty highly.

[Rothman]

The Beatles

[kphoger]

The Beatles

+1

[formulanone]

Flanges
Virgules
Pasta
Dog noses
Leaving exactly two spaces between the other seated person when there is exactly three to spare.

[roadman65]

This day and age it's hard to rate something at the right place on the scale.

Alaska is pretty on scale in ratings. 
Kansas is good, especially their off freeway roads.
The Virgin Islands.

[kphoger]

bottled barbecue sauce
the DMV
Merlot
Greyhound
freshly ground pepper
DDIs
sweet potato fries
the major seventh chord
charcuterie boards
FritzOwl
dark chocolate

[Takumi]

Puppies
Wawa coffee
Four-lane arterials
Ayrton Senna
Belgian ales
Frasier
Albert Pujols
Honda

[Rothman]

Nilla wafers

[kurumi]

The Beatles

+0

[thspfc]

The Beatles

+1

The Beatles

+0

Where are those post quality restrictions at when you need them?

[TheHighwayMan3561]

The Beatles

+1

The Beatles

+0

Where are those post quality restrictions at when you need them?

-1

[Max Rockatansky]

The Beatles

+1

The Beatles

+0

Where are those post quality restrictions at when you need them?

Tolbs and snowc took them. 

[kphoger]

The Beatles

+0

It's perfectly understandable to not like the Beatles' music.  And I don't understand the mobs of screaming girls at the concerts drowning out the music either.  But there are certain things that just can't be denied.

For one thing, pretty much every album had multiple chart-topping hits.  How many other bands could you say that about?  You might not be as crazy about the songs as everyone else apparently was, but you must admit that the Beatles consistently made music that a lot of people really liked for a good number of years.  Play any track from any Beatles album, and I'd say there's more than a 50% chance it's a well-known song–something I don't think I could claim about any other band.

And then there's the number of other artists, from multiple genres, who have publicly stated that the Beatles were a big influence on their own development as musicians.  Again, you might think their music isn't worth all the hype, but its influence in the world of popular music has been deep and far-reaching.

Especially for those two reasons, I think the Beatles are properly rated.

[kurumi]

The Beatles

+0

It's perfectly understandable to not like the Beatles' music.  And I don't understand the mobs of screaming girls at the concerts drowning out the music either.  But there are certain things that just can't be denied.

For one thing, pretty much every album had multiple chart-topping hits.  How many other bands could you say that about?  You might not be as crazy about the songs as everyone else apparently was, but you must admit that the Beatles consistently made music that a lot of people really liked for a good number of years.  Play any track from any Beatles album, and I'd say there's more than a 50% chance it's a well-known song–something I don't think I could claim about any other band.

And then there's the number of other artists, from multiple genres, who have publicly stated that the Beatles were a big influence on their own development as musicians.  Again, you might think their music isn't worth all the hype, but its influence in the world of popular music has been deep and far-reaching.

Especially for those two reasons, I think the Beatles are properly rated.

I think we're in agreement (the intent of "+0": they are properly rated as one of the most important artists in rock and no adjustment is needed).

Early Beatles was really poppy, though you could still see the songwriting talent there. And later Beatles... hard to believe "I am the Walrus", "Happiness is a Warm Gun", and "I Want You (She's so Heavy)" is from the same band as "I Wanna Hold Your Hand". They really bucked the trend as artists who got more interesting as time went on.

[TheHighwayMan3561]

Early Beatles was really poppy, though you could still see the songwriting talent there. And later Beatles... hard to believe "I am the Walrus", "Happiness is a Warm Gun", and "I Want You (She's so Heavy)" is from the same band as "I Wanna Hold Your Hand". They really bucked the trend as artists who got more interesting as time went on.

They're one of the rare bands that whether intended or not didn't outlive its original shelf life. Sure, Let It Be wasn't *quite* as good as some of their other later material, but it was still better than most artists' best albums. There wasn't some clunker 70s-80s-90s period after the band ran out of magic that people look back on and go "what the hell was that crap they put out?" It was pretty clear by 1968 that the three main songwriters all had such irreconcilable differences in their music and personalities that they needed to go their own ways.

[kphoger]

Early Beatles was really poppy, though you could still see the songwriting talent there. And later Beatles... hard to believe "I am the Walrus", "Happiness is a Warm Gun", and "I Want You (She's so Heavy)" is from the same band as "I Wanna Hold Your Hand". They really bucked the trend as artists who got more interesting as time went on.

I mentioned it before, in some other thread, but most people are either an early-Beatles fan or a later-Beatles fan.  It's more rare (but not exceedingly so) to find someone who loves both.

[ethanhopkin14]

Early Beatles was really poppy, though you could still see the songwriting talent there. And later Beatles... hard to believe "I am the Walrus", "Happiness is a Warm Gun", and "I Want You (She's so Heavy)" is from the same band as "I Wanna Hold Your Hand". They really bucked the trend as artists who got more interesting as time went on.

I mentioned it before, in some other thread, but most people are either an early-Beatles fan or a later-Beatles fan.  It's more rare (but not exceedingly so) to find someone who loves both.

Put me on the both list.

[dlsterner]

Early Beatles was really poppy, though you could still see the songwriting talent there. And later Beatles... hard to believe "I am the Walrus", "Happiness is a Warm Gun", and "I Want You (She's so Heavy)" is from the same band as "I Wanna Hold Your Hand". They really bucked the trend as artists who got more interesting as time went on.

I mentioned it before, in some other thread, but most people are either an early-Beatles fan or a later-Beatles fan.  It's more rare (but not exceedingly so) to find someone who loves both.

Personally, I enjoy both.  Along with both early Rolling Stones and later Rolling Stones.  Early vs later, nor Beatles vs Rolling Stones, need to be mutually exclusive, at least as far as my musical tastes go.

[JoePCool14]

I knew it was only a matter of time before this thread cropped up.

My first pick for now: Illinois (most people seem to hate it, which I think is appropriate)

[hbelkins]

Illinois' flatness.

[Max Rockatansky]

Arby's curly fries.

Actually, curly fries in general.

You think they're overrated, I think they're underrated.

Maybe they're properly rated.

Agreed.  Curly fries are awesome, and that's just how they're generally rated.

Count me in the "properly rated"  camp on curly fries.  They taste exotic when I haven't had them in awhile and run of the mill when I have copious access to places to serve them. 

[kphoger]

curly fries

[formulanone]

Ayrton Senna

Fangio agrees.

[XamotCGC]

Cats