Originally Posted By disney pete i can only say they are my favourite group of all time a bit influenced coz their from my hometown but i love their music.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo This is great stuff. Indeed Pete. I remember a woolyback friend of mine showed me around Liverpool a few years ago, taking me down Penny Lane, and also showing me Strawberry Fields (wll kind of ;-) The realness of the group, after the mythos was pretty cool. Heck, I am not a football fan (soccer for our US friends), but they used to beat up non-footy fns at the 1st school that I went to. So when they asked me who I supported, I always sid Liverpool (but never told them it was because I was a Beatles fan). 8-P
Originally Posted By wonderingalice Yesssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo But I suppose the question for those of you who were around 1st time; why did the Beatles take such a great hold of a generation (and subsequent generations as well)?
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Oh, dear, the formatting is out, it goes on. Pretty much like the chorus of Hey Jude!
Originally Posted By wonderingalice *LOL* Sorry Dave... ;-) First time around... My opinion - and I've heard others state pretty much the same: Music was at a strange stage... Pat Boone... Elvis coming out of the Army and into some really awful movies ("Viva Las Vegas" an exception, of course ;-) ... and the biggest thing - the assassination of President Kennedy. American kids were starving for something positive and fun, and what they got was this group of four young guys who looked really different, were rebels with long hair, and they made music... FABulous music that made you FEEL GOOD. And then they spoke - cheeky and funny and irreverent and with those cute British accents. It was brand new and we (even though I was not quite six years old when they arrived) grabbed onto it and didn't let go. And they never gave us reason to let go (well, with the exception of those moments in 1966 in the Bible Belt. ;-) The music just kept getting better and better and BETTER. Though they were together longer than we first knew - the bulk of their creativity and offerings came to Americans in just about six short years - remarkable.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 Big time yes. No one comes close, even though I love other bands from the era (Stones, Kinks, Who, CCR) and subsequently, there was no other band that came close. They just redefined rock. Listen to pre-'63 or '64 music, and then listen to what was happening just 3 or 4 short years later. It's a sea change. And though they weren't the only reason for the changes, they were the biggest one. Sgt. Pepper was the most influential, but Revolver and Rubber Soul probably stand the test of time the best. (Rubber Soul almost sounds like "Revolver unplugged" actually). Just consider side 1 of Revolver. It starts with a straight-ahead, ballsy, somewhat dissonant rocker (Taxman.) Next is a complete 180, a beautiful sad song with just a string octet for accompaniment, painting a vivid picture of loneliness in about 2 minutes and 20 seconds (Eleanor Rigby). Then it pivots again to a drugged-out hallucination of a song (I'm only Sleeping) complete with backwards guitar solo. Then it pivots AGAIN with a song with Indian instruments and Indian scales going on (Love You To). Then we get an all-time classic love song (Here, There, and Everywhere). Then basically a children's song with singalong chorus that everyone around the globe knows (Yellow Submarine). Then it finishes with another straight-ahead, ballsy, somewhat dissonant rocker (She Said, She Said). Extremely varied songs, and yet they all hold together. And that's just side one!
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Indeed. I remember in London when we first moved here, there was a wonderful Epcot/Disney like attraction in the West End. Rock Circus was a museum of popular music that used Madame Tussauds wax figures, sets and memoriabilia to tell the story of the progression of pop and rock. The Beatles section was set in the cavern club. But the coolest bit was the grand finale. There was a carousel theatre a la Carousel of Progress/America Sings where you rotated through the different ages, with AAs and film mixed together. Starting with Bill Hailey and the Comets. When we got to the Beatles section they had AA versions of the fab 4 with cutouts of the rest of the people on the Sgt Pepper's Album cover. It was a very well recieved exhibit at the time. Sadly, like America Sings, it is now history! Other notable AA's included Elvis, Michael Jackson, Madonna, Eurythmics, Elton John, Sex Pistols and many more.
Originally Posted By Goofyernmost No more long yesssssssssss's! Please! Or for that matter no more long nooooooo's!
Originally Posted By Tink2002 Here Comes the Sun...do do dodo I want this on my alarm clock. Not a huge fan of the later stuff.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip <<Not a huge fan of the later stuff.>> Ummm... "Here Comes the Sun" IS the later stuff.
Originally Posted By Schmitty Good Vibes I'm not trying to be a smarty pants, but Sgt. Peppers came out before Magical Mystery Tour (I am the Walrus). Again, Let It Be was recorded and shelved before Abbey Road. Abbey Road was an effort to overcome what they considered to be poor work. My favorite Beatle's memory was watching the Ed Sullivan Show. My father loved almost all forms of music and had pretty good tatse. WHen their first song was done my dad turned to my sister and I and said "These guys are good!!". Most other 'older folks' I knew thought that they were awful - mostly because of their 'long' hair. They just weren't listening. A short time later my dad was in London and loaded up on records and albums that had songs that wouldn't be released in the U.S. for quite a while.
Originally Posted By Schmitty Good Vibes Where's that edit button? tatse = taste (among other bloopers)
Originally Posted By mawnck I was gonna say ... you can't get much later than that. Maybe Tink means the solo stuff? There's a lot of that to not be a huge fan of.
Originally Posted By Schmitty Good Vibes >>>There's a lot of that to not be a huge fan of.<<< I have to agree. One thing's for sure: Ask me what my favorite Beatle's song is and I just can't come up with one. The same isn't true with me for the Stones or any other group.
Originally Posted By disneyland1 Gonna have to go with a NO on this one. Just don't like the music. I too, just don't get the hype over them. Guess it is all in taste of music. Some like different things.
Originally Posted By wonderingalice Schmitty, I was lucky like you... My parents were 27 & 28 years old at the time of the Fabs' first appearance on Ed Sullivan. They brought nearly every album into our home (all of them except Yellow Sub, Magical Mystery Tour and the White Album - no biggy though... My brother and I eventually rounded out the purchases with those. ;-) So, in addition to all types of earlier music, I grew up with the Beatles right from their start. We were very fortunate indeed. My parents LOVE music and it rubbed off on me from the time I was a toddler. I was never once told, "Kimberly, turn down that racket!" *LOL*
