The Beatles influence on Music

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Feelslikefar

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Just my take.

We all remember the first time we heard the Beatles.
A special time between 'Doo-Wap' and rock.

Most of my friends consider 'Sgt.Peppers' as the breakthrough album for the Beatles but I'm going to go with 'Rubber Soul'.
I'm thinking that the band grew tired of 'I want to hold your hand' and wanted to show what they had as a band.

A list of the songs on that album.

Side One:

Drive My Car
Norwegian Wood
Nowhere Man
Think for Yourself
The Word
Michelle

Side Two:

What Goes On
Girl
I'm Looking Through You
In My Life
Wait
If I Needed Someone
Run for Your Life

Almost every one of these is a Classic.
Most bands hope the lead tune will be a hit, but for this many to become classics is a tell.

And then you follow up with ' Revolver', 'Sgt.Peppers', 'White Album', 'Abby Road', 'Let it be' speaks volumes.

Hope others enjoy that bands journey.
 

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"Cultural impact of the Beatles​

"The English rock band the Beatles are commonly regarded as the foremost and most influential band in popular music history. With a line-up comprising John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, they sparked the "Beatlemania" phenomenon in 1963, gained international superstardom in 1964, and remained active until their break-up in 1970. Over the latter half of the decade, they were often viewed as orchestrators of society's developments. Their recognition concerns their effect on the era's youth and counterculture, British identity, popular music's evolution into an art form, and their unprecedented following.

Many cultural movements of the 1960s were assisted or inspired by the Beatles. In Britain, their rise to national prominence signalled the youth-driven changes in postwar society, with respect to social mobility, teenagers' commercial influence, and informality. They spearheaded the shift from American artists' global dominance of rock and roll to British acts (known in the US as the British Invasion) and inspired many young people to pursue music careers. From 1964 to 1970, the group had the top-selling US single one out of every six weeks, and the top-selling US album one out of every three weeks. In 1965, they were awarded MBEs, the first time such an honour was bestowed on a British pop act. A year later, Lennon controversially remarked that the band were "more popular than Jesus now".

The Beatles often incorporated classical elements, traditional pop forms and unconventional recording techniques in innovative ways, especially with the albums Rubber Soul (1965), Revolver (1966) and Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967). Many of their advances in production, writing, and artistic presentation were soon widespread. Other cultural changes initiated by the group include the elevation of the album to become the dominant form of record consumption over singles, a wider interest in psychedelic drugs and Eastern spirituality, and several fashion trends. The band also pioneered with their record sleeves and music videos, as well as informed music styles such as jangle, folk rock, power pop, psychedelia, progressive rock and heavy metal. By the end of the decade, the group were seen as an embodiment of the era's sociocultural movements, exemplified by the sentiment of their 1967 song "All You Need Is Love".

Over the 1960s as a whole, the Beatles were the dominant youth-centred pop act on the sales charts. They broke numerous sales and attendance records, many of which they have or had maintained for decades, and continue to enjoy a canonised status unprecedented for popular musicians. Their songs are among the most recorded in history, with cover versions of "Yesterday" exceeding thousands. As of 2009, they were the best-selling band in history, with estimated sales of over 600 million records worldwide.[1][2] Time included them in its list of the twentieth century's 100 most important people.[3]


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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_impact_of_the_Beatles
 
Rubber Soul is indeed a great album. The Beatles never put out a bad album. They were a great band and and had great songwriters in Lennon and McCartney especially, but George Harrison also came into his own towards the end of their run.

The release of the Get Back documentary, for me, was the high point of 2021. That was an incredible experience to be able to watch them create their magic. I signed up for Disney+ just to watch it.
 

To continue with this vein, a disturbing song by John Lennon.

Back in the day he wrote a song called ' Run for Your Life'.
To me it shows a very trouble young man.
I've always liked his vocals and song writing, but maybe this shows a different side that many ignore.
This could be the theme song for many locked up.

The Lyrics:,

Well, I'd rather see you dead, little girl
Than to be with another man
You better keep your head, little girl
Or I won't know where I am

You better run for your life if you can, little girl
Hide your head in the sand, little girl
Catch you with another man
That's the end, ah, little girl

Well, you know that I'm a wicked guy
And I was born with a jealous mind
And I can't spend my whole life trying
Just to make you toe the line

You better run for your life if you can, little girl
Hide your head in the sand, little girl
Catch you with another man
That's the end, ah, little girl

Let this be a sermon
I mean everything I've said
Baby, I'm determined
And I'd rather see you dead

You better run for your life if you can, little girl
Hide your head in the sand, little girl
Catch you with another man
That's the end, ah, little girl

I'd rather see you dead, little girl
Than to be with another man
You better keep your head, little girl
Or you won't know where I am

You better run for your life if you can, little girl
Hide your head in the sand, little girl
Catch you with another man
That's the end, ah, little girl

Hoping he moved on from those thoughts, but I have my doubts.

Maybe the 'Peace' thing was a way to ease his demons.
 
Feelslikefar said:
To continue with this vein, a disturbing song by John Lennon.

Back in the day he wrote a song called ' Run for Your Life'.
To me it shows a very trouble young man.
I've always liked his vocals and song writing, but maybe this shows a different side that many ignore.
This could be the theme song for many locked up.

The Lyrics:,

Well, I'd rather see you dead, little girl
Than to be with another man
You better keep your head, little girl
Or I won't know where I am

You better run for your life if you can, little girl
Hide your head in the sand, little girl
Catch you with another man
That's the end, ah, little girl

Well, you know that I'm a wicked guy
And I was born with a jealous mind
And I can't spend my whole life trying
Just to make you toe the line

You better run for your life if you can, little girl
Hide your head in the sand, little girl
Catch you with another man
That's the end, ah, little girl

Let this be a sermon
I mean everything I've said
Baby, I'm determined
And I'd rather see you dead

You better run for your life if you can, little girl
Hide your head in the sand, little girl
Catch you with another man
That's the end, ah, little girl

I'd rather see you dead, little girl
Than to be with another man
You better keep your head, little girl
Or you won't know where I am

You better run for your life if you can, little girl
Hide your head in the sand, little girl
Catch you with another man
That's the end, ah, little girl

Hoping he moved on from those thoughts, but I have my doubts.

Maybe the 'Peace' thing was a way to ease his demons.
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I think it was more like juvenile humor than something ominous. Lennon also wrote about wanting to burn his date's furniture in Norwegian Wood. He was a funny guy. Watch the Get Back documentary if you get a chance to see what he was really like. He did have his demons, but those lyrics don't represent who he was as a person.
 
Feelslikefar said:
To continue with this vein, a disturbing song by John Lennon.

Back in the day he wrote a song called ' Run for Your Life'.
To me it shows a very trouble young man.
I've always liked his vocals and song writing, but maybe this shows a different side that many ignore.
This could be the theme song for many locked up.

The Lyrics:,

Well, I'd rather see you dead, little girl
Than to be with another man
You better keep your head, little girl
Or I won't know where I am

You better run for your life if you can, little girl
Hide your head in the sand, little girl
Catch you with another man
That's the end, ah, little girl

Well, you know that I'm a wicked guy
And I was born with a jealous mind
And I can't spend my whole life trying
Just to make you toe the line

You better run for your life if you can, little girl
Hide your head in the sand, little girl
Catch you with another man
That's the end, ah, little girl

Let this be a sermon
I mean everything I've said
Baby, I'm determined
And I'd rather see you dead

You better run for your life if you can, little girl
Hide your head in the sand, little girl
Catch you with another man
That's the end, ah, little girl

I'd rather see you dead, little girl
Than to be with another man
You better keep your head, little girl
Or you won't know where I am

You better run for your life if you can, little girl
Hide your head in the sand, little girl
Catch you with another man
That's the end, ah, little girl

Hoping he moved on from those thoughts, but I have my doubts.

Maybe the 'Peace' thing was a way to ease his demons.
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I posted previously about that song. Really a weird one.
 
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