Funny that they stole the American style of music to make themselves famous.
Get the heck out! I remember the moment, I can FEEL the moment, of listening to I WANNA HOLD YOUR HAND on AM radio. Of course there were several such moments, but they live as one within me.
To us, that is my generational cohort, this was an as yet unknown and unfelt illumination from some remote region of the cosmos, presumably Britain, as we were soon to learn.
Where were you in '62 ? ( I Wanna Hold your Hand was released in 1964. )
The Beatles created a new style of music and dominated the music scene throughout the 60s. No one sounded like the Beatles but many tried to copy them. Of course all musicians and composers have influences.
They were songwriting geniusese, however
Paul and John together.
Where does one even begin with a favorite Beatles song?
Dont laugh. Mine is the copy of Mr. Postman :)
“Funny that they stole the American style of music to make themselves famous.”
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We should demand reparations.
Seriously, I remember seeing “A Hard Day’s Night” in the theaters when it first came out. I was 8 or 9. Crumbling old theater in a decaying part of Syracuse. The Franklin Theater. Girls were screaming their heads off and fainting. To this day, I’ve never seen anything like it.
Still the best rock movie ever made. Close are “Woodstock” for its importance, and “Last Waltz” for how well it was done and performed, and “Hail, Hail Rock and Roll”, a great tribute to Chuck Berry. For me, anyway. I know everyone has their favorites.
Yep, Chuck Berry and especially Carl Perkins.
Their music is also very English. The Rolling Stones were really more American.
While there is no doubt that the Beatles were influenced by some American artists, their sound was so unique that you can't really accuse them of "stealing" someone else's sound. The Beatles took America by storm because no one had ever really heard anything like them.