convenient, ain't THAT the truth...
Posted on 02/09/2014 7:47:02 PM PST by SeekAndFind
Musical moments that capture the attention of a national audience - and beyond - never seem to be in short supply.
Last week, Bruno Mars set a ratings record with 115 million people watching his Super Bowl performance. A few months ago, the talk was about Beyonce’s surprise album. And there’s still discussion of That Miley Moment at the MTV Video Music Awards.
But moments that spark a musical revolution? A dramatic altering of the pop culture landscape? A true moment for historians to analyze? Rare indeed, which is what makes the 50th anniversary of what is considered the start of Beatlemania so remarkable - and so unlikely to happen again.
“The media has gotten so fragmented now ... there’s 50 things in a marketing plan for an artist today,” said Revolt TV President (and former MTV executive) Andy Schuon. “The ability to fan that fire and to give it the kind of intensity that ‘The Ed Sullivan Show’ could get doesn’t exist today.”
Sunday marks the 50th anniversary of the Beatles’ performance on “Ed Sullivan,” their first appearance in America. Nielsen says 45 percent of all TV sets in use at the time were tuned into the broadcast, with fans and the uninitiated alike gathered shoulder to shoulder in their living rooms. The Beatles landed on a trigger point when they hit America. It was a pop culture sonic boom spurred by talent, timing and luck that’s still rattling the windows.
“This was a seismic shift in American culture and it gave the teenagers not only a voice but a way of being, a way of thinking that had never occurred before,” Beatles biographer Bob Spitz said.
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convenient, ain't THAT the truth...
Allan Sherman - Pop Hates the Beatles
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jj-2Tcuzy0I
Ain't that the truth.
“Most overrated band in music history.”
See a shrink as soon possible .
Then you remember those days too. There was an amazing number of British Bands which came from Liverpool and just about all of them were good.
I may have liked the Searchers even better than the Beatles.
The fartistry of the Beatles unequaled: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnQ2VQkKOZI
Pop Quiz: What was the first British Act to hit Number One in the US?
” the first 3 years just about every song they wrote was ripped off from other writers “
3 years ? wrong ... do your homework before you spew nonsense .
Oh yeah....I liked Dave Clark Five...Herman and the Hermits...Searchers...
JFKmania is driving me mad.
I was a big Animals fan.
All of them were influenced by Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis, Buddy Holly....but I think the biggest influence on the Beatles was the Everly Brothers. You can hear their harmonies in every Beatles song.
.....And Time Permitting
Frank Sinatra.
Funny, Funny Movie.
Slim Whitman?
50 years ago I was working my ass off in business and didn’t even know they existed.
Amazing how great their music is. Was a really good “shew” tonight. Paul and Ringo outshined everyone.
I was about to post that Herman’s Hermits didn’t get the cudos they deserved but I didn’t want to get flamed.
The DC5 had a very unique sound. I loved their music. Mike Smith spent the last 5 years of his life paralyzed from the waist down. Very sad.
LOL! Missed that craze!
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