I would defy anyone to name ONE other group that will garner this kind of tribute. The Beatles hasn’t done anything collectively since April of 1970. Yet, 44 years late, they are still as fresh as the day any of their tunes rolled off the line. They were a rare mix of various talents that made it work. My personal favorite group.
Exactly...You could see the audience singing the songs word for word with ages from 25 to 75 years old...Their music is and will be timeless....
Some brilliant and talented musicians broke on the scene amidst a generation of entertainers of every kind.
The sixties ushered in an age of musicians I think never existed before.
What I mean is ... at any time then (even today) you can tune into about 50 or 60 pop, rock, whatever entertainers that have been here for a while or will be here for a while.
I'm no musical historian, but what I remember of 50's AM radio is about 10 or so country singers/groups, 5 or six black groups/singers and a couple of crooners.
The Beatles were part of a time in musical history that just happened to have the schtick that schtuck and made good on it.
They also came to us as likeable arrogant boys and left more mature political/social entities that still speak to hearts.