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I’m here today to discuss, compare, and contrast the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, two of the best rock and roll bands from the 1960s. During the British Invasion, both of these bands had a lasting impression worldwide inspiring many of the current artists today. Although both bands are similar, they have many differences.
The Beatles were formed in London and consisted of four prime members: John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, and George Harrison. When they first came out from Liverpool to America, they gave a clean look toward people by wearing suits and trimmed haircuts. The Rolling Stones, also formed in London later on, also consisted of four prime members in the beginning: Mick Jagger, Ronnie Wood, Keith Richards, and Charlie Watts. Throughout their career, they let they hair grow long and wear whatever they wanted including concerts, giving off the “I don’t care” look. The Beatles gave a clean impression, perceived as perfect school boys while The Rolling Stones gave a dirty image to the public and didn’t care about other’s opinion and rebelled against “the man”. As t...
Who is better: The Beatles or The Rolling Stones? This is quite possibly the most debated question in the history of rock music. Unfortunately, many debaters don’t learn the facts about these two legendary bands before plunging into heated arguments about this topic. What is surprising about these two groups is that they are exceptionally alike. Though they are minuscule, there are distinctions that set The Beatles and The Rolling Stones apart.
The Beatles are an iconic English rock band and are widely regarded as the “foremost and most influential act of the rock era” (Unterberg). Formed in Liverpool in 1960, the Beatles were comprised of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, with Stuart Sutcliffe on bass guitar in January and Pete
The Beatles and the Beach Boys are two of the most recognized, well-known and most popular musical acts of the 1960’s right through to the 1970’s. I will be focusing on the group acts rather than solo performers such as John Lennon, Paul McCartney and George Harrison of the Beatles, who took their own stylistic approach to their music after the Beatles’ separation. Each group’s arrangement and use of instruments classify them as part of the overall associated sound and typical subject matter of songs in the 1960’s, yet remain different enough to distinguish between each group’s desired sound.
British rock ‘n’ roll began in the 1950’s and it wasn’t until the 1960’s when The Beatles heightened the start of the British Invasion. The band consisted of eclectic individuals such as John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. The Beatles’ group dynamic was founded on team-based operations as well as two-way innovations such as problem-to-solution and solution-to-problem of team building. However, like every group, internal and external interaction arose creating competition, which lead to both positive and negative conflict.
Culturally, I was taught that bands like the Beatles stole songs and style from African American artists of their time. In response to these accusations, John Lennon wrote, “We didn’t sing our own songs in the early days – they weren’t good enough; the one thing we always did was to make it known that there were black originals, we loved the music and wanted to spread it in any way we could.” In what I learned, he was right, because at the time they couldn’t spread their own music very far. Besides this, my experience with the Beatles before studying abroad was with some of their songs featured in movies and store soundtracks. When I worked at WAWA, I’d love to hear “The Yellow Submarine."
A major person that the Beatles has influenced was an artist named Kurt Cobain (widely known as the singer of Nirvana). Another short example of someone that was influenced by the Beatles was Gene Simmons (singer and bassist of KISS). Not only Artists but people were influenced by the words in the Beatles music to start fighting for rights of people. During the Vietnam war John Lennon would talk about how the world should come together and fight for peace. This came up to the song (Imagine) sung by John Lennon. The Beatles had a popular hairstyle that young teen boys got called “Mop-top”. Usually young teens wore this style of hair and it was highly mocked by adults. Clothing they wore eventually became popular to both male and female listeners. An example where the highly known glasses that John Lennon would wear called teashade glasses but are known now from people as “John Lennon glasses”, these glasses were round shaped shades. The influence of The Beatles on the people may seem small but it created a huge effect on fashion now, and on how people view the
Jazz, rhythm, and blues filled the houses and streets around the 1950s, but the 1960’s brought a brand new sound that some people were not ready for. This. Sound was rock and roll. The British Invasion brought a fresh, unique sound to the music industry in the 1960s and has had an huge influence in the music that is heard today. Many people think of the Beatles when the invasion is mentioned, along with the Who, the Kinks, the Yardbirds, the Animals, and many others. Apart from the Beatles, the Rolling Stones had a huge part in making the invasion the craze that it was, forever changing the music industry, and the way music was perceived.
the term microcosm can be defines as a small society, place, or activity that has all the features of the larger one, making it seem like a smaller version of it. The Beatles can be considered a microcosm of the 60's because they represented a smaller version of the overall world of the music beginning to emerge at the time. The Beatles essentially shaped the way a large amount of people felt about pop music. Rather than following the steps of everyone else, they decided to take their own path in music, no matter what everyone else would think of it, which ended up making them the hug success they were. They drew in a large fan following that included not only teenagers but also people of many ages as well. With all of this being said, it
The first several years of the sixties, British rock was moving away from the rockabilly of the 50s, and toward more R&B and blues focused music. This new style of music represented a rising Mod trend [5], “Mod” referring to the British subculture characterized by stylish dress, the riding of motor scooters, and a liking for this style of music. Many bands from across the Pond became very popular as a result of this, including The Kinks, The Who, The Byrds, The Yardbirds, the Animals, and, of course, it wouldn’t have been the Sixties without the legendary Beatles. The Beatles originated as just a small town band, “singing simple songs” [2] in 1962. The band’s first members were John Lennon and Paul McCartney, who first played together at the Conservative Club in Norris Green, with the name “the Quarrymen”, in 1957.
Music was liberated from the wartime hardship and the prim attitudes of the fifties. Whether or not the music could have been the literal definition of rebellion or standing up to the establishment of culture, protests songs put music out into the world that had a message and everyone could sing along to (Sixtiesmusic.org, n.d.). Although, in the mid-1960’s, there was a large dichotomy between the styles of music: manufactured bands such as The Archies and The Monkees and the revolutionary artistry such as Bob Dylan and Jimi Hendrix. Also during this decade, The Beatles and The Rolling Stones emerged, with The Beatles dominating the charts starting the famous British Invasion (Music Bands And Artists over 70 years,
Rolling Stones became popular rather quickly when they changed their sound of music from blues to rock and roll. They would eventually experiment with almost all types of rock music, but still never drifted too far from the blues. The Rolling Stones was like the Beatles alter ego. While The Beatles avoided singing about controversy and class distinctions, The Rolling Stones revealed them. They were seen as the “bad boys” in rock, singing about subjects considered taboo, like sex, drugs, and violence. At times, they would write songs to be honest and draw attention to subjects that were commonly avoided.
(Adebowlae, 1) The attitude portrayed by The Stones has also been a major influence on modern British bands. The Stones were seen as being sensual, dangerous, and even rude. They started the less ‘clean cut’ manner of talented rock bands. Critics say that they started the stereotype of the bad boys in rock bands.
The Beatles have been noted as one of the greatest, if not the greatest, and most persuasive bands of all time. They were both musical and lyrical masterminds whom interpreted their opinions through their music. Of those many opinions their main message they wanted to send was the idea of peace. The Beatles opposed the war in Vietnam and were avid participants in the anti-war movement; by trend setting, not being afraid to speak their mind, and writing songs including: “Give Peace A Chance,” “Revolution,” “All You Need Is Love,” and many more. These songs insinuated and instilled their views on world peace, and back their opinions on the war.
I chose this Rock group because it brings back memories of when my father always sang to their music apart from the Beatles. I remember the happy, beefy chords of “Start me up” weekend mornings in the house. I believe that this group did more to express rock and it’s core. The Rolling Stones, described themselves and by fan-supported, is “The World’s Greatest Rock and Roll Band.” The Rolling Stones is well into its fifth decade singing together as a group. They are the longest-lived, continuous performing band in the history of music. From the band’s early British early stages through the present-day, The Rolling Stones has continued to modify its music to the sounds and styles of the past decades, remaining ever visible and admired in the
The Beatles are an English rock band who originated in Liverpool, England in 1960. They were a huge success locally even before they began to make records in the United Kingdom. The band was comprised of four members: John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr. They owe much of their early, quick success to manager Brian Epstein who molded them into a professional act, and producer George Martin who enhanced their musical potential. Early in the 1960’s, their widespread fame in the United Kingdom was first referred to as “Beatlemania”. Eventually, they acquired the nickname “the Fab Four” as Beatlemania grew rapidly in Britain. By 1964, the Fab Four made their way overseas and officially became international pop stars. The Beatles were the leading factor in the “British Invasion” of the United States pop market.