The Impact of the Beatles and the Rolling Stones Upon Music During the 1960's

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The Impact of the Beatles and the Rolling Stones Upon Music During the 1960's

The Beatles were a new band with a difference and this led to their

impact in the sixties. They were different because they were producing

real music and stepping away from sounding 'like just another band

trying to imitate American stars'. Beatles music was 'totally unique,

a mixture of rock and roll, Rhythm and Blues and Tamla Motown'.

British music had always been dominated from American produced goods

but the Beatles introduced abit of their own lives into their music.

They talked about where they grew up 'Penny Lane' and brought back

some real music for British teenagers, something they could relate to.

The Beatles were very good at relating to teenager issues. They talked

about many teenager troubles in their songs- love and other issues

(such as new issues of manly heartache). Lyrics such as 'I want to

hold your hand' and 'I'll cry instead'. The lyrics in 'I want to hold

your hand' tell us about a man pleading to a woman 'let me be your

man'. Lyrics in 'I'll cry instead' deal with a man who has 'lost the

only girl I've had' and in turn cries about this. John Lennon & Paul

McCartney wrote all these lyrics so they were more pure and real. They

were real with 'youthful energy, style, individuality and distinct

personality'.

The Beatles also had a unique appearance. In the early years they

dressed smartly (in plain black suits with ties) and had the 'squeaky

clean image' which made them respectable to the older generation too.

They all had mop top hair cuts which were slightly longer hair cuts

but were accepted as they were a clean cut style. Earlier ly...

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...takings they were charged for

'possessing four tablets containing ' illegal stimulants. They also

were arrested for 'assaulting a photographer at Warwick.'

Overall they took advantage of bad publicity and as their manager was

'best at exploiting this bad view' they were nearly always in the

public eye. This pushed them to go global and the young fan's hysteria

also aided to them making a difference. They promoted a rebellion that

the teens wanted, and they got. When I asked my teacher her opinions

on the band she commented 'they were different, wild. I think I liked

them because of their music- whenever I listen to their music it makes

me come alive.'

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