Roots of Success In The Beatles Music
1963 defines the year of early success for The Beatles who generated a cultural impact with their music. Although they were known for covering songs of groups that they were influenced to be like such as Buddy Holly, their producer George Martin believed they had talent through producing their own original material. It can be argued that by The Beatles focusing on their abilities to write their own songs, ‘She Loves You,’ and ‘I’ll Get You’ lead to their achievement and appeal in the music industry. These songs recorded on the same day account for their early triumph, because initially both songs have the intention of appealing to their fans especially the female crowd. Secondly, Lennon and McCartney helped each other write both songs and this represents how they both contributed ideas, where each of their accomplishments built more success for the group. Lastly, while both are engaging love songs one is upbeat, while the other is more complex with a dark introspective side, and this represents their diversity with their songwriting that has made them stand out as one of the best musical groups in history.
‘She Loves You,’ and ‘I’ll Get You,’ was pivotal of The Beatles musical significance towards success, because they connected with their fans through their lyrics. ‘She Loves You,’ was performed on the Ed Sullivan show, where its popularity was highlighted through the female crowd. The device that was successfully incorporated to capture the attention of young girls was the phrase “yeah, yeah, yeah.” Although simple the song was fun, therefore capturing the young crowd. When the phrase was sung the audience of girls got louder with their screams and this signifies their cohesive allurement...
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... to the development of the group. To finish, their approach with these songs symbolized how they didn’t have to stick to one signature sound or theme and could be diverse with having a juxtaposition of upbeat and nostalgic love songs. The creativity of similar phrases in the songs, yet making them diverse by having more interpretive meanings and contradictions in the song ‘I’ll get you.’
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