Analysis Of The Beatles: Opportunities Leading To Success
Kaitlyn Jackson
English 1301
Professor Brown
22 September 2013
The Beatles: Opportunities Leading to Success
Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Ringo Starr and George Harrison each represent a spot on a four leaf clover: they are very lucky men. In Malcom Gladwell’s number one National best seller Outliers he illuminates how prevailing the term success is in the eyes of many Americans. One example being the “10,000 hour rule” simply stating if someone does something for 10,000 hours they could become a professional at it. The “10,000” hour rule provides readers with an example towards how success is misleading because of irrepressible opportunities. Gladwell applies the “10,000” hour rule towards the well-known rock band, the Beatles to show …show more content…
how their ironic yet, uncontrollable advantages put them ahead of many other bands in the 1960’s and influenced how successful they became throughout the world. The creation of the Beatles journey to success derived from their innate voices and pure luck, as if it were Saint Patrick’s Day.
Paul McCartney and John Lennon were normal, yet talented high school boys when they were offered a gig in Hamburg. A writer of the Beatles biography shout, Phillip Norman states, “It was an accident. Bruno went to London to look for bands. But he happened to meet an entrepreneur from Liverpool in Soho who was down in London by pure chance. And he arranged to send some bands over. That’s how the connection was established…” (Gladwell 48). According to the quote above the Beatles had a vital advantage over other rock’ N’ roll bands in the 1960’s. A club owner named Bruno set out to London in search for bands to bring back to his club in Hamburg, Germany. Ironically he just so happened to run across a man along the way who referred to Bruno a number of bands, one of which was the Beatles. The chance that they would cross paths was one in a million. But this “one in a million” chance led the Beatles to victory in their music career. Another factor that influenced the Beatles success was the valuable amount of time they were required to practice. The Beatles drummer at the time, Pete best says, “Once the news got out about that we were making a show, the club started packing them in, we played seven nights a week. At first we played almost nonstop till twelve- thirty, when it closed, but as we got better the crowds stayed till two most mornings” (Gladwell 49). The quote above indicates how they Beatles became more and more successful. I know if I were to play the drums twenty-five to thirty hours a week in front of people who are actually expecting a show out of me, I would become close to a professional too. The Beatles were like a dog barking repeatedly for a juicy steak at their master’s dinner table. They kept going back to the club doing the same thing over and over again other bands at this time might have been playing off and on
every week. The Beatles surpassed those bands and it led them to be one of the most famous rock bands of the century. The vast amount of time the Beatles were obligated to play at the Indra strip club influenced their success. They could build a connection with the crowd, develop a passion to sing, and enhance their singing. John Lennon declares in an interview, “We got better and got more confidence. We couldn’t help it with all the experience playing all night long. It was handy them being foreign. We had to try even harder, put our heart and soul into it, to get ourselves over” (Gladwell 49). In the above statement, Lennon tells people around the world how their efforts to work long hours every day had an influence on how successful they were. Most people can recall the saying “practice makes perfect” and that is exactly what happened to the Beatles. All of the practice singing in front of people developed there peculiar voices. Especially since they were singing out towards different cultures of people they had to “impress” them and their taste. This broke off any coyness and instilled among them a sense of joy and pride. The Beatles are famous for their mystical voices through the advantages they had over other bands which influenced their success for the long term sake. Another golden uncontrollable advantage the Beatles had going for them was their good looks. The first time they ever went to Indra strip club they went to sing. After a few nights of singing the temptation of alcohol and sex drew them back in every time, similar to a juicy shrimp hanging from the line of a fishing pole catches the eyes of a fish. According to Norman, “They kept going back because they got a lot of alcohol and a lot of sex” (Gladwell 48). The opportunity to play at a strip club with women and alcohol led the Beatles wanting to go there day after day. They became close to the managers since they kept coming back repetitively. Women basically drooled over the Beatles as if they were Justin Bieber in today’s world. The Beatles were handsome men and after they played numerous times at Indra they developed a different musical talent which had the crowds going crazy and wanting more and more of them.
In the novel outliers Malcom Gladwell reaches out to his audience with real life examples of how naive people are towards success. He states that a person must practice for a sum of 10,000 hours to be above average at it. Gladwell conveys his point through an example from the popular 60’s rock band, the Beatles. Throughout their young adulthood the Beatles became legendary. They reached the tip of the mountain from a set of circumstances lining up for them. The Beatles wanted to have sexual contact with women and drink alcohol so they had accepted to play at a strip club practically every night of the week and this amount of time gave them the opportunity to become successful. The Beatles were given a random opportunity which impacted their musical talent enormously. Being required to play at a strip club and sing seven days a week had helped evolve the Beatles and them acquiring the “10,000 hour rule”
Works Cited
Gladwell, Malcom. Outliers: The Story of Success. New York: Little, Brown, 2011. Print.
English 1301
Professor Brown
22 September 2013
The Beatles: Opportunities Leading to Success
Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Ringo Starr and George Harrison each represent a spot on a four leaf clover: they are very lucky men. In Malcom Gladwell’s number one National best seller Outliers he illuminates how prevailing the term success is in the eyes of many Americans. One example being the “10,000 hour rule” simply stating if someone does something for 10,000 hours they could become a professional at it. The “10,000” hour rule provides readers with an example towards how success is misleading because of irrepressible opportunities. Gladwell applies the “10,000” hour rule towards the well-known rock band, the Beatles to show …show more content…
how their ironic yet, uncontrollable advantages put them ahead of many other bands in the 1960’s and influenced how successful they became throughout the world. The creation of the Beatles journey to success derived from their innate voices and pure luck, as if it were Saint Patrick’s Day.
Paul McCartney and John Lennon were normal, yet talented high school boys when they were offered a gig in Hamburg. A writer of the Beatles biography shout, Phillip Norman states, “It was an accident. Bruno went to London to look for bands. But he happened to meet an entrepreneur from Liverpool in Soho who was down in London by pure chance. And he arranged to send some bands over. That’s how the connection was established…” (Gladwell 48). According to the quote above the Beatles had a vital advantage over other rock’ N’ roll bands in the 1960’s. A club owner named Bruno set out to London in search for bands to bring back to his club in Hamburg, Germany. Ironically he just so happened to run across a man along the way who referred to Bruno a number of bands, one of which was the Beatles. The chance that they would cross paths was one in a million. But this “one in a million” chance led the Beatles to victory in their music career. Another factor that influenced the Beatles success was the valuable amount of time they were required to practice. The Beatles drummer at the time, Pete best says, “Once the news got out about that we were making a show, the club started packing them in, we played seven nights a week. At first we played almost nonstop till twelve- thirty, when it closed, but as we got better the crowds stayed till two most mornings” (Gladwell 49). The quote above indicates how they Beatles became more and more successful. I know if I were to play the drums twenty-five to thirty hours a week in front of people who are actually expecting a show out of me, I would become close to a professional too. The Beatles were like a dog barking repeatedly for a juicy steak at their master’s dinner table. They kept going back to the club doing the same thing over and over again other bands at this time might have been playing off and on
every week. The Beatles surpassed those bands and it led them to be one of the most famous rock bands of the century. The vast amount of time the Beatles were obligated to play at the Indra strip club influenced their success. They could build a connection with the crowd, develop a passion to sing, and enhance their singing. John Lennon declares in an interview, “We got better and got more confidence. We couldn’t help it with all the experience playing all night long. It was handy them being foreign. We had to try even harder, put our heart and soul into it, to get ourselves over” (Gladwell 49). In the above statement, Lennon tells people around the world how their efforts to work long hours every day had an influence on how successful they were. Most people can recall the saying “practice makes perfect” and that is exactly what happened to the Beatles. All of the practice singing in front of people developed there peculiar voices. Especially since they were singing out towards different cultures of people they had to “impress” them and their taste. This broke off any coyness and instilled among them a sense of joy and pride. The Beatles are famous for their mystical voices through the advantages they had over other bands which influenced their success for the long term sake. Another golden uncontrollable advantage the Beatles had going for them was their good looks. The first time they ever went to Indra strip club they went to sing. After a few nights of singing the temptation of alcohol and sex drew them back in every time, similar to a juicy shrimp hanging from the line of a fishing pole catches the eyes of a fish. According to Norman, “They kept going back because they got a lot of alcohol and a lot of sex” (Gladwell 48). The opportunity to play at a strip club with women and alcohol led the Beatles wanting to go there day after day. They became close to the managers since they kept coming back repetitively. Women basically drooled over the Beatles as if they were Justin Bieber in today’s world. The Beatles were handsome men and after they played numerous times at Indra they developed a different musical talent which had the crowds going crazy and wanting more and more of them.
In the novel outliers Malcom Gladwell reaches out to his audience with real life examples of how naive people are towards success. He states that a person must practice for a sum of 10,000 hours to be above average at it. Gladwell conveys his point through an example from the popular 60’s rock band, the Beatles. Throughout their young adulthood the Beatles became legendary. They reached the tip of the mountain from a set of circumstances lining up for them. The Beatles wanted to have sexual contact with women and drink alcohol so they had accepted to play at a strip club practically every night of the week and this amount of time gave them the opportunity to become successful. The Beatles were given a random opportunity which impacted their musical talent enormously. Being required to play at a strip club and sing seven days a week had helped evolve the Beatles and them acquiring the “10,000 hour rule”
Works Cited
Gladwell, Malcom. Outliers: The Story of Success. New York: Little, Brown, 2011. Print.