How Did The Beatles Influence The Youth Of The 1960s
The Beatles
INTRODUCTION
The Beatles were British most admired and popular music aggrupation of the 1960s and one of the most influential in the history of modern music. This rock group practiced the hegemony in the decade of the 60’s with a wise and sophisticated mixture of styles that would take the rock music to all the public and preluded later genres. With the youth of the 60’s whose manifestations were the hippie movement phenomena and the product of consumption in a decade filled with fashions and prosperity, the fervor aroused by that rich musical gale might have been expected to fade slowly after the dissolution of the group. However, half a century later the best songs of The Beatles still do not seem "old". They retain their freshness …show more content…
In the second half of the 1950s, John Lennon and his friend Peter Shotton (who would leave soon after) formed a group called The Quarrymen, which in 1957 Paul McCartney joined followed shortly by George Harrison.
The Quarrymen began playing in various venues in Liverpool when bassist Stuart Sutcliffe joined them. Then it became obvious that they needed to incorporate a drummer. The name of the group would undergo new variations, from Johnny and the Moondogs to The Silver Beatles and The Beatles (1960), which in the end would be the definitive one. Such denomination arose from the fashion of putting animal names to music groups (like the insect beetle) and the play of words with the style that they practiced (beat music).
They finally incorporated a drummer, Peter Best, and got a contract to play in Hamburg, in a place of dubious fame called Kaiserkeller. The bands first German adventure ended prematurely with the expulsion of George Harrison of the country due to its minority of age. Paul McCartney and Peter Best followed the same fate, though not by minority, but by being …show more content…
In general it is due to Lennon, who considered himself the leader and the creative soul of the group with his most innovative songs and the artistic and intellectual demand. The brilliant musical talent of McCartney was easily carried away by the commercial aesthetics but the songs ended up being the result of the balance between both. In a more advanced phase, the ever-restless George Harrison (guitar solo) contributed to the repertoire of the group with valuable innovations. Although, very few are due to drummer Ringo Starr the songs would not be the same without his unique drumming
INTRODUCTION
The Beatles were British most admired and popular music aggrupation of the 1960s and one of the most influential in the history of modern music. This rock group practiced the hegemony in the decade of the 60’s with a wise and sophisticated mixture of styles that would take the rock music to all the public and preluded later genres. With the youth of the 60’s whose manifestations were the hippie movement phenomena and the product of consumption in a decade filled with fashions and prosperity, the fervor aroused by that rich musical gale might have been expected to fade slowly after the dissolution of the group. However, half a century later the best songs of The Beatles still do not seem "old". They retain their freshness …show more content…
In the second half of the 1950s, John Lennon and his friend Peter Shotton (who would leave soon after) formed a group called The Quarrymen, which in 1957 Paul McCartney joined followed shortly by George Harrison.
The Quarrymen began playing in various venues in Liverpool when bassist Stuart Sutcliffe joined them. Then it became obvious that they needed to incorporate a drummer. The name of the group would undergo new variations, from Johnny and the Moondogs to The Silver Beatles and The Beatles (1960), which in the end would be the definitive one. Such denomination arose from the fashion of putting animal names to music groups (like the insect beetle) and the play of words with the style that they practiced (beat music).
They finally incorporated a drummer, Peter Best, and got a contract to play in Hamburg, in a place of dubious fame called Kaiserkeller. The bands first German adventure ended prematurely with the expulsion of George Harrison of the country due to its minority of age. Paul McCartney and Peter Best followed the same fate, though not by minority, but by being …show more content…
In general it is due to Lennon, who considered himself the leader and the creative soul of the group with his most innovative songs and the artistic and intellectual demand. The brilliant musical talent of McCartney was easily carried away by the commercial aesthetics but the songs ended up being the result of the balance between both. In a more advanced phase, the ever-restless George Harrison (guitar solo) contributed to the repertoire of the group with valuable innovations. Although, very few are due to drummer Ringo Starr the songs would not be the same without his unique drumming