“We’re more popular than Jesus now” On March 4th 1966‚ John Lennnon was interviewed by Maureen Cleave in the London Evening Standard. He had said something that would change the way their fans and people in general saw the Beatles. People of all ages loved and admired the Beautles until John Lennon’s interview. “Christianity will go. It will vanish and shrink I needn’t agree with that; I’m right and I will be proved right. We’re more popular than Jesus now; I don’t know which will go first- rock
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The History of British pop/rock The Beatles and the British Invasion It would be suffice to say that the British experience of pop music was quite different from the American. Britpop also know as British alternative rock‚ was part of a British alternative rock movement that was in the 1990s‚ the term "Britpop" had been used as early as 1987 but it wouldn’t be until 1995 when the term exploded and was used extensively. It was characterized by the appearance of bands that borrowed influences from
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this style was similar to the early Beatles’ music. The Hollies created a music style that included three-part harmonies‚ ringing guitars‚ and hook-happy material. In the 1960s‚ they made the top 20 about 20 times on the U.K. charts‚ but the Hollies didn’t make the top 40 in America until early 1966‚ where they had 20 chart-topping songs (source). In January 1966‚ The Hollies had their first U.S. hit record that reached at #32 on the charts. They filled the Beatles’ slot at the Cavern in Liverpool and
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in Liverpool‚ England; What Epstein discovered that night changed his life‚ and the world forever. Epstein changed their stage image‚ and secured them a recording contract‚ and more. This not only changed The Beatles lives forever‚ but changed Epstein’s life and the entire world. The Beatles could not have succeeded without their manager‚ Brian Epstein. The most beloved‚ famous‚ influential‚ band in rock history owes its career to a gentlemanly‚ appliance store manager who never managed a band before
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UK rock 1960s: The Beatles from Merseybeat onwards. The essay will describe the key musical and stylistic features of the Rock genre during the 1960s with the ‘Merseybeat’ genre as the foundation of 60s rock. The essay will set out why the Beatles and the social phenomenon of the “British invasion” are crucial to development of the emergence and reception of Anglo-American Rock music during the 1960s. By the early 1960s‚ new upcoming artists started combing various British and American pop and
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crazed fan in front of Lennon’s apartment shot Lennon several times. Unfortunately‚ in Lennon’s life story‚ death won‚ taking one of the world’s greatest pop/rock artists famous for changing the music industry as a member of the group known as the Beatles. At the age of four Lennon’s parents divorced leaving him to live with his aunt. However‚ despite living with his aunt‚ Lennon visited his mother frequently. Sadly‚ the mother of this star child passed away in a fatal car accident. The death of Lennon’s
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the world famous band The Beatles. The song is believed to represent the psychedelic drug LSD because the initials of the song have the same letters as the spelling of the drug. It is relatively apparent that the Beatles were heavy drug users‚ and after publicly announcing that they had taken countless doses of LSD‚ fans began to believe that the song was a hidden message meant to represent LSD‚ but this pun on words happens to be sheer coincidence. When The Beatles released the album Sergeant
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year 1956‚ after World War II. His hometown was still recovering from the aftermath‚ both physically and emotionally. Lennon’s big musical break happened when he joined the Beatles‚ around 1960. At this time‚ his hometown celebrated popularity for its “Merseybeat sound” (Edmondson xvi). John Lennon broke away from the Beatles and started his own solo project in 1969. His solo career focused on antagonizing the modern Vietnam War waging on. John Lennon motivated people to live serenely through his
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Wash the white clothes on Monday and put them on the stone heap; wash the color clothes on Tuesday and put them on the clothesline to dry; don’t walk barehead in the hot sun; cook pumpkin fritters in very hot sweet oil; soak your little cloths right after you take them off; when buying cotton to make yourself a nice blouse‚ be sure that it doesn’t have gum on it‚ because that way it won’t hold up well after a wash; soak salt fish overnight before you cook it; is it true that you sing benna in Sunday
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The Beatles vs. The Rolling Stones There are several great bands which have entered the musical history of our age. The Beatles and The Rolling Stones definitely are amongst them. They have managed to spread their music and lyrics all over the world‚ and there is hardly anyone who hasn’t heard of them. It is‚ however‚ hard to decide which one of these two bands has made a greater impact on all of our lives. There are some aspects in which they are alike and others in which they differ. First of
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