A highly underrated song. It kind of gets lost being on Yellow Submarine. So much good content in the song.
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All Things Must Beat. Share Anything Beatles!!
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A highly underrated song. It kind of gets lost being on Yellow Submarine. So much good content in the song.
Abbey Road Studio had a couple of different headphones. The ones that Ringo is using are Beyerdynamic DT-100’s.
In earlier days, S.G. Brown, Type Super K, were often used.
Any folky instrument could have turned up at family gatherings when they were kids. Accordions and pianos were not foreign to them.
George was more into ukes.
George was more into ukes.
Ever play an accordion?
I've tried--it's confusing & requires a for of co-ordination I apparently do not possess
I've tried--it's confusing & requires a for of co-ordination I apparently do not possess
This is NOT POLITICAL, and it is a serious question.
Does anybody who was around during Beatlemania remember anything that implied, suggested, acknowledged, etc, that The Beatles' success in America was largely because Americans wanted something to get their minds off of the JFK assassination?
I was around back then, and I never heard anything at all that supports this...until 15-20 years ago on a forum where a bunch of people were talking in a thread and acting like it was common knowledge.
Does anybody who was around during Beatlemania remember anything that implied, suggested, acknowledged, etc, that The Beatles' success in America was largely because Americans wanted something to get their minds off of the JFK assassination?
I was around back then, and I never heard anything at all that supports this...until 15-20 years ago on a forum where a bunch of people were talking in a thread and acting like it was common knowledge.
A book I have stated that as a factor in the early success.
I have no personal knowledge of it
Some eggheads like to claim that. Kids didn’t care about politics. So why were the Beatles as popular in Canada as they were in the USA? And around the world. There was a baby boom population the reached just the right age. They wanted change and new music to make their own. An evolution of the the 50’s material. Portable transistor radios changed things. You could listen to the hits anytime. Radio marketed the Beatles. I remember the Beatles Are Coming campaign. They sold the Beatles to the kids before the first Sullivan show. It was timed perfectly. Bottom line, everyone wanted to make a lot of money. No mistaking, it was very big business. Everything from records to magazines to wigs and cloths. Everyone wanted to be in a band. They sold a lot of musical instruments.
At the same time, music became much more important. Kids grew up over the 60’s and it evolved beyond pop into something for social change. There was still big money behind it and bands wanted a cut.
I played in bands at that time. It was an exciting period. Kids wanted to hear the songs that were on the radio performed live. If they couldn’t chase the Beatles and scream, they did it with local bands. It was a wild ride.
Wouldn't be surprised if these eggheads were born in the '80s, and got their info from an aunt who was born after Beatlemania.
I was in 6th grade and remember thinking something like, "No big deal, it's set up so we have a vice president to take his place."
I was around back then and never heard or thought any such thing at the time. Sure, in hindsight many years (decades?) later, it was curious to think of the national sadness just a few months earlier giving way to the global exhilaration of Beatlemania. But to claim a link, or causation, is a bit too much.
Personally, it was the music, the new sounds, and their (cleaned up by then) stage appearance that won me over. Plus, since I was already interested in guitar, to see them, all three, actually playing guitars live, instead of an Elvis barely holding a guitar, was fantastic!
Personally, it was the music, the new sounds, and their (cleaned up by then) stage appearance that won me over. Plus, since I was already interested in guitar, to see them, all three, actually playing guitars live, instead of an Elvis barely holding a guitar, was fantastic!
Exactly so. It was (somewhat conservative) unbridled youthful exuberance that the Beatles tapped into, not a cheering up from sadness. The Beatles weren't obvious juvenile delinquents and most parents were OK with their seeming "nice boys" image. The social consciousness came a few years later.
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They looked like girls, what with all the long hair, or so thought my father. And they talked like Brits but sang in Merican.
That’s the major recollections of a 7 YO at the time. JFK dint enter into it.
That’s the major recollections of a 7 YO at the time. JFK dint enter into it.
If you wrapped the early-to-mid ‘60’s up into one big bundle, you could probably theorize that multiple assassinations, the beginnings of social unrest, a growing overseas war and an “invasion” of British music upsetting the Pop music industry were all harbingers of broader societal upheaval to come.
However, as a kid who was there, few, if any of us had any such perspective. We just dug the music and the 3 garage bands that sprang up in every city alleyway
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However, as a kid who was there, few, if any of us had any such perspective. We just dug the music and the 3 garage bands that sprang up in every city alleyway
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