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Originally Posted by Janszoon
How does any of that make it "absolutely wrong" to describe The Beatles as pop? "Classically-influenced arrangements" were a part of pop music long before The Beatles. Phil Spector was using them many years before and was, without a doubt, producing pop music. Hell, people like Tommy Dorsey were making pop music with a string section back in the 40s.
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Seems like you were using it as a derogatory remark. Yes, they were popular. I guess that makes them pop. Clearly people used those kinds of instruments before the beatles. I said the beatles were one of the first to bring them to rock n roll.