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Originally Posted by RLLC
The quote I posted (The Beatles - Years active 1960–1970 "Genres: Rock, pop") is from wikipedia. Personally I always considered the Beatles to be a Pop Band, especially their early stuff. To get a better understanding of what you are saying, last night I went back to wiki and did some reading on the subject and now understand your point.
"Author Dominic Pedler describes the way they crossed genres: "One of [their] greatest ... achievements was the songwriting juggling act they managed for most of their career. Far from moving sequentially from one genre to another (as is sometimes conveniently suggested) the group maintained in parallel their mastery of the traditional, catchy chart hit while simultaneously forging rock and dabbling with a wide range of peripheral influences from Country to vaudeville."
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I wonder what songs they had in mind when they said "Vaudeville" maybe it was "
The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill." "
You Mother Should Know" was suppose to be like the old radio songs they grew up listening to but I don't know the genre of that song;
'39 by Queen was sort of the same but Brian May simulated the instruments with his guitar.
I consider The Beatles a Rock band that made it into the Pop charts and not a Pop band that played Rock music. What I gather they considered themselves the first "Rock band" where the others before them were "Rock and Roll" artist like Elvis and Buddy Holly & the Crickets. There were British bands before The Beatles (e.g. Brian Poole & the Tremeloes or Cliff Richard & The Shadows) but they went by "person and the band name." They claim to be the first band that had only a band name, played their own instruments, and wrote their own songs - well eventually went on to write their own songs.
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Originally Posted by mord
Actually, I like you a lot, Nea. That's why I treat you like ****. It's the MB way.
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"it counts in our hearts" ?ºº?
“I have nothing to offer anybody, except my own confusion.” Jack Kerouac.
“If one listens to the wrong kind of music, he will become the wrong kind of person.” Aristotle.
"If you tried to give Rock and Roll another name, you might call it 'Chuck Berry'." John Lennon
"I look for ambiguity when I'm writing because life is ambiguous." Keith Richards