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THE BEATLES

THE BEATLES. John Lennon Paul McCartney George Harrison Ringo Starr. Early Beatles (1962 –1964). Began as “The Quarrymen” Performed skiffle – English folk, hillbilly, country style of music Pete Best was original drummer

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THE BEATLES

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  1. THE BEATLES John Lennon Paul McCartney George Harrison Ringo Starr

  2. Early Beatles (1962 –1964) • Began as “The Quarrymen” • Performed skiffle – English folk, hillbilly, country style of music • Pete Best was original drummer • Also covered American rock and roll • Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Buddy Holly, etc.

  3. Important persons • Brian Epstein – manager • George Martin – record producer • Musical collaborator

  4. Musical Characteristics • Simple lyrics • Simple bass lines • Simple drum beats • Simple background accompaniments • Mostly lead vocal or unison • Rock sound of the 50’s (many covers)

  5. Hit Singles • “Please, Please Me” – 1st #1 hit in England • “I Want to Hold Your Hand” – 1st #1 hit in USA

  6. Albums (American releases) • “Meet the Beatles” • “The Beatles Second Album” • “Hard Day’s Night”

  7. Released 1st movie“A Hard Day’s Night”

  8. Beatlemania • Blatant marketing of “stuff” – wigs, boots, bed sheets • Wild screaming girls • Total domination of rock and roll music • Total domination of teen culture • Impersonators • Saturday morning cartoon show

  9. The Beatles appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show in 1964 • Has been called the “greatest moment in rock and roll history” – Entertainment magazine, 1999

  10. Middle Beatles (1965 – 1967)

  11. Musical Characteristics • More symbolic lyrics • More guitar, less percussion • More folk like • More styles • New form and sounds; sitar (East Indian) • Better accompaniments • Paul and George got better

  12. Stopped Performing Live • Boring • Unable to reproduce studio sound • Became dangerous • Unpleasant • Not as lucrative as recording • Begin to have personality conflicts

  13. Released 2nd movie “Help”

  14. Hit singles • “Ticket to Ride” • “Help” • “Day Tripper” • “I Feel Fine” • 1st to use intentional guitar feed-back

  15. String quartet • “Yesterday” – recorded with acoustic guitar and string quartet (classical sound) – most covered song in history • “Eleanor Rigby” – used only string quartet

  16. Middle Albums(American releases) • “Yesterday and Today” • “Rubber Soul” • “Revolver” • “Help”

  17. Late Beatles (1967 – 1969)

  18. Musical Characteristics • Electronic music highlights • Studio music • Technically precise • Mystical allusions (drug influence) • Total communication

  19. Late Albums • “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” • New sophisticated level of art • More complex music (concept album) • Many new styles • Not simple dance music; music to listen to • Some say that this was the “death” of rock and roll

  20. Other Late Albums • “The Beatles” (The White Album) • Much individual effort

  21. “Abbey Road” • Largest selling album

  22. “Let It Be” • Released after breakup • Showed deep problems between members

  23. Hit Singles • “Lady Madonna” – featured Billy Preston on piano • “Revolution” • “A Day in the Life” • “All You Need is Love” • “Hey Jude” • Biggest selling single • Over 7 minutes long, not common

  24. Two More Movies • Yellow Submarine - animated

  25. Magical Mystery Tour • “do it yourself” movie • Major flop

  26. Other late highlights • Early music videos – “Strawberry Fields Forever” – “Penny Lane” • “Paul is Dead” mystery

  27. Death of Brian Epstein Individual family considerations Different musical styles Dissention / Paul’s perfectionism Financial difficulty of Apple records Yoko Ono’s presence Beatles Breakup

  28. Beatles Legacy • Rated #1 on Rolling Stone “Immortals” • 11 albums on Rolling Stone “500 Greatest Albums” list • More than any other group or individual • 4 in the top ten

  29. #1 “Sgt. Pepper’s” • #3 “Revolver” • #5 “Rubber Soul” • #10 “The Beatles” • (The White Album)

  30. Other albums on the list • #14 “Abbey Road” • #39 “Please, Please Me” • #59 “Meet the Beatles” • #86 “Let It Be” • #332 “Help” • #388 “A Hard Day’s Night” • #420 “With the Beatles”

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