The Beatles:
Fine Tuning Britain
“The thing the sixties did was to show us the possibilities and the responsibility that we all had. It wasn 't the answer. It just gave us a glimpse of the possibility” (Lennon). The empowering musical legend, John Lennon, recalls the sixties as a time of maturation and optimism for the world as a whole. Instead of fighting world wars, cowering in economic depression, or riding the wave of regularity, people began to express the values near and dear to their hearts. Four young men in particular took to the stage to spark this wildfire of change. From their humble beginnings in Liverpool clubs, the band infamously known as The Beatles, made up of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr, ascended to superstardom atop …show more content…
The unique way that the Beatles went about performing their pieces directly translated to this change. Before the Beatles, music was kept in check by societal standards. Artists couldn’t write or perform anything provocative or experimental so the group made it a point to break the trend of how music was expressed (citation). Their early performances were often carried out in a relaxed manner that resulted in happy melodies (“The Beatles Were”). At the first Cavern Club performance, John Lennon stated that, “[The Beatles] just used to mess about, jump into the audience, do anything” (“The Beatles Were”). Their demonstrations of loose behavior then traveled into the crowd of gaggling fans. Once the fans caught that contagious case of “Beatlemania,” it allowed society as a whole to loosen up in a way. The rise of the Beatles brought a social reform that allowed the British culture to become more creative and more imaginative because the sanctions previously placed on the people were
Fine Tuning Britain
“The thing the sixties did was to show us the possibilities and the responsibility that we all had. It wasn 't the answer. It just gave us a glimpse of the possibility” (Lennon). The empowering musical legend, John Lennon, recalls the sixties as a time of maturation and optimism for the world as a whole. Instead of fighting world wars, cowering in economic depression, or riding the wave of regularity, people began to express the values near and dear to their hearts. Four young men in particular took to the stage to spark this wildfire of change. From their humble beginnings in Liverpool clubs, the band infamously known as The Beatles, made up of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr, ascended to superstardom atop …show more content…
The unique way that the Beatles went about performing their pieces directly translated to this change. Before the Beatles, music was kept in check by societal standards. Artists couldn’t write or perform anything provocative or experimental so the group made it a point to break the trend of how music was expressed (citation). Their early performances were often carried out in a relaxed manner that resulted in happy melodies (“The Beatles Were”). At the first Cavern Club performance, John Lennon stated that, “[The Beatles] just used to mess about, jump into the audience, do anything” (“The Beatles Were”). Their demonstrations of loose behavior then traveled into the crowd of gaggling fans. Once the fans caught that contagious case of “Beatlemania,” it allowed society as a whole to loosen up in a way. The rise of the Beatles brought a social reform that allowed the British culture to become more creative and more imaginative because the sanctions previously placed on the people were