Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

The Beatles were an extremely popular band in the 60’s whose legacy encompasses more than the 12 studio albums, 13 extended plays, and 22 singles that were conceived from their genius. Innovative in their approaches to style, technique, and experimentation, The Beatles were always ready to push the envelope further than most bands of the time. Even in the band’s earlier stages, they enhanced their artistic experiences by means of musical experimentation. Throughout their journey with said…

music is still being played till this day. If a band can still do that, they have done something right. The Beatles are made out of four men. John Lennon (Oct 9 1940 – Dec 9 1980) Paul McCartney (Jun 18 1942), George Harrison (Feb 23 1943 – Nov 29 2001), and Richard Starkey (Jul 7 1940) all hailed from the great city of Liverpool. The band originally started as The Quarrymen. They were a local founded by John and his friends. A local hometown band playing gigs at parties, school and other…

When someone says “the Beatles” you most likely picture the iconic band, the Beatles. That’s because in 1956, four friends made a band that stormed the whole world, climbing their way to the top. The fab four consisting of Ringo Starr, Paul McCartney, John Lennon, and George Harrison. Their journey on being one of the biggest influences in rock ‘n’ roll history. From their major works, to their billions of records sold. Their life during the Beatles, and the achievements made after. This is a…

particular focus on the band Queen and their music from the 1970s. This essay will examine the development of the band and their musical characteristics with a detailed commentary on the songs “Bohemian Rhapsody” and “The Prophets Song” from the album A Night at The Opera. This essay will endeavour to identify the classical influence on rock music within this genre (Lowe, G 2014) and look at other influence on the band Queen, such as, jazz, glam and art rock. Further, the band has also moved…

The definition of greatness is the quality of being great- to be great is of an extent, amount, or intensity considerably above the normal or average. When it comes to being great musician, everyone's answer is different. It can't be a proven fact who is a great musician and who is not, but when many people are in love with an act’s music, that can prove a point of who is really greater than others. Beethoven, a composer from Bonn, Germany is known to be a great composer and some…

there was a confrontation between the police and teenage girls over tickets to a concert where nine were hospitalized. The reputation and music spread to America following the incidences. New collections like the Revolver (1966) and Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967) by the Beatles and Pet sound (1963) by the Beach Boys raised the stakes. The two groups had rare abilities. Bob Dylan was engaged in a different strategy wherein 1965 he was engaged in a controversial experiment moving…

the band and read various articles. Pink Floyd coined psychedelic rock. Syd Barrett, the founding member of the band and genius music pioneer, started the band in London in 1965 with Roger Waters, bass player, Richard Wright, keyboardist, and Nick Mason, the drummer ("Understanding Syd"). Barrett may have named Pink Floyd after the bluesmen Pink Anderson and Floyd Council of Georgia. Mark Prendergast in "Floyding the Market" describes their music as being "a dedication…

instruments and ideas present. Other psychedelic bands that began to emerge were The Grateful Dead and Jefferson Airplane. On the album Anthem of the Sun by The Grateful Dead we see the full effect of the hippie-aesthetic on music. The album was mixed using chance elements, very similar to avant-garde electronic compositions and the album was mixed specifically to help enhance and intensify an acid trip. Jefferson Airplane was one of the first psychedelic bands in the San Francisco scene. They…

held the first five slots on the Billboard singles chart. But that was just one of the Beatles many great accomplishments. The Beatles were a band from 1962 to 1970, they had many successful albums and songs that people still to continue to listen to today. No band has or ever will match the success that the Beatles had. The Beatles were the greatest band of the sixties and still continue that legacy today. The four Beatles we know and love today weren’t the original members though. In 1957…

technical effects, preventing them from performing it live. Technology in songs is not the problem, it is the artists who choose to lip sync songs they cannot perform live without lip syncing. The Beatles could not perform songs from Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band live because of the aleatoric nature…