The Beatles

rap and pop and other genres. Rock was the biggest music in the 60’s. Many forms of rock that is, such as blues rock. This songs would normally be happy, the 60’s was full of peace movements. A very popular band that almost everyone knows is the Beatles. They were a giant hit in the 60’s producing many spots on the charts with their music. Also Led Zepplin was popular in the 60’s. Secondly the movies were different too.The start of horror films came along. Not like the ones today that are…

Ringo Starr couldn't have looked more cool, quiet or gathered. Two hours before he ventured before more than 6,000 fans at the Greek Theater, the ex-Beatle, not exactly a week short of his 76th birthday, respected a guest into his changing area as he loose in a seat, dressed monochromatically in a smooth dark coat, thin dark pants, coordinating T-shirt and sneakers. "The visit is incredible," he said of his most recent All-Starr Band, which wrapped a 21-show 2016 U.S. visit show with the…

“That was good…..BUT NOT GREAT”, Luke my High School Drum Major yelled at a bunch of out of breath exhausted students. We had just ran a mile with the only thought of finally getting the approval of Luke. The past weekend we had attended a local competition. We failed that night in the eyes of our instructors for not placing 1st. In our eyes we had way too much fun to even care about a stupid trophy, title or score. All we knew is that the audience was pleased and they enjoyed the show. Some of…

There have been many scandals in the history of rock and roll. One that always comes to mind is the tragedy of the Altamont Speedway Free Festival in California on December 6, 1969. Many thought it would be the next Woodstock and in some ways it was. Approximately 300,000 fans attended and there were many acts scheduled such as Jefferson Airplane, Santana, and CSNY, with the Rolling Stones as the final act. Grateful Dead was scheduled to play, but cancelled just prior to stage time because of…

In moments fitting in the group is really affective in situations. Also it is easy to understand each member in the group. But question is should the person to fit in in the group? Many societies claim that the person should be unique, so he will not be another copy of someone else. Nevertheless, if the person can fit in the group, they will understand each other, they will do a lot of thing that all of them enjoy doing, and they have a common interest. Therefore, it is argued that it is…

family Paul McCartney at an early age fell in love with music, partly due to his part jazz musician father. With the many various influences of music in Paul McCartney’s life, these influences impacted him to build a band that emerged as The Beatles. The Beatles by far were one of the first globally recognized all-male rock n’ roll and later pop performers. Following the explosion of Beatlemania, Paul McCartney who is a social activist, used his passion of music to push his social activism into…

The day the figurehead of the Beatles and lead singer John Lennon died, it seems as if a simple killing united the world as one on one devastating day. John was killed on December 8th 1980 by Mark David Chapman outside of his New York Apartment, forever moving the image of the music industry. I believe that John Lennon’s assassination was an unjust act of obsession that ultimately ended the life of one of the most influential people in all of music; however is success lacked due to his chronic…

towards cities of the north during the great migration, the new sounds of rhythm attracted the typical middle class suburban teen. “Rock musicians not only addressed contemporary events, they pushed the conventional musical boundaries. Led by the Beatles and the Beach Boys, artists experimented with complex instrumentations, elaborate arrangements, and ambitious compositions” In the 1950s, rock and roll had challenged cultural authority. Rock accompanied and framed the dissenting movements that…

opportunities given. To prove his point, he refers to the Beatles, a rock band that became famous in the 1960s, and how they went through other experiences and challenges within their career that developed them into what they were. These experiences forced them to go through extremely large amounts of practice, which coincidentally added up to around 10,000 hours. Gladwell insists that without having the opportunities they were given, the Beatles, and other famous figures throughout history,…

London in the 1960s was as central to the look and feel of that fabled era as any place on earth. The music that emerged from England (the Beatles, the Stones, the Who, Cream and countless others) was, in large part, the soundtrack of the Sixties. The street scenes, especially along Carnaby Street in Soho, with Mods and hippies parading their utterly distinctive gear, provided youth culture around the world with exemplars of cool that are still embraced today. Finally, the fashions that emerged…