What are some ways that the beatles tie in to today's music (Other than that they were the best and most influential band... ever)?
2006-07-13 07:37:25 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
you probably cant. cuz thats all based upon opinions. if they dont like the beatles than so be it. i like the beatles. they are one of the most influential rock bands ever. i would suggest for them to listen to every beatles song there is and hopefully they may like one or two.
2006-07-13 07:41:30 · answer #1 · answered by chiefs_0013 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's a hard one. Quite simply, almost EVERYTHING about modern music started with, or was popularized by, The Beatles. Artists writing their own songs, musical experimentation of all kinds, making every song on an "album" a good song instead of just having the single and a lot of other crappy tracks, speaking out about sex, drugs, and politics, taking control of their product, concept albums, etc. If you look at the charts in the 60s, they were always several years ahead of the rest.
Then again, their music may not "speak to" folks today because there HAVE been so many improvements in production, etc. People may just feel that they were good in their time, but that they prefer modern bands because they are their own age and the production and writing is new and not what their parents played.
I still think The Beatles are the best. But the new stuff is good too, and it's hard to convince people that the best music is all 30 or 40 years old.
2006-07-13 07:47:35 · answer #2 · answered by American citizen and taxpayer 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
First of all, you're awesome for thinking this. I'm also a huge Beatles fan and believe that anyone who dislikes them doesn't have taste :). I admire them so much because of how unique their music is-I think that's what you should try to emphasize when you tell your friends about them. As time passed, they wrote songs that were like no other. I also think I could come up with an appropriate Beatles song for any given situation, so if you try to do the same, maybe you'll be more convincing.
2006-07-17 12:57:54 · answer #3 · answered by kid_at_heart 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The helped create and/or better define numerous genres in the White Album alone, let alone their whole catelogue. "Helter Skelter" is pretty much a metal song. The guitar solo on "Taxman" was revolutionary for its time. "Yer Blues" is blues through and through. The backwards tape loop solo on "I'm Only Sleeping" was waaay ahead of its time. There's so much more evidence, but this is just a sampling of what they did.
You friend is probably the way I was for awhile - ignorant of their non-single songs (which are the best ones I think). If all he has to go by are "Love Me Do" and "I Want to Hold Your Hand," he's likely to thing the Beatles were nothing special. Once I delved into their albums from the prime of their career I realized exaclty how good they were.
2006-07-15 12:44:56 · answer #4 · answered by someguy 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Personally, I don't see how a band that created "Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" could possibly suck. Maybe your friends just regard the Beatles as an "oldies" band.
The question is, what kinds of music do your friends like? If they are hard rock fans, play them "Revolution". If they are into folk, play them the whole "Rubber Soul" album.
2006-07-13 07:58:10 · answer #5 · answered by ? 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Beatles - John Lenon was mentioned by rappers including Nas Jay Z and the Green military jacket look with ranks and symbols Jay-Z and many others wear started from John Lenon
Jay-Z's Black Album was remixed with White album from beatles to be named the Grey album
song imagine wrote by John Lenon was the first song to Symbolize peace again after september 11th attack on N.Y.
T-shirt I with Heart then N.Y. was popularized by john lenon
beatles music has been sampled by every rock musicians
because of their unique blending styles of Ballad songs with Rock quitar and Drum sounds and importance of BAND was also popularized by the Beatles
plus ask ur friends who they think is the best musician and chances are their nominated best muscians loved or listend to beatles or john lenon paul macarthy and other members
2006-07-13 09:44:08 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
i'm so sorry, somebody instructed me that too- that the beatles sucked. i became into approximately to punch him. yet i think of which you may basically call data like that they had 27 selection a million hits and all that solid stuff. and if he nevertheless does not understand he's being an *** , then do no longer waste your breath, its his loss.
2016-10-07 21:27:56 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
u can't convince your friends. I tried convincing my friends abt a band that i love but it didn't really work. Just let your friends think whatever they want to think. I learnt that you can almost never change someone's opinion about something. I think the beatles are really good.
2006-07-13 07:43:45 · answer #8 · answered by Sgt. Curry 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Make him/her listen to some of their songs.....The Beatles made rock what it is today.
2006-07-13 08:26:33 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Play them the songs that are never on the radio.They did a lot of interesting,non-commercial stuff that you rarely hear on the airwaves.
2006-07-13 07:51:51 · answer #10 · answered by Noodles McGurk 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋