It seems such a strange reaction now. Why did it happen then and not now with bands?
2007-01-12 10:52:30 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Psychology
Unleashed, pent-up hormones. Todays girls still scream, you just don't hear about it like you used to.
2007-01-12 10:57:11 · answer #1 · answered by LoneStarLou 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
initially Brian Epstien (their manager) might want to pay teenage females to scream. This created a fad, and something that still is going onto on the present time, besides the actual incontrovertible fact that till you're previous adequate it isn't uncomplicated to comprehend how groundbreaking The Beatles were on the instant.It changed into like not something ever considered or heard earlier.
2016-12-02 04:32:50 · answer #2 · answered by broadway 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Living through it all, I would have to say the over-whelming "awe" of the Beatles' impact on the both, the music scene and the social scene. They [Beatles] were fresh, new, alive, bubbly and fun. They were the "social compromise" between the generation gap those of the "older generation" (parents - Grandparents) and their progeny ! They [Beatles] had a unique charisma with their music, hair, and clothing fashion (Beatle boots, high-collared shirts with ties) ! They could entertain with their voices, goof around and had musical talent - all of them. Audiences could identify by their sound and especially, the lyrics of their music. Even; since they all went "solo", they are [were] very successful with their own music and style. Lennon and McCartney are called the modern Bach and Beethoven ! Today, say John Lennon - Paul McCartney - George Harrison or Ringo Starr to any one and they will tell you ... " oh ! You mean the Beatles !" Their music today, bridges the generation gap it created back in the early 1960s !!! - And we all shine on !!!
2007-01-12 11:12:40 · answer #3 · answered by guraqt2me 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A guess. The BEATLES were a phenomenon. There had been nothing like them. The build - up for their appearances was grander than anything before, also.
The young girls were not sophisticated and so, they were caught up with excitement and behaved as a group. It took only a few to start the screaming. Not knowing any better, the rest followed along. That was encouraged and re-in-forced and so that became the sanctioned behavior.
2007-01-12 11:01:11 · answer #4 · answered by Charlie Kicksass 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I've seen it now at AFI concerts in Los Angeles , guys were in to it too...The new phenomenon is the good old mosh pit......It's all about the music, the adrenaline push to the brain the primal sensual desire in all of us...Those concerts, no matter when, whit the new music gods whoever they are are giving people permission to release themselves to the repressions of self.....And man is it fun....
About the Beatles , study the sociology of the times, The 50's were plastic as hell .people were restrained and America was just recovering fron WWII in the mid 40's...
TV AND MUSIC was sappy ....and Elvis who had been run off the ED SULLIVAN SHOW BECAUSE OF THE WAY HE DANCED He was called ELVIS THE Pelvis.
Was the one who really started it all..girls and guys were waiting for the release their teen angst needed and it came out with yelling, screaming and of course Rock and roll.....
don't forget the black community , there is where music was felt. and white kids were listening in secret....
The white public didn't approve of Black music ...and when Elvis' music was originally heard the kids thought he was Black because of his soulful voice..elvis stated time and again that his music was inspired by the black community and of course gospel music and his actions reflected that.
All of that to say , we have come full circle and music , dress and attitude is still felt by those people who were not ignorant to the fact that music knows no boundaries and isn't black or white..it's more than a feeling ......
2007-01-12 11:18:41 · answer #5 · answered by cesare214 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My kids have turned on concerts where people are still screaming and throwing articles of clothing at the performers. Before the Beatles, it was Elvis. Before Elvis, it was Sinatra. Before Sinatra, I'm sure there was someone else.
2007-01-12 10:59:21 · answer #6 · answered by Holiday Magic 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It doesn't happen now? That's not what I heard!
Psychologists have determined it's some sort of group thing. After all, if a teenage girl found herself alone in a room with her idol, she most likely wouldn't be screaming that way.
2007-01-12 10:57:20 · answer #7 · answered by Stimpy 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I dunno. It was a societal thing I guess. They got each other worked up. One screamed, her friend screamed, soon everyone was screaming. It still happens, just rarely in such numbers.
The crowd mentality seems a bit different now. You didn't see many mosh pits back in the '60s. Things change.
2007-01-12 10:58:01 · answer #8 · answered by Annie 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It's called 'mass hysteria'. In this case probably caused by extreme excitement.
2007-01-13 06:09:19 · answer #9 · answered by funnelweb 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To hide the din of the music.
2007-01-12 11:23:51 · answer #10 · answered by frank S 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋