For college paper - How did The Beatles change ....

[Bill in SD, CA]

What just came to my mind is that The Beatles were probably the first group to "introduce" lyrical" introspection in their songs.

I remember, at 15 or 16, always being in awe (if that's the word) by the lyrics to "In My Life."

Spent many an hour listening to the song and trying to apply it to my life.

Bill

[TOAD6147]

he could put whatever he wanted to in people's minds

Wasn't it Wagner that was always firing up the Nazis? And I think a lot of his music was written specifically for Hitler and the Third Reich.

[U-96]

Considering he wrote most of it a century before, that would be quite impressive. Wagner just took the hero-themes of Germanic folklore and put them to music. Germany wasn't a unified nation until 1848-1870, so it was powerful stuff, just like Verdi to the Italians.

John, never figured you for a Hendrix fan. Keep it up at the watchtower, man...

as for the Beatles, the old "musical differences" got them in the end with such prodigious talents, and Ringo, it was inevitable that as they matured they would go in different directions. John went the abstract hippy way, greatly influenced by Yoko, Paul's interests lay in folk and getting back to basics, while George (the true genius of the band IMO) went the more pop/rock way, was a very effective producer , and could work with other musicians without feeling superior (Travelling Wilburys was a great project - the last supergroup)

[John Prophet]

yeah...pink floyd "animals" used to really put me in weird moods, lol...I finally had to quit listening to it, lol....long time ago.

One of the wildest scriptures in the bible is when these kings were trying to decide whether to go to war or not against these other kings....so they went and found the prophet Elisha...well 2 of the kings were "bad" in that they didnt fear or follow God, but one was good in that he did..so the prophet said if it werent for the presence of the good king that he wouldnt even acknowledge them, lol....but the wild part is, that when he went to seek the "word" from God he said "bring me a musician"....pretty interesting there..showing the power of music on a spiritual level.

JP


Dude, Im an electric lead player....how am I not gonna like hendrix music? Or Halen? lol



"for let us not talk falsely now, the hours getting late"

[U-96]

let me guess, you prefer Roth to Hagar

[John Prophet]

do you EVEN hafta ask?

[U-96]

nope, but the young'uns need some cues

[Chuckiechan]

I think that you could say the the Beatles represented the closing of one chapter of musical history, and the opening of another.

Amplified sound was not new, but they were among the most successful pioneers of electronic mixing. Also, they had Phil Spector's experitse in "hitting the bullseye " with his sound style and the abilities of end user stereo's and speakers. "The Wall of Sound" effect Spector pioneered I would argue was to make up for the short comings of current electronics. Today's digital formatting can isolate notes, analog could not, so you were basically stuck with the whole rip, which made the "adjusting" very challenging. IMO

You guy's that have those window thumping bass rigs, can't imagine how hard it was to get half that power in the '70's.

Anybody remember what a "Vibrosonic" was?

[John Prophet]

is it related to the orgasmatron?