The Beatles: Never Equaled in the Life of Music
by Bryon Best
Being a child of the 60’s has its rewards as well as its shortcomings one might venture to say. Growing up in that turbulent time made for some, an era of revolution and protest, for others it was just plain confusion. So many social issues were in the pot boiling, ready to become a pressure cooker and explode into total civil unrest. The war in Vietnam, the civil rights movement, the assassination of three men who would become the iconic foreheads of not one but several generations, were all part of the America of the 60’s. But something else was much a part of America at that time as well. Music was becoming a platform for voicing opinion on the social issues of the times, more so then ever before in our history. And in the middle of the Music, pushing to a head that which young Americans were seeing as a social revolution, were the Beatles.
Not American in origin, but adopted by a culture, forging what might be perceived as a new way of approaching life, by nurturing and solidifying social acceptance of protest through the medium of music. Granted the Beatles weren’t the first group to cultivate the power of music to voice a political view or speak out against social ills, but the approach they groomed, became the soap box of a generation of not just protest but philosophical thinking as well. Dealing more with personal issues then outright protest of social problems, the Beatles Music captured the hearts and minds of millions of people if not for a life time, then only for a moment in trying to see inside the songs that tweaked the heart.
Here 25 years after the assignation of Beatle John Lennon, it gives pause to think about the contribution made by the Fab Four from Liverpool. How many lives have been touched, changed forever by listening to a simple song like “Let it be”, “All You Need Is Love” or “We Can Work it out”. John Lennon and Paul McCartney both accomplished poets and songwriters, pointed out through their song the need for new ways of thinking. They brought us into the music and gave us the courage to have a dream, without fear. A dream of a bright new future, that brings with it a world more suited to peace, and kindness among all men, regardless of race color or creed.
In coming to America, the Beatles; John, Paul, George and Ringo, brought on an American Revolution of sorts through music, with never a shortage of issues to write songs about they spear headed the way for many bands and artists to follow. Parents of the 60’s hated them, because of the following by young people into a different social climate. As those parents of the 60’s became the grandparents of the 70’s, a change of heart was taking place and meaning streamed forth from the new lyrics that were the Beatles songs of the era. They were at first a mighty wedge driven in the social differences of the times, only to become a sort of glue that held tight the fabric of a nation looking to heal itself from the ravages of war and unrest.
For over a decade the Beatles were in the thick music not only in the United States but around the world, where their message of peace and love was adopted by the peoples of many nations needing to heal some wound.
Lennon’s death came on December 8, 1980, and George Harrison died of illness almost 21 years to the day after John was assassinated. Only two remain and they have gone their separate ways accomplishing many things in great careers, yet fans around the world will always remember them, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr as the Beatles, never equaled in the life of music
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Being a child of the 60’s has its rewards as well as its shortcomings one might venture to say. Growing up in that turbulent time made for some, an era of revolution and protest, for others it was just plain confusion. So many social issues were in the pot boiling, ready to become a pressure cooker and explode into total civil unrest. The war in Vietnam, the civil rights movement, the assassination of three men who would become the iconic foreheads of not one but several generations, were all part of the America of the 60’s. But something else was much a part of America at that time as well. Music was becoming a platform for voicing opinion on the social issues of the times, more so then ever before in our history. And in the middle of the Music, pushing to a head that which young Americans were seeing as a social revolution, were the Beatles.
Not American in origin, but adopted by a culture, forging what might be perceived as a new way of approaching life, by nurturing and solidifying social acceptance of protest through the medium of music. Granted the Beatles weren’t the first group to cultivate the power of music to voice a political view or speak out against social ills, but the approach they groomed, became the soap box of a generation of not just protest but philosophical thinking as well. Dealing more with personal issues then outright protest of social problems, the Beatles Music captured the hearts and minds of millions of people if not for a life time, then only for a moment in trying to see inside the songs that tweaked the heart.
Here 25 years after the assignation of Beatle John Lennon, it gives pause to think about the contribution made by the Fab Four from Liverpool. How many lives have been touched, changed forever by listening to a simple song like “Let it be”, “All You Need Is Love” or “We Can Work it out”. John Lennon and Paul McCartney both accomplished poets and songwriters, pointed out through their song the need for new ways of thinking. They brought us into the music and gave us the courage to have a dream, without fear. A dream of a bright new future, that brings with it a world more suited to peace, and kindness among all men, regardless of race color or creed.
In coming to America, the Beatles; John, Paul, George and Ringo, brought on an American Revolution of sorts through music, with never a shortage of issues to write songs about they spear headed the way for many bands and artists to follow. Parents of the 60’s hated them, because of the following by young people into a different social climate. As those parents of the 60’s became the grandparents of the 70’s, a change of heart was taking place and meaning streamed forth from the new lyrics that were the Beatles songs of the era. They were at first a mighty wedge driven in the social differences of the times, only to become a sort of glue that held tight the fabric of a nation looking to heal itself from the ravages of war and unrest.
For over a decade the Beatles were in the thick music not only in the United States but around the world, where their message of peace and love was adopted by the peoples of many nations needing to heal some wound.
Lennon’s death came on December 8, 1980, and George Harrison died of illness almost 21 years to the day after John was assassinated. Only two remain and they have gone their separate ways accomplishing many things in great careers, yet fans around the world will always remember them, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr as the Beatles, never equaled in the life of music
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At Beatles Classics.com we remember the Beatles http://beatlesclassics.com and for interesting articles about the Beatles check out http://beatlesclassics.com/articles/
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