Sorry you thought attacks were personal.
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by SuchFriendsAreDangerous
I'm just discussing the musical influence of the early Beatles, which I think has always been overrated because of all the hype and success that surrounded "Beatlemania" of that time.[/u][/i][/b]
|
Oh, now I see. When The Beatles were the most popular active band in the world, no one was influenced.
Then they broke up and the influence was massive.
Makes total sense.
Hollies and a thousand other Brit Invasion bands (seriously, get any British Invasion compilation and spin it a few times), Byrds, the way the Stones responded to Sgt Pepper with Their Satanic Majesty's Request , Strawberry Fields kicking off psychedilia (so add early Pink Floyd and a bunch of others).
And the fact that they wrote everything was novel and pushed others into writing their own material. First double-album in rock. Lots of other ways they influenced popular music.
Here's a list of the top selling albums in UK in 1960s:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...United_Kingdom
Beatles albums make up half the list, 7 of them in the top 10. I find it hard to believe that no one took any musical cues from them at the time.