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why are the Beatles Still Popular
the Beatles have launched their music careers in the 1960s all the girls went crazy over them and made them their talk of their craze they became very popular among everyone even after breaking up in the early 1970s and never got back together becuase John Lennon died in 1980 and George Harrison died in 2001 but Paul Mccartney and Ringo Starr are still around but in the late 1990s new boybands launched their careers and became popular the Backstreet Boys Nsync and 98 Degrees but they didint measure up to the Beatles then came the Jonas Brothers whos popular was only temporary and then Big Time Rush now One Direction who wont stay popular but people are still buying Beatles mercendise even some people younger then me like the Beatles is that confusing
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Think we have to look at the songwriting skills of John Lennon and Paul McCartney here, rather than the band in itself to explain the long, long life of the Beatles. In fairness, you might say Bob Dylan did not have a great voice and was not really a spectacular musician either. But listen to the music, listen particularly to the WORDS and you'll see why he too transcends time & fashion. They also captured what's elegantly called in German the 'zeitgeist' which transliterates as 'ghost of the time' (or 'sprirt of the age' if you prefer). They defined they era far more than the era defined them, if you see what I mean. Some lead, others follow.
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Why is Mozart still popular? Charles Dickens? Shakespeare?
Why do people care about JFK's presidency and murder?
Why do people buy books about Stalin, or Joan of Arc?
Because these people changed the world through their actions, and in some case, their art.
It's really not confusing. The Beatles may be history, but they aren't even distant history and regardless of how long ago they worked, they remain the best-selling band in history, ever. Many people lived through the Beatles craze, and inspired their children with that love as well. Also, frankly, the Beatles made far, far more interesting and intellectual art and political statements than the Backstreet Boys ever tried to do. People still care about the Beatles for the same reason that fifty years from now people will still care about Madonna, but are pretty unlikely to give a damn about Carly Rae Jepson.
You don't have to like the Beatles music to recognize that they A.) Defined what 'stardom' for a generation of young people B.) Were competent and intelligent songwriters and C.) Their politics and opinions reflected the sociocultural era they lived in and played a big part in the Summer of Love, the birth of bohemianism and the very idea of youth activism. They also more or less invented the modern idea of a music video.
It might sound like I'm a big fan - I'm actually really not. I enjoy a few songs but I'm not a huge Beatles fan. I don't much like Picasso either, but I understand their historical importance.
Pop music may seem like nothing more than girls going crazy for the latest boy band (and sometimes, sure, that's all it is) but some times it's much more than that. The Beatles is an example of what may have been seen at the time as simple trendy or popular, actually having an enormous effect on people's views, politics and lives.
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The Beatles started a movement and set the foundation for the summer of love. Pretty much all boy bands are temporary even in the hearts of teenage girls. At first the beatles set the "SAFE" image in that time of a boy that parents would like if their daughters came home with, and their music influenced many. After they stopped touring, and worked in studio, they turned more into a phycodelic hippie sort of group, and some of the fans followed but the parens stopped endorsing it so much. The difference between the beatles and all the other boy bands is the change they caused and not just messages of teenage love and shaking a their ass and yolo. They did a complete 360 from boy band to something new nd exciting and left an affect. People still endorse and buy the products because the music still lasts in todays culture. I would be beyon impressed on one direction did. The beatles legacy is popular.
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