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Batts,
in perspective the Beatles were a cultural phenomena like Madonna is/was today. I don't really care for any of Madonna's music and yet I can't deny that she held great influence with a generation. What you might not realize is that before the Beatles there were really no 'bands' it was a front person or leader and a back up musicians in most cases and they usually didn't write their own material . . . No 'groups' of that period shared the creative and performance duties that the Beatles did and not many groups do even today . . I was also told that the Beatles were the first band to write to the minor 6th cord unlike the previous music of either 1-4-5 or 1-6-2-5, and get this . . The Beatles were tuned down with a record deal by Decca because the record executive said guitar music was dead . . Made the guy very famous in the industry . .
Not many 60's bands are even discussed today . . .
Another band that was very influential is Black Sabbath . . . whether you like the Black Sabbath or not, they changed the way music sounds today, just like the 'heaviest band of all time, Led Zeppelin' was 50% acoustic . . . Led Zeppelin had records go gold and platinum with no AM radio play at all BTW . . . Totally unheard of at the time . . .
You also have to realize that the music back then was not marketed like today's music . . . 1 song and then a TV show, film deal and clothing line just didn't happen . . . You couldn't even buy Led Zeppelin or Black Sabbath records at the store . . We had to go to 'head shops' to find them, if we could . . . . The fist 'rock' FM station in LA wasn't until the late 60's and these bands were selling gold with hardly any air play at all .
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