How the Beatles Revolutionized Rock Music
It was fifty years ago that a popular revolution began in humble settings which had a seismic global impact that still affect the world today. The Beatles music changed the way that people began to think and feel. Their music was catchy and irresistible, which defined that era at the time. The Beatles changed so much: the image of Britain, music, culture, fashion, and attitudes to class. It isn’t an accident that the sixties represented the cultural end of the shadow of World War Two hanging over society: of people beginning to forget about rationing and planning, and a generation of young people express themselves politically, socially and as consumers. The Beatles came to America after the assassination of John F. Kennedy in hope to lift spirits and inspire people look at the world in a different light. They invented serious rock music, which some saw as good and bad, but really The Beatles wanted to change the world for the better. Society began to become less restrictive and people eventually came to feel more free and able to express themselves. The Beatles changed how music was seen and heard all over the world, not just America or Britain. People now thought of musicians as serious artists. Paul McCartney and John Lennon’s songs included a range of people and their stories, which caught the attention of the listeners. John Lennon also included politics in his music that people really didn’t understand. He included political aspects of the whole world in his songs but hid it under his beautiful music and lyrics, so people began to fall in love with music that most of the time they did not truly understand the meanings to. The Beatles even changed how and what music was written about. ‘Shout’ was one of the first serious and literary takes on modern music. People searched for hidden meanings; they played songs backwards; they wondered about the characters who inspired and filled the music. The Beatles music even changed the way people