The Beatles Influence On Rock And Roll Music
The Beatles are by far one of the most influential bands in history. They put so much creativity into their music and overall had limitless imagination. Their limitless imagination and creativity caused them to have a large impact on rock n roll. The Beatles allowed rock music to branch into using different instruments, and overall a different sound. They revolutionized FM radio and the album market and opened up England. The Beatles were so popular partially because of their use of so many different instruments, and song forms. Some of the instruments that they use include the kazoo, banjo, recorder, and Choral Electric Sitar. Their song Revolution#9 has many different instruments and techniques. It was also a very experimental song as well, because of all of the techniques used in it. They did this so they would get a different, and unusual sound unlike any other. One of the techniques they would use is called looping. Looping is when you take a certain tape or audio file and you repeat it so that it sounds like you’re just repeating that phrase over and over again. They played around with playing tracks backward and combined 7 or 8 different songs together into one
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In fact, they were so unprepared that it took them over a year to replicate their own versions. “Meantime, having been in the thrall of the Beatles for several years, the whole of Merry Olde England singing shipped over here to exploit the drought.” HuffPost 2. Then you had the Animals, the Kinks, The Rolling Stones, Herman’s Hermits, etc. More importantly in the future, the scene in England would become as vital to the growth of rock music as any local activities in Detroit, Philadelphia, Memphis, LA, New York City, or San Francisco ever was. After 1964, and for the next 40 years, an English artist or group was responsible for at least one Number one Top 40 single here, and often many
In fact, they were so unprepared that it took them over a year to replicate their own versions. “Meantime, having been in the thrall of the Beatles for several years, the whole of Merry Olde England singing shipped over here to exploit the drought.” HuffPost 2. Then you had the Animals, the Kinks, The Rolling Stones, Herman’s Hermits, etc. More importantly in the future, the scene in England would become as vital to the growth of rock music as any local activities in Detroit, Philadelphia, Memphis, LA, New York City, or San Francisco ever was. After 1964, and for the next 40 years, an English artist or group was responsible for at least one Number one Top 40 single here, and often many