The Beatles will probably always be known as the greatest rock band of the 20th century. Plenty of fans and even the Fab Four’s contemporaries have released tribute songs that pay homage to the group’s legacy. Not all are created equal, though. Let’s look at a few songs that pay homage to The Beatles that […]
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By the 1970s, there was no other band that could hope to match what Led Zeppelin had done. All of the building blocks of hard rock were at their feet by the late 1960s, but from ‘Good Times Bad Times’ onward, they carved out their niche as one of the hardest-hitting rock and roll outfits […]
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People think that the members of The Beatles, particularly George Harrison, were a law unto themselves in the 1960s, but that isn’t strictly true. It does have certain aspects of salience. Put simply, you can’t ignore any part of culture within the decade without the influence of the Fabs creeping in somewhere, but that sometimes […]
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Any musician who is not a fan of The Beatles is instinctively not to be trusted. There is, however, a very big difference between appreciating the musical genius of the Fab Four and attempting to work alongside the band, as Donovan found out back in his 1960s heyday. Beatlemania was already in full swing by […]
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John Lennon didn’t always approve of Paul McCartney’s songwriting. As their tenure in the Beatles trekked on, their tastes diverged. Lennon labelled much of McCartney’s latter Beatles catalog “granny” music, making his aversion to his narrative, oft-cutesy style clear. But they were once very much on the same page when it came to songwriting. There […]
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Paul McCartney has paid tribute to Höfner, the famed instrument maker behind his iconic Violin Bass, after it was announced that the company filed for bankruptcy. The company has filed for bankruptcy in Germany, according to a filing in the Fürth District Court in Bavaria. The filing also reveals that an insolvency administrator has been […]
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Artists are often misunderstood during their lifetime, and regardless of whether John Lennon was truly understood during his time within the musical realm, his sudden and tragic passing back in 1980 certainly left a lot of unanswered questions scattered throughout the discography of the former Beatle. Even if you were to spend the rest of […]
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Despite the madness of Beatlemania, the sudden riches that the Fab Four were graced with, and untold fame, the music The Beatles produced always remained the music of the people. They might have endlessly experimented and stretched pop way beyond four chords on four instruments, and about two discreet platitudes, but the foundation of their […]
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Most would agree that while John Lennon’s solo output impressive, neither he nor his former bandmates were able to live up to the output of The Beatles. That being said, there are a number of songs that come pretty close, including one that Lennon surprisingly felt was too “embarrassing” to be featured on his 1971 […]
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In the world of John Lennon, nothing seemed to be truly sacred. He had more than a few causes that he was willing to fight for during his lifetime, but both in and out of The Beatles, there were often times when he could easily take the piss out of things that most people would […]
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