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| My taste in music has changed drastically over the years, and below I have attempted to somehow chronologise it. The Beatles remain for me the most influential band of all time, the White Album being my favourite album - due its sheer variety. 1990-1994 METAL/GRUNGE STAGE Guns 'N' Roses, Iron Maiden, Twisted Sister, Def Leppard, AC-DC, Megadeth, Whitesnake, Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Therapy, Aerosmith, Red Hot Chilli Peppers. 1994-1999 INDIE/'BRITPOP' Oasis, Blur, Paul Weller, Weezer, Cranberries, Ben Folds Five, REM, Shed Seven, Cast, Fat Boy Slim, Mansun, Suede, Pulp, Gomez, U2, Manic Street Preachers, Stereophonics, Ash, The Verve, Paul Weller, Supergrass, The Seahorses. Sometime in 1997 60-70s The Beatles, The Byrds, Buddy Holly, The Beach Boys, The Kinks, John Lennon (solo), Paul McCartney (solo), Jimi Hendrix, The Rolling Stones. 1999-present POPULAR MUSIC The Doves, Robbie Williams, Muse, Turin Brakes, Blink 182, , David Gray, Eminem, Red Hot Chilli Peppers. |
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| Music is many things to many people. I am an avid guitar player and I recently purchased a rather trendy blue 'Crafter' semi-acoustic to add to my sunburn Fender Telecaster electric. It still remains a strong ambition of mine to get a band together in my spare time, write songs and play live, and although im far too busy right now, watch this space! |
| "Ive paid my dues, time after time, ive done my sentence but commited no crime, and bad mistakes, ive made a few, ive had my share of sand kicked in my face but ive come through, ive taken my bows and my curtain calls you brought me fame and fourtune and everything that goes with it i thank you all but its been no bed of roses no pleasure cruise i consider it a challenge before the whole human race and i aint gonna lose" |
| "The Beatles remain for me the most influential band of all time" |
"I declare that the Beatles are mutants. Prototypes of evolutionary agents sent by God, endowed with a mysterious power to create a new human species, a young race of laughing freemen." Acid guru Timothy Leary on the Beatles signficance. |
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| The Beatles were not just another Rock and Roll band. When I first heard The Beatles I was just about fifteen.. I was not too concerned about who wrote the songs. I just wanted to hear music that I liked. But as I matured, well not matured, got older, I realised that there is more to a band then just music. A band has a style, a personality, and an image. The Beatles had an image like no other group in the 60s. At first they would show up for a gig in leather jackets and greased back hair, but with the help and guidance of Brian Epstein, The Beatles soon metamorphosed into the mop-top teens that everyone loved. With those matching collarless suits and their wily long hair, how could anyone not be curious what The Beatles were all about? As their music progressed so did their style and train of thought. Through mind altering drugs and more life experience, The Beatles began to see that there was a lot left for them to conquer. They were before their time. They revolutionised the music industry, blazing a path for all other bands to follow. Without The Beatles, who knows how long it would have taken for their style of music to surface. |
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| THE BEATLES IN ONE MINUTE Early incarnations included The Quarrymen, Johnny & The Moondogs, and The Silver Beatles They recorded their first album Please Please Me in a day 73 million viewers watched their debut appearance on Americas top-rated Ed Sullivan Show They were introduced to the pleasures of marijuana by the curly haired troubadour, Bob Dylan In 1966 the band were forced to flee Manila, after they had refused to have tea with the president's wife, Imelda Marcos Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band was the first pop album to come with printed lyrics "Yesterday" has been covered over 2500 times, more than any other track in the history of pop music |
