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The Beatles
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Rock and roll in the late 1950’s was centered on blues and R&B. Artists like Billy Fury, Cliff Richard, and Tommy Steele to Motown. Chuck Berry was a large influence to the Beatles main song writers, Lennon and McCartney. Lennon and McCartney’s roots paved the way for The Beatle’s authenticity. After the war, rock and roll needed a face lift; The Beatles would be the surgeon. The Beatles were unique, performing and writing their own songs. Most of their songs were about love, hitting the normal teenage girl’s heart. McCartney was the group’s dreamy romantic writer, for example, “Why she Had to go I don't know, she wouldn't say I said, Something wrong, now I long for yesterday” (Yesterday 1965) as well as "She's leaving Home" (1967) [http://lyrics.rare-lyrics.com/B/Beatles/She's-Leaving-Home.html ]. Songs like those helped every teen boy and girl relate to The Beatles; giving the teenagers music to listen to that could resemble their life. It was the 60’s, The Beatles were selling albums like crazy, the music was popular, as were drugs. In 1965 McCartney experimented with the LDS [lysergic acid diethylamide] a hallucinogen drug. "It [LSD] opened my eyes. We only use one-tenth of our brain. Just think of what we could accomplish if we could only tap that hidden part! It would mean a whole new world if the politicians would take LSD. There wouldn't be any more war or poverty or famine." (Paul McCartney, 1967). It is said that McCartney was on LSD which added a little more creative touch to Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967) album which is probably true after taking a look at the album cover (http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000002UAU.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg ). Lennon was quoted, "[LSD] went on for years. I must have had a thousand trips. I used to just eat it all the time." (John Lennon, 1970), the National Institute on Drug Abuse states “Users refer to their experience with LSD as a ‘trip’ and to acute adverse reactions as a “bad trip.” These experiences are long; typically they begin to clear after about 12 hours.” (http://www.nida.nih.gov/Infofax/lsd.html ). These trips could have given The Beatles more creative edge to their song writing. The song “Help!” (1965) was written the same year Lennon and McCartney’s had their first LSD experience. Piece of the lyrics to “Help!”(1965) written by Lennon, seems to have resemblance to an LSD experience, “But now these days are gone and I'm not so self assured / now I find I've changed my mind, opened up the doors”. The LSD has opened doors in his mind, giving him a different perception to things. However, People misjudged the influence that drugs had on the Beatles’ music; Paul McCartney is quoted saying “…drugs informed what we did…A song like Got To Get You Into My Life, that's directly about pot, although everyone missed it at the time …There's others that make subtle hints about drugs, but, you know, it's easy to overestimate the influence of drugs on the Beatles' music” (Paul McCartney, http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/allnews/tm_objectid=14294630&method=full&siteid=50143&headline=mccartney--i-have-tried-heroin-name_page.html ). In July of 1966 The Beatles took a trip to India where they went to a transcendental meditation camp. John Lennon wrote “I’m so tired” (LYRICS - http://www.musicsonglyrics.com/B/Beatles/Beatles%20-%20I';m%20So%20Tired%20lyrics.htm ) when he was at the camp and couldn’t sleep. When the Beatles returned from India, they had new creative energy that was about to explode. The Indian influence was just what they needed. George Harrison, of the Beatles, brought the Indian sitar sound in “Norwegian Wood” (Audio http://www.terrificmusic.com/files/music/N/norwegian_wood_beatles.ram ). Using such an instrument was new to the west, which brought a sound that unique. The Beatles sound was superb without much controversy; but in the mid 60’s they began to create much controversy. John Lennon in 1966 was quoted saying "Christianity will go. It will vanish and shrink. I needn't argue about that. I'm right and will be proved right. We're more popular than Jesus now; I don't know which will go first, rock 'n' roll or Christianity. Jesus was all right, but his disciples were thick and ordinary. It's them twisting it that ruins it for me.” This statement created much controversy which led to burning of Beatles records, threats from the Ku Klux Klan, and ended in an apology to religious groups. After losing their manager Brian Epstein in 1967, the group started to go their own ways, working on solo projects. Their last concert was a live appearance on top of Apple Studios in London in January 1969. The band was on the verge of splitting up; Ringo Starr would take two week holidays, which was practically a temporary break-up. In April of 1970, the Band had called it quits. In 1980 John Lennon was murdered by Mark David Chapman. Many people believe John Lennon died in 1968 while he was in India; and was replaced with an actor; others have theories that Lennon was murdered, but not murdered by Chapman, but by the doorman, Jose Perdomo. Peter Cullen, an officer in the first police car that responded to the shooting believes it wasn’t Chapman; stating, Chapman “looked like a guy who worked in a bank” (http://www.jfkmontreal.com/john_lennon/Chapter01C.htm ). Salvador Astucia, writer of “Rethinking John Lennon’s Assassination - the FBI’S War on Rock Stars”, believes the murder was set up, “He [Chapman] claims he drew a gun but does not recall aiming at Lennon. Although Chapman says he drew a gun, it is unclear if the gun found at the crime scene was his or if it was planted by Perdomo” (http://www.jfkmontreal.com/john_lennon/Chapter01C.htm ). Before Lennon died, he was always in favor of peace, as was his wife, Yoko Ono. Crowned the most famous widow, Ono donates money for peace prizes and awards. She strives to spread the love promoting peace and Human Rights. In conclusion, The Beatles made a large impact on rock and roll. They achieved so much for the little time they were together, less than a decade. From starting on the Ed Sullivan’s show, the Beatles released 13 albums, and unreleased songs are still being released. Listening to their music is soothing and interesting at the same time. The Beatles are still hitting the public’s ear with something absolutely distinguishable. Works Cited "Beatles, the." Encyclopædia Britannica. 2005. Encyclopædia Britannica Online 13 Feb. 2005 < http://0-search.eb.com.alice.dvc.edu/eb/article?tocId=9013958 >. Craig Cross. Beatles-discography. 13 Feb. 2005 < http://www.beatles-discography.com/ >. Jon Wilde. McCARTNEY: I HAVE TRIED HEROIN. Jun 2 2004. Mirror.co.uk. February 13, 2005 < http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/allnews/tm_objectid=14294630&method=full&siteid=50143&headline=mccartney--i-have-tried-heroin-name_page.html>. Richie Unterberger. Beatles, The. All Music Guide. February 13, 2005 < http://www.vh1.com/artists/az/beatles/bio.jhtml >. Stephen Hamel. Steve’s Beatles Page – Beatle Quotes. January 7, 2001. Steve’s Beatles Page. February 14, 2005 < http://www.stevesbeatles.com/quotes/ >.
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