Hey check out the cool picture I found online. It's from an old Beatles coloring book. Speaking of which I've been reading a book called "Songwriting" by Stephen Citron, and he writes some interesting things about the Beatles.
"The Beatles' output defies pigeonholing. Each song seems to have a different format and totally different concept. The moment they felt that they were succeeding and had one or two hits on the charts, they explored another avenue."
"They created over two hundred songs of such irreverence, wisdom, cynicism, humor, and vulnerability--to say nothing of originality--that many people seriously thought they had other composers working for them."
Also, in Citron's book is a quote by another author named Milton Okun, who wrote
"[The Beatles] made rock respectable, revolutionized the recording industry in general and the popular music industry in particular, set the precedent that a successful performer compose his own songs, and brought freedom to musical expression unprecedented in popular song. They took ideas from country & western, rhythm & blues, rock and roll. New musical terms were invented to describe their music: raga rock, baroque rock, white soul."
Anyways, there's a ton more. I'll throw some more up when I have some time.
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