Let me start, as it should be a good story, from the beginning, the origin of pop music. Then I think directly of The Beatles, the most underrated band ever, probably. I think I can hear you thinking. Let me explain that, apart from the screaming frying fish that John, Paul, George and Ringo could hardly get out of during the many concerts they initially gave, they soon get a bit nosey. Bit of cozy love songs, huh? That is definitely the feeling that lingers with many, not real fans. It has happened many times that I, for example, Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band for a friend or girlfriend playing on my record player and hearing me say, Gee, this is pretty good, never knew she was making this kind of music. Apart from this, the illustrious foursome, and certainly the fifth man George Martin, deserves praise for the fact that they have not only given the music a whole new face until then, but have also really changed and started a movement, perhaps not all alone, which is unprecedented and has made a real cultural change.
It's impossible. The Fab Four in a short blog like this do any right. Back to the music. Much has already been said and written about their qualities as musicians, or lack thereof, but in my opinion both John, Paul, George and Ringo are very handsome musicians. The ease with which they composed the often very nice, in the beginning, and ingenious and complex later, their songs and the virtuosity they display when playing them is of high level. They were very skilled and resourceful on several instruments (unfortunately, in half of the cases), and had real fun at it, especially in the beginning.
How come the four youngsters from Liverpool reach so much and become such a global sensation in such a short time out of nowhere, it seems anyway? Of course they had their inspirations, American musicians and innovators like Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry, Fats Domino and Bob Dylan, but they certainly don't stick to that. The time is right, as it seems. Born in 1960 and although raised with singles by The Beatles on a small plastic 45 tour pickup, I am too young to develop an idea of what is happening. Maybe I'll find some time to think about that. Then you'll definitely read it here. Unfortunately, the lucky dream will soon be over. Nine years after the beginning of The Beatles, I hear on the radio news in my nursery that the four friends are separated, have had enough of it and each other. Lucky for me, Pink Floyd, I was put under another spell six months before.
