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| From | Michael Myers <mmyers1446@yahoo.com> |
| Subject | Re: _____ are my Beatles - am I missing something here? |
| Date | Thu, 30 Jul 2009 16:04:50 -0700 (PDT) |
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I've been reading this thread with interest for a few days, and I've been thinking about the original question... who were "your Beatles" as you were in that "coming of age" period of your life... so here I go wading into controversy lol
I think of the Beatles as so much more than an important musical act that redefined so many musical concepts, who had all those breakthroughs of huge chart activity, melodies/harmonies/chord progressions/arrangements that were not used previously... but to me they helped me realize the possibilities of my LIFE... to be creative, to oppose the Viet Nam war while in college, to think outside the box, to realize there was this whole material world out there that I did not necessarily have to conform to... I need to be redundant here and say that for me, they were a life-altering force more powerful than my professors, my employers etc etc
I have been reading a lot of the replies, and it seems that many of the posters have picked bands that made them think of new musical possibilities, or perhaps some act that really struck a chord with them (sorry, bad pun).... but most of the comments seem to be more about the quality of the music that these other bands have devised... am I totally off-base here?
I guess what I'm saying is that the Beatles were so much more than the music to me... and I haven't read too much along those lines in these other thoughtful replies...
Mike
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