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[quote name='seashell' timestamp='1509909788' post='3402549'] Being the only girl in the band helps. Though not always, tbh. Sometimes the punters just want to do man bonding with lead guitarist :-) [/quote] Or in my band the woman bonding the lead guitar and singing lead vocals. Blue

[quote name='dmccombe7' timestamp='1509897356' post='3402402'] Think when you look at their early music it was aimed at the popular market but as they moved into Sgt Peppers the music style had changed to a little more psych and then later again they moved onto Magical Mystery Tour attempting to create an image to match their album maybe a little more towards early prog scene and then Let It Be was again a change towards more hippy style music. That's just my personal opinion of course but you then have to look at the timescales of those albums and what happened from that point. Did they start the psych scene or just make it more popular. Did they make the 1970 hippy scene more popular with the Let It Be album ? Dave [/quote] Those are tough questions Dave. I claim historian credibility, but you got me here. I really don't know, I'm stumped. Blue

[quote name='blue' timestamp='1509823012' post='3401920'] I had that little transitor radio under my pillow every night. Good Days! Blue[/quote] Typical baby boomer.😂 Blue

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1509896289' post='3402386'] You can't give yourself kudos or credibility that has to come from other people. You wern't even a teenager during their popularity![/quote] I give myself kudos and credibility for all sorts of stuff all the time.😂 I think I was 9 or 10 years old. I had their records and knew I wanted in on all if it. the beat, girls, the fashion, the attention, I wanted to be cool. They opened the door to all that for me. And if history serves right I wasn't alone. Blue

[quote name='dmccombe7' timestamp='1509829769' post='3402014'] There's been some pivotal moments in the history of popular music over the years i've been listening to music. These are probably the highlights in my own humble opinion but i'm pretty sure others will have their own idea of what was a major turning point for popular music Elvis Beatles Psychedelic Glam Rock Punk Heavy Metal I've deliberately missed out the music i was more into like Heavy Rock and Prog as i think they were follow ons from Beatles and Psych kind of thing in my mind. Dave [/quote] Another astute point and observation. "Let's see, if I take a little from these country guitar riffs and a little bit of Chuck's riffs it might help these songs out" That might have been what the 17 year old George Harrison was thinking in 1963. Very prog for the time. George didn't have decades of previous guitar work to draw from. Prior to Chuck and The Beatles most lead and solo work was primarily the duty of the saxophone. Blue

[quote name='lurksalot' timestamp='1509876298' post='3402199'] This kind of shows the futility of this sort of discussion On a side note regard influence , Mr Sheeran headlined Glastonbury , on his own , to 80,000 peeps on site and countless millions worldwide (live) , he writes all ( or most) of his own songs , and he's a ginga , now , if that doesn't turn out to be a massive influence on countless numbers of people for their future musical ambition and inspiration I would be astonished.[/quote] I guess you had to be there.😂 Blue

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1509879898' post='3402227'] I don't know why we need all these Beatles threads, in fairness we were due one as it's been a while since the last batch [/quote] StingRay Pete it's always a fun debate topic. What's interesting is, this started out as a "no response/no interest thread. Blue

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1509879898' post='3402227'] I always get is that somehow the uber fans want recognition purely for being born at the right time. [/quote] Probably because it's the only thing in life I mananged to get right. Being born at the right time.😂 Blue

[quote name='mikel' timestamp='1509886870' post='3402305'] But I didnt say they were the ONLY influential act, because they were not, I said most influential. [/quote] Great debate position and historically correct. Agreed Blue

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1509884413' post='3402273'] just being alive in the 60's doesn't gain you any extra kudos.[/quote] I say it does (alive of age and socially aware and concious) and not only kudos it gives us a high level of credibility. We saw it, heard it,felt it and some of us became emerced in it Understand I'm a star member of the *You Had To Be There Club" 😂 Blue

[quote name='SpondonBassed' timestamp='1509867767' post='3402120'] It's okay Blue. The silent majority just [i]knows[/i] what a big deal it was. Many world changing things happened as a result of the sixties though. Lots more things were happening in the world that drove the youth towards self-empowerment after years of post-war austerity.[/quote] Agreed and great commentary SpondonBassed. The world was waiting for something positive to happen, something fun to take us away from the austerity. Enter, The Beatles. Blue

[quote name='casapete' timestamp='1509795993' post='3401696'] Nothing mild about the SVT I had.... [/quote] Dang, how'd I miss that one. Mile Stone .😂 Blue

YouTube,theres a ton of beats and time signatures. A lot easier than an app.Just query the type of beat pattern and beats per minute. Peice of cake. Blue

Played the first verse of "Thrill Is Gone" in a different key than the rest of the band last weekend. That'll get you noticed. Blue Blue

[quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1509824570' post='3401948'] [Hannibal Lecter] 'As the main course..?' [/Hannibal Lecter] .. [/quote] Lol 😂 Blue

[quote name='DJpullchord' timestamp='1509824221' post='3401940'] Lennon would be annoying at a dinner party after 20 minutes.[/quote] I would love to be at the table. Blue

[quote name='DJpullchord' timestamp='1509824221' post='3401940'] My mother liked revolver. I like revolver. My son likes revolver.[/quote] And I like Revolver. Blue

[quote name='mikel' timestamp='1509815953' post='3401858'] I don't think that is true at all. Every musician I have had contact with over the last 50 years has agreed that the Beatles were, and to a certain extent still are, the most influential musicians and songwriters in the history of Pop/Rock music. [/quote] And rightly so. Interesting, because I see more of the " I don't get what the big deal was' sentiment than your rightous and astute position. Agreed Blue

[quote name='mikel' timestamp='1509815953' post='3401858'] Unlike the Yanks we have never burned there records. [/quote] I'm a Northern "Jersey Boy". We didn't burn anything. Lol I think your referring to our confused Southerners. Blue

[quote name='taunton-hobbit' timestamp='1509821346' post='3401907'] You had WABC 'music radio' We had the Light programme (and Radio Luxembourg) The difference was amazing (listen to Dan Ingram sometime) I'm sure there's a link to the kulure stuff here......... [/quote] Yup, Cousin Brucie on WABC and I think Dan Ingram was one of the WMCA Good Guys. I had that little transitor radio under my pillow every night. Good Days! Blue

[quote name='dmccombe7' timestamp='1509813698' post='3401847'] Think the closest i ever came to being influenced by an artist was David Bowie when i was early teens. For me Bowie could do no wrong but i don't remember thinking that because Bowie said or thought something that i had to be like him. It was more about his music and the images his songs created in your head. Before Bowie i never really listened to lyrics in any detail. From then on the lyrics became a big part of the song as a whole for me and moving into the Prog scene after that says it all. My imagination just ran riot after that until Rush 2112. But that's another story Dave [/quote] Your not alone Dave. I'm a product of the 60s and several of the guys I grew up with went in the Prog direction. For me I wanted to keep things fun and simple. I spent a lot of last night listening to Paul Revere & The Raiders and Gary Lewis & The Playboys. Blue

Thing is , it wasn't about their music. It was about The Beatles. Blue

[quote name='casapete' timestamp='1509781421' post='3401540'] Subsequently younger people will embrace a wide range of music, and not just a few like we did in the 60’s and 70’s.[/quote] In the 60s & 70s in the States we had so much Top 40 AM radio. We listened to all of it. The Beatles had their many hits, but so did Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole, Dean Martin and all the Motown hits at the same time. We're talking genres that we're generations apart. We were exposed to it and we listened to all of it. I respectfully disagree. Blue

[quote name='dmccombe7' timestamp='1509783864' post='3401554'] Even when i got into the heavier side of music in 70's i never really took artists as influential icons of everyday life. [/quote] I did, I thought they were my everyday life. Blue

[quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1509792482' post='3401657'] John Lennon was an interesting guy in interesting times. I like some of his music but as a person? Nah! John Lennon used to say a lot of things in order to get a reaction. Read the biographies, he was clever and insecure but he wasn't a very nice person. [/quote] If he was a very nice person he wouldn't have been John. I loved watching and listening to John being interviewed. Just waiting for that moment when you knew he was going to take some knucklehead reporter down.lol He could out wit just about anyone. Blue