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Like 1066, Roger Bannister and 'one if by land, two if by sea', who doesn't know the Beatles? For the academically-challenged: the Battle of Hastings; the first sub-four-minute mile; Paul Revere; and the absolutely most amazing band of the 20th century. The British import that single-handedly took popular music from dance-band bobby sox to world stage, John, Paul, George and Ringo were the Fab Four. Barbers tossed their clippers out the window, infant sons bore their names and young girls and their mothers who should have known better swooned and swarmed stages as Beatle-mania overtook at least two continents. The Beatles led the way for young bands to break into the mainstream and in the process dabbled in other media and substances of interest to them. From Ed Sullivan in 1964 to their break-up in 1970, the band churned out a long list of hits that are cemented in music consciousness; I Wanna Hold Your Hand, Yesterday, Hey Jude, Penny Lane and Let It Be are just a few that can make baby-boomers light-headed with reverie. Now, John Lennon and George Harrison are legends and only two, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, are still creating music....more

  • What Would You Do if I Showed You the Chords...

    by Max MobleyJune 25, 2008Comments (3)

    Paul McCartney said to me recently, “My god, you know more about our material than anyone else does simply because your work has been more recent.” (read more)

  • The Best Books on Music of the Last Six Months

    by C! TeamJune 25, 2008Comments (3)

    There's something about summer reading lists. They almost always contain must-reads, but they are also supposed to contain page-turners... books that, while not being the most challenging literary content you've feasted your eyes on, are highly entertaining without being too heavy on the thinking. It's summer for crissakes, and that means taking a standard break from life. (read more)

  • Pink Floyd: The Piper at the Gates of Dawn

    by John CavanaghJune 18, 2008Comments (0)

    “My guess is that this was not even intentional. They are a lazy bunch and could never be bothered to practice, so they probably had to improvise to get away with it.” (read more)

  • Rediscovering Rock and Roll, A Journey: Chapter Seven

    by Paul WilliamsJune 18, 2008Comments (2)

    In the future, perhaps, everything will be digital, and we’ll be able to order videos of individual songs, which will be instantly transferred over phone lines to our combination personal computer/music disc/video disc player (and billed to our credit accounts at the same time). There will be a broadcast service, so we can be exposed to new product in the first place, but they’ll figure out some way that you can’t copy (read more)

  • Teddy Thompson

    by Steve MatteoJune 18, 2008Comments (0)

    "Sweetened rockabilly and ballpark organ pop give the music a subtle grandeur" (read more)

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