This blog is going to explore my study abroad experience in London. I want my readers to leave having a better understanding of the city and to want to spend time seeing what London has to offer.
Remember my post regarding The Beatles and how these amazingly talented men changed music forever? Well, I wanted to follow-up on my post We Love Them, Yeah Yeah Yeah... Everyone is always saying that Wikipedia posts are constantly being edited and revised. I wanted to see if this was accurate. I visited the webpage that had the post on Popular Music in London, and nothing was changed. It was exactly the same. Honestly, I was and wasn't surprised at this. I hoped to see some more excitement about The Beatles and some other artists that changed the face of music in the 1960s, but people in our generation don't understand the hype and hysteria over the band. Youth today can't listen to an entire song without getting bored. Additionally, music today sounds exactly the same. Take for example Taylor Swift. Originally country artist, now pop singer, sweeping the nation with her blonde hair, red lipstick, and long skinny legs. All of her songs sound exactly the same: same rhythm, music, and sometimes lyrics. This never happened with The Beatles. Every single song is incredibly unique and sends a different message to the audience. This band created a music revolution that is still going on today. I can't compare one band today with The Beatles. I may feel more strongly about this than others because my mother has been obsessed with The Beatles since I can remember. She told me stories about how their lyrics helped her get through difficult times. She taught me how to connect with the music and truly listen to the message of each song. Unfortunately, music today is raunchy and isn't really "music". My taste in music is classic rock and slow, relaxing music such as The Kooks or La Rocca. Sometimes it's fun to listen to crazy dance music. But those songs don't mean anything. I believe that music has the power to bring people back to life and happiness. If that's what The Beatles did for my mom and millions of others, I know it can happen to me one day.
This is a video of the way women and men acted when they were around The Beatles. The craziness happens at 1:20.
How can people bring back The Beatles today? Is there a way to show the youth of America how their music impacted the songs of today?
loved that video. I think that the sixties era contributed to the phenomenon you see on that tape. These confluences of cultural change don't happen often, and there is almost no way to predict when a phenomenon like the Beatles is going to occur. They were more than just a music group; they became a salve in an era that brought a lot of ugliness by way of war, assassination, and civil unrest.
loved that video. I think that the sixties era contributed to the phenomenon you see on that tape. These confluences of cultural change don't happen often, and there is almost no way to predict when a phenomenon like the Beatles is going to occur. They were more than just a music group; they became a salve in an era that brought a lot of ugliness by way of war, assassination, and civil unrest.
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