As an old fuck who lived through the decade of the Beatles I think you put together a fair summation (the Boy Band label notwithstanding), but you never mentioned George Martin, their producer. Their studio output was hugely influenced by him. He was classically trained, arranged most of the orchestral music used by the Beatles, and often played keyboards. He was one of the major innovators in recording techniques of all time, especially impressive in that his experimentation was in the analog era, digital manipulation of sound not yet in use commercially. Without Martin the Beatles would have sounded much different and they probably would not have been as successful. Sir George Martin is worth a deep dive.

The Beatles were heaven sent. Their impact was immeasurable.

The Beatles were never a 'Boy Band' - why do you use that term? Boy Bands do not write and perform all the instruments on their recordings.

We should care about The Beatles because they helped kill the 50's in America. Not many people today realize it, but musically, the 50's actually went untill 1964. That same "ooooooh whaaaaaa..." stuff was still going strong in 1963. The Beatles were like a pool ball hitting another pool ball and sending it into a whole new direction. People loved The Beatles for changing music. I even worked with a guy who hated The Beatles because he said they ruined music. Good or bad, The Beatles changed music forever.

Their impact is still felt today.

Its simple; although a number of acts have changed the world of music, but made very little true sociological change. The Beatles changed THE WORLD. Before The Beatles, the world was about old people. After The Beatles, the world was about young people, and has been ever since. That can only happen once.

The Beatles inspired me and three of my friends to form a garage band. It was the most fun we had as teenagers, 12, 13, 14 or so. Only 1 of us new how to play an instrument. We learned together. I can't remember ever having cross words with one another. We simply listened to music mainly 45s. Every time a Beatles song came out we pitched in went to the music store and prayed the record did not sell out. I pretty much lived at my friend, the drummer's house, ate a lot of cheese and pickle sandwiches. We practiced, listened to music and practiced some more. It was rinse and repeat. I am now 71 years old and still love and listen to the Beatles. Well I could go on and on but prefer not to be tagged as the older generation. lol. Yesterday always comes before today so we can all learn from yesterdays! In 1964 The Beatles had five songs in the Billboard top 100 all simultaneously, in the United States and the record still stands as of March 15, 2023! Amazing! Peace and love to all of you, young and old. Had to correct my dates, sorry, sometimes yesterday still rules. ✌️

The Beatles did not have a hit in America until they released "I want to hold your hand".

It's nice to see someone that was born so long after the Beatles take an honest look at what they were all about.

Because "The Beatles" opened the door for all that followed.

A few twisted numbers: Lennon's Jewels comment 1963 not 1962, Lennon's Jesus Quote 1966 not 1996.😄 If you've only heard the albums, you're missing a lot of important songs, as the singles were only released sporadically on the albums. And: at NO time were the Beatles a boy band. A massive misunderstanding from today's perspective by some people. Technically, boy bands aren't musicians, they're usually just singers, while the Beatles were a organically grown rough rock 'n' roll band, which spent years in gritty clubs and basements in England and Hamburg, internalizing the craft of professional musicians, before 1963 the spectacular breakthrough succeeded, which not only changed the world of popular music, but also had an immense influence on a new sense of freedom among large parts of the youth of the time, with their relative (for that time) disrespect for the adult world and authorities. The female fan enthusiasm of real boy bands is comparatively without substance. Beatlemania, on the other hand, can be interpreted almost more as a kind of protest- and also as an early form of a "girl power" movement. As for the music of the early years, the Beatles' brilliance is also evident at this stage, especially when compared to that of many of their contemporaries. A number of aspects could also be cited (Shea-Stadium 1965, Philippines 1966, worldwide broadcast of "All you need is love" 1967), but only in passing. The Abbey Road crosswalk has become a place of pilgrimage since the album's release (one of several in the Beatles universe), with several hundredthousands fans and tourists reenacting the album cover each year.

I'm from the UK and a massive Beatles fan (in my 50's) and I have to say you pretty much nailed it. Honey Pie wasn't vaguely close to anything by Buddy Holly, and was more akin to the 1920's jazz that McCartney's dad Jim played in his Jazz band, but McCartney was indeed also inspired by Holly a lot. But yeah, you pretty much nailed it. It was a very pleasurable watch and it's nice to see a young person such as yourself look at these things and react sensibly and reasonably and with intelligence. Thanks.

When you're years ahead of your time and set the trends you look "ordinary" in retrospect.

Well done, sir. Thank you for this excellent segment. It's interesting to hear from people of your age group about things like the Beatles. I was in utero when they broke up in April of 70, and born in June......missing the whole thing completely lol. But have been a student and fan since 76'. Thanks for this great presentation. If you listen to a top ten list from just before they hit it big, it brings into focus a little more why they seemed to hit like a tidal wave of excitement

"Honey Pie" is 1920s style -- not Buddy Holly.

The Sargent Peppers movie was not done by them. I was done years after they broke up with the Bee Gees and Peter Frampton featuring the Beatles music. I was bad.

Corrections to all the facts: EDIT: bro I got way too mad, sorry (also I was also wrong about some of these facts) It's a mop top not bowl cut The picture that was shown of the quarry men is actually an early picture of the Beatles during their DECCA audition, not the quarry men he wasn't another singer he was a bass player, Stuart Sutcliffe, who gave the band their Moptop look and named the band the Beatles, also the drummer was Pete Best The other singer they played back up for was Tony Sheridan for the song "My bonnie" The person who takes the audition was George Martin an incredibly important member of the Beatles Pete best wasn't from the quarry men he was from the Silver Beatles/Beatles The Beatles didn't chose Ringo, George martin did They didn't call up Ringo, when Pete was too lazy or tired to play in Hamburg, Ringo was with his band Rory storm and the hurricanes so he would fill in the role Whilst love me do did instantly chart it only got to #14 in it's release year. In the US please please me was under the name introducing the Beatles and was missing the songs ask me why and please please me and it was not a success I feel you really don't understand who innovative they were even in their boy band era, as nowadays it seems very forward but back then it was really something different it's "You can't do that" You forgot LSD also that sound started in in help! A lot of Beatles songs in the boy band era were about sex, I mean, "Please, Please me" or "Day tripper" Sitars were used in the Beatles since rubber soul They used orchestra like instruments since help! The Beatles invented heavy metal with Helter Skelter You say the white album was more strict when it has revolution 9 in it McCartney was barking at Lennon, also how on earth do you consider hey bulldog a scrap Sgt pepper's lonely hearts club band had no involvement from the Beatles in any way other than them writing the music, and even then the music in the film was covered and was released in 1978 8 YEARS AFTER THEY BROKE UP Lennon said they were more popular then Jesus not in 1996 or 1969 but in 1966 you misread 3 times man They created the latest trends I don't think you do know why we should care about the beatles I will say though the video was well edited but a lot of fact were incorrect or blinded by opinions.

First of all the Beatles were naver a boy band. You naver saw a boy bands German night clubs four eighth hours day

I've just turned 70. I guess I was around 7 in 1960, and when the Beatles emerged I played their first 2 albums inside out because my mother bought them for herself. They certainly defined and created much of what the 1960s were, and what followed after the 1960s was also influenced by the 1960s. So the Beatles were, I would say, more influential in "changing the world" than some wars have been, which is called "soft power". Anyway, well done: you did an amazing job in going back into the past (for you) and getting a very good understanding of the basic facts, and presenting them in such a short time.

Well done sir. A good appraisal by someone who didn’t live The Beatles era. Insightful.

Good overview. Thanks.

Well researched in terms of the content they produced and it was interesting to hear how you felt about hei music without any other context to influence you. One thing to take note of is when they recorded their first album it was done in 1 day in mono on a 4 track machine. By the time they recorded their last album (Abbey Road, although it was released before Let it Be) it was done on a state of the art 8 track machine over several weeks and included one of the first uses of Moog Synthesizers. The differences are due largely to the innovations pioneered by the Beatles in their short 8 year run.

The Beatles are with us for eternity. ❤

"The Beatles" were NEVER a "boy band" -- which term didn't exist until at earliest the 198s; research the behaviors in Hamburg.

In answer to your question, why should you care about Beatles.? Basically, don't care. I don't care if you care. They are very important as far as music goes. And the journey they went on was nothing short of amazing. But , it's not a thing that needs to be proven to you.

When you compare the early Beatles work.... dont compare it to what it sounds like now, because they didnt have the tools they have now.... and THEY INVENTED many of the tools and sounds you hear today... Compare them to all the other music that was out in 1962-1965....

"Apple Corps" is a play on words, because the "ps" in "corps" is silent. So it's pronounced exactly the same as "apple core".

The Beatles came along at the perfect time. Rock n roll’s taking off… pop music combined with pop culture, they were influential in so many areas. Even some of the first music videos in an effort to be seen without having to tour. The story of the Beatles is very interesting.

"The Beatles" were unique in their sense of joy, and their energy. No matter what the song they had FUN. 99 per cent of others by comparison were only going through the motions.

GREETINGS EARTH MAN: Harry Nillson was a friend of the Beatles in the 60s/70s. They considered him the best singer in popular music. Nillson had many hits despite the fact he did not do performances. If you like the Beatles, you'll probably really enjoy Nilson. One of his biggest hits was Everybody's Talking About Me, which he did not write. He also did a nice album of American Songbook songs that was very good. Linda Rondstadt also did a similar album.

They are an example of many new things coming together at once that they were a part of (and did not innovate themselves), so they reflected many background scenes going on them. They had the following innovations going on all at once: 1. the hair; 2. the electric sound; 3. the media attention; 4. the very young age; 5. the art; 6. the suits; 7. the bow at the end of songs; 8. the boots; 9. the merchandising; 10. the stellar song writing; 11. the stellar instrumentalizing; 12. the exoticness (at least to Americans) 13. the fun-loving; 14. the movies; 15. the hysterical screaming girls (who wouldn't want that?); 16. the break with the previous generation (very important) 17. the prodigious output (four albums per year) 18. the studio quality 19. representing a generation

Cuz they’re awesome

Because they make good music.

I'm an old Dane living in Brazil. Even in the boy group era their music stood out. Most pop was completely different. Listen to some pop from that period and you'll see that Beatles opened up for bands using another type of instrumentation😊 mainly electric guitars. A heavier more direct type of pop. They changed music forever.

Richard, there's an easier simpler approach. If you listen, in order of release, to just the Beatles 1st 4 British albums (their early sound period), you'll be duplicating how people of the '60s discovered the fresh sound of the Beatles, which turned most people's heads. Then, if their sound appeals to you and intrigues you, you can explore those other things you mentioned.

Why should I care about what you think about the Beatles.....they were the soundtrack of my youth , what you think isn't the least bit important to me.

I assume you know their actual last album was Abbey Road, even though Let It Be was released later due to chaotic conditions in courts, over production, etc.

I can tell this dude is a newer Beatles fan just by the way he talks

The Beatles made thirteen albums!

No volume on the Mercury Browser? Hmm

you have a german accent, right?

What you didn't mention is that they not only were in the forefront of music, they led where music went. All forms of music excluding rap and hip hop can trace influences back to the Beatles. If you want to see the effect on the early songs try listening to the songs from 58 to 63, then listen to the early Beatles. You will see what they originally brought to music.

There were no boy bands at that time. The things they wrote about were things that young people were going through at the time; jealous boyfriend,cheating on each other, selfish sexual behavior. Power struggles with young couples. These are still themes today with young people that present themselves. Universal themes. At that time, we hadn’t sure such truthful lyrics and they made us think and discuss the lyrics like we had never done before.They opened our minds to beautiful kinds of lyrics and music. They were the most talented people as a group and individually.

It really is not fair to just look at one or two songs and pass judgment. To understand the impact those boys had you really need to listen to what contemporary songs were being played at the same time. The differences are stunning! The Beatles loved to experiment with different sounds, different musical instruments and effects. Event the way songs were constructed changed because of their influence! Remember too that none of them could read music! They were all self taught on their instruments and played by ear. They all learned the chord names, but put some sheet music in front of them and they were lost! That makes their success even more incredible!

Abbey road was the last album. Even though Let it be was released last

The Beatles did not hit the US until 1964, which means Love me do and the album Please Please me "only" became hits in Europe. Me - being from Denmark heard Beatles for the first time in the fall of 1963: the song She loves you - from then on Beatlemania ruled Europe.

Hey I know people are probably gonna mention those but actually let it be was made before Abbey Rd., Abbey Road is their last album in the studio let it be just came out after Abby road because of production problems and they didn’t want to deal with all the tapes so they gave it to Phil Spector to produce

You can call I’ll cry instead toxic but it’s still a certified banger. Run for your life on the other hand… Also gonna be honest I thought using when I’m 64 as an example was kinda goofy. It’s not a bad song, but in my humble opinion it doesn’t hold a candle so many of the other songs you could’ve mentioned

Love Me do did moderately at #17 in England and went no where in the USA in 1962.

It would really be interesting to be able to visit an Alternative Universe where the Beatles never existed and see how Rock & Roll would have turned out! Would we still only be listening to Elvis, Buddy Holly and Little Richard Style of Music .... With Country and Jazz on the side?

The Beatles brought the future forward.

boy band - if u listen to their vocals only Revolver album on youtube you will discover just based on a capella voices a fabulous boy band sound. of course they were a real band, total package......

I was 12 when the Beatles became famous and 20 when they finished..They have been one of the biggest influences on popular music and culture ever. They inspired the generation at the time and their music will last forever. George Martin should be mentioned as he helped to mould and interpret their music being classically trained. They were fortunate to have both Brian Epstein and George Martin in their career. We have not seen anyone like them since and I doubt we will see the likes of them again. I feel very lucky to have been that age and watch their progression in my teenage years.The best Beatles tribute band who get anywhere near them is 'The Bootleg Beatles' they are so good now they sell out at places like the Albert Hall!

Huh, I didn’t know that the “more popular than Jesus” line was said on my birthday!

Murder wasn’t romanticized in The Catcher in the Rye

"When I'm 64" was the first song Paul ever wrote, when he was 14 years old.

Epstrin was not called the 5th Beatle. Producer George Martin was.

Pete Best was NOT The Quarrymen's drummer, that drummer was Colin Hanton from 1956-59. As for the much abused term '5th Beatle', to be accurate, that was Stuart Sutcliffe, from 1960-61. Lastly, Sgt.Pepper movie is NOT a 'Beatles movie', they're NOT in it.

Because they where the greatest band of all times and influenced and changed modern and pop music like no others and for ever. Next question?

you often mention "toxic"...according to you which are they? We are beatles' fans and would like you to specifiy. Thanks.

Beatles released music in the US in 1964.

Calling them a boy band destroyed my ability to take you seriously. Why should you care. If you care about music since you should bow to them.

Good job. One other "toxic song" - Maxwell's Silver Hammer.

You would have had to lived through the times in order to appreciate The Beatles. I laughed like hell at you calling them a “boy band” and using “interesting” as a descriptive. They were and remain the most influential group in the history of rock n roll.

Care. Care a lot.

Because you're not human if you don't! 😊

The Beatles WERE NEVER EVER A SO-CALLED BOY BAND! Boy bands don't play instruments!

More corrections: Apple "Corps" is pronounced as "core" - it's a pun. Lennon was only really a heroin addict in 1969/1970. For a few years before that he had a kind of psychosomatic addiction to LSD and/or cannabis. It should be clarified that Let It Be was mostly recorded (overdubs excepted) in 1969 - set aside, then finished with the help or hindrance of Spector the following year as the Beatles were winding down. Lennon was shot on Dec 8th but the details filtered out across the 9th and 10th. The killer Mark Chapman had a history of delusory mental-illness. Final comment - there's plenty of innovation, or at least superior/non-standard musical practices, in their songwriting, during their so-called "boy band" era. But you have to know what to listen for, you have to know somewhat of the general trends in popular music in the early 1960s, to understand the significance of things like that jump to B-minor-5 in I Want To Hold Your Hand, or the jump from B to G in That Means A Lot and from D-minor to B-flat in Think For Yourself, or the D-flat/G-flat/E-flat sequence in McCartney's It's For You... Not forgetting all the odd-numbered phrases, usually in Lennon songs, which were/are a little uncommon.

You need to get some good music in your head .... That is why you should care .. The Beatles early era was very Everly Brothers vocally influenced .They did the bow like they did also and Paul mentions them the song Let Em In .. After the Bob Dylan meeting and cannabis introduction ,that changed everything that they were going to record .

So, let's see if I have this straight. They're often said to be the greatest popular music composers/performers of all time, yet you've never in your life been able to free up 3 minutes to check.

to me a boyband is a manufactured band put together purely for monetary purposes , the Beatles worked their socks off from the age of 16 , the Beatles not only changed music but also life for a great many teenagers like my self

You got some wrong information. Love me do was neither a big hit in europe nor in the US. It reached number 17 in the british Tops and wasn't heard at all in the US. The european breakthrough came with Please please me in 1963 and in the USA with I wanna hold your hand in december. You ask why you should care about the Beatles? No you should not if you're not interested at all. But everything in modern pop and rock music you know today depends of the Beatles and what they did. In one sentence: they brought American rock 'n' roll out of its endless loop, mixed it with European musical traditions, and thus built the basis for almost everything that can be heard on radio (and beyond) today. Nothing in music would be the same without the Beatles. But you don't need to care about the Beatles. Your "phases" are wrong too in my opinion ;-) My suggestion: Phase 1 - Rock'n'Roll phase in 1963 (classic Rock'n'roll, R&B and modifications) Phase 2 - Beatlemania phase in 1964 (Love songs and screaming teenage girls) Phase 3 - Experimental phase in 1965 (mainly influenced by Bob Dylan and Folk music) Phase 4 - Psychedelic phase in 1966 and 1967 (free development of creative power) Phase 5 - Rockband phase in 1968 and 1969 ('innovation' of classic rock music) I reject the term 'boy band'. It doesn't fit, because the Beatles were from the beginning a rock'n'roll band with members who played their instruments themselves and wrote their own songs. Perhaps, like me, you have to have to listen to the Beatles for 40 years to appreciate them. For me, they belong in a row with composers from classical music. I was a little annoyed by your (superficial) post. Nevertheless, thumbs up for the topic.

Not sure boy band phase was the right phrase. The Beatles did some covers yeah but they wrote the majority of their own songs which isn’t really the MO of your boy band formula. Just they wore suits and had what at the time was considered very long hair.

I heard the words Boy Band and changed the channel

This guy gets so many facts wrong I don't know where to begin

If you don't care about the Beatles, it's your loss.

They never were a boys band. There so no band in history that reached this level, they invented every thing

People who don't like the Beatles they don't care about them. But most of the People who lived in that Time loved the Beatles. They gived it to their children and they loved the Beatles. Go to an Paul Mc Cartney Concert and you will see how much just every age of people love the Beatles. So Show some Respect and please say not Boy Band. And tell nothing about the Beatles when you not love them every we as Fan's of the Magic Four feel it that you also don't care of them.

I think you kinda missed the point. Why you should care about the Beatles is not a matter of "why should I care about the Beatles?", like "why should I read Shakespeare rather than watch the latest Marvel movie?" Before the Beatles, there was no example for garage bands being successful and taken seriously as artists, writing their own material, or having an artistic arc from "Twist and Shout", to "She Loves You yeah yeah yeah", to "Michelle" to "Nowhere Man" to Taxman to Lucy in the Sky... etc - covers, pop, folk, ballad, acid, rock... It's like "Shakespeare's OK but he's so full of clichés". The Beatles pioneered or popularized so many things artistically that are commonplace now (feedback in music, for example). Their success transcended their failures - they didn't follow up a POS like the Magical Mastery Tour movie with a decade of "best of" collections (like, say, Elvis or The Beach Boys). They kept innovating. They were leaders, who pulled the (Western) world's musical tastes and ideas forward from their appearance on Ed Sullivan through to The End on Abbey Road.

because Blue jay Way

As difficult as it is to understand, the Beatles are actually under-rated. There were better singers. There were better musicians. There were better songwriters. But the Beatles were consistently excellent. Rather than follow trends they set trends. They were not a band, they were a phenomena. We will never see their equal.

I disagree with the classification of the Beatles as a "boy band." I classify the early Beatles as more an early version of Punk Rock or New Wave.

If a “boy band” would write their own songs, sing three part harmonies, play at pro session musician level, play in their own albums, reaching incredible vocal ranges live while playing without any software auto tune nonsense…

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go back and take a lok what came before-theywere a total break out in the beginning.

These silly Boy Bands nowadays couldn't write a middle eight to save their lives. Beatle songs were so perfect that they were almost like two songs in one with the middle eight. It's a lost art. They perfected it, mastered it, and everybody back then used them as a template, from Mick Jagger and Keith Richards on down the line.

The answer to this question is, you shouldn't care about The Beatles. Do you think The Beatles gave a shit about the music and culture that came before them? No, they didn't. They were all about "the revolution" or whatever. You should actively reject and denounce The Beatles and all Boomer culture. It's time to move on. In the words of Bob Dylan " The times, they are a changin' "

Love Me Do was not a hit in the US when it was first released. You need to be more careful about facts

Repeating words from The Best Goes On “A Brief History of The Beatles” is lame. Lazy effort.

You don't have to. It is permissible to remain ignorant. But that is not recommended.

The beatles wrote all their songs

The Beatles existed from 1960 - 1970, not from 1962. That were the Stones.

Going to read everything on the internet about The Beatles? 😂🤣🤣🤣

Only difference between early Beatles and boy bands is that they were musicians and not just singers, who played all of the music. And eventually they wrote all of their own music. What boy band does that?: And then they had an obvious influence from Motown and much American soul music. Their vocals and harmonies were much more edgy than boy bands also. Bad comparison. By the way, they came from playing clubs in the prostitution district of Hamburg Germany. Also one of the first bands to publicly admit to using drugs like LSD. They literally changed the world and youth culture in every year of the 60s. No one has ever had the singular influence since. White album is their first rock album? What was Help? You're completely ignorant of the history of rock music.

The Beatles were influenced by Buddy Hollie, Elvis and Chuck Berry. 🇬🇧💕☮️🎶🎶

Little tip with the ladies for you. Women will say they want you to be the kind of guy who lets them talk to other guys but deep down on a primal level they want you to be a “you can’t do that” kind of guy. Basically if you are ok with them flirting with others it means you don’t really care about having them. They want you to want them all for yourself.

Why do so many people call The Beatles a boy band? Boy bands don't write their own songs or play their own instruments, and they do those silly synchronized dances.

Richard, you know when you make a video with zero gaps between every sentence, it becomes very tedious to listen to after a while. Don't do it.

You shouldn’t, go find some current music you like and forget about the Beatles, might as well throw M Davis, G Gershwin, Beethoven, Mozart and Bach into those from the past also. Good luck.

And yet you never then listened to a Beatles song.