On this day in 1957, the most important meeting in the history of music occurred

[spnited]

Hondo...No. 6 should be A Hard Day's Night.

Huggy, you're absolutely right about Buddy Holly and Lennon did acknowledge his influence.
Given the times, Holly was probably the most creative, innovative recordmaker in rock history...he just didn't live long enough for most people to know his true genius

 

[ifilus]

Re: On this day in 1957, the most important meeting in the history of music occu

6. They were the first band to record a documentary movie about themselves (Help).

Help! was a documentary?

Help! begins when Ringo gets the sacrificial ring of a far Eastern cult, known as Kahili, stuck on his finger. While Kahili sets out to get their ring back, Professor Foot and Algernon, a pair of mad scientists, are also in pursuit of the sacred ring. The Beatles are chased throughout the world as both Kahili and the scientists fall over each other trying to get at Ringo and the ring.

 

[spnited]

No, Ifilus. A Hard Day's Night was the "documentary"

 

[Songbird]

Great story in the RS 40th anniversary about the making of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, and how it was the single most influential (collective) piece of music tying together everything the '60s were about.

 

[Huggy]

hmmmm.....this could get interesting.....

Hard to say what the music scene would look like today without their appearance, but without question, the Beatles were a gargantuan influence that directly affected what rock music was through the 60s and the 70s. We clearly would not be where we are today or have enjoyed the ride along the way without the mop tops.

I think it's fair to say if the Beatles hadn't come along there would never have been a British Invasion. Every band that came after them - Who, Floyd, Zeppelin, Animals and especially the Stones, owed them a huge debt.

 

[Clever username]

4. They were among the rock and rollers with a social conscience and their songs with a message go on and on and on (Imagine, Give Peace a Chance, Revolution, Back in the USSR, The Ballad of John and Yoko, etc).

Minor quibble, but John Lennon was a solo artist and it was the 70s when he wrote Imagine and Give Peace a Chance.

 

[Songbird]

Floyd was making LSD-driven music at the same time. McCartney went to many of their shows to see what they were all about. Wouldn't be surprised if he incorporated any of their stuff into SPLHCB record. Because of Floyd, I believe, McCartney was more apt to try hallucenagenics (sp?).

 

[JR]

Hondo...No. 6 should be A Hard Day's Night.

Huggy, you're absolutely right about Buddy Holly and Lennon did acknowledge his influence.
Given the times, Holly was probably the most creative, innovative recordmaker in rock history...he just didn't live long enough for most people to know his true genius

And the Beatles were named in honour of Buddy Holly's band, The Crickets.

 

[spnited]

Hondo...No. 6 should be A Hard Day's Night.

Huggy, you're absolutely right about Buddy Holly and Lennon did acknowledge his influence.
Given the times, Holly was probably the most creative, innovative recordmaker in rock history...he just didn't live long enough for most people to know his true genius

And the Beatles were named in honour of Buddy Holly's band, The Crickets.

Another good point from one of us old enough to remember the Crickets.

 

[JR]

In the "you had to be there" department, my recollection is the Beatles drove the popular music bus for most the 60's.

The only other band in terms of overall popularity were the Stones. People tended to fall into two camps: McCartney/Lennon or Jagger.

No matter what other bands you loved, it always come down to: Stones or Beatles?

 

[JR]

Hondo...No. 6 should be A Hard Day's Night.

Huggy, you're absolutely right about Buddy Holly and Lennon did acknowledge his influence.
Given the times, Holly was probably the most creative, innovative recordmaker in rock history...he just didn't live long enough for most people to know his true genius

And the Beatles were named in honour of Buddy Holly's band, The Crickets.

Another good point from one of us old enough to remember the Crickets.

Or seeing Elvis on Ed Sullivan. Now, that's OLD. :)

 

[Songbird]

Just like the camp that says you're either Beatles or Elvis?

I like both.

 

[Ace]

Re: On this day in 1957, the most important meeting in the history of music occu

And for those who didn't know it, Elvis spoke of homosexuality. Check this out:

Number forty-seven said to number three:
You're the cutest jailbird I ever did see.
I sure would be delighted with your company,
Come on and do the jailhouse rock with me.
Lets rock, everybody, lets rock.
Everybody in the whole cell block
Was dancin to the jailhouse rock.

Riddle me that one Elvis fans.

Yeah, boots. Elvis wrote a whole lot of his songs.

Actually, he seemed a bit of a homophobe, but he was friends with Liberace.

riddle me that.

 

[Songbird]

"Wise man said,
only fools rush in (without KY) ... "

 

[boots]

And for those who didn't know it, Elvis spoke of homosexuality. Check this out:

Number forty-seven said to number three:
You're the cutest jailbird I ever did see.
I sure would be delighted with your company,
Come on and do the jailhouse rock with me.
Lets rock, everybody, lets rock.
Everybody in the whole cell block
Was dancin to the jailhouse rock.

Riddle me that one Elvis fans.

Yeah, boots. Elvis wrote a whole lot of his songs.

Actually, he seemed a bit of a homophobe, but he was friends with Liberace.

riddle me that.

And what was Liberace's claim to fame?

 

[Songbird]

Boots, tell me that's blue-font material there.

 

[JR]

Just like the camp that says you're either Beatles or Elvis?

I like both.

Me too.

 

[Captain_Kirk]

Boots, tell me that's blue-font material there.

I don't know. Rock, block, .....

Boots might be onto something....

 

[spnited]

And for those who didn't know it, Elvis spoke of homosexuality. Check this out:

Number forty-seven said to number three:
You're the cutest jailbird I ever did see.
I sure would be delighted with your company,
Come on and do the jailhouse rock with me.
Lets rock, everybody, lets rock.
Everybody in the whole cell block
Was dancin to the jailhouse rock.

Riddle me that one Elvis fans.

Yeah, boots. Elvis wrote a whole lot of his songs.

Actually, he seemed a bit of a homophobe, but he was friends with Liberace.

riddle me that.

And what was Liberace's claim to fame?

Great on the piano, sucked on the organ.

 

[hondo]

More importantly on this date in 1923, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics came into existence as its constitution took effect.

And it took only 66 years for their murderous, intellectually bankrupt, wretched, soul-stealing, mind-numbing system of government to melt like the Wicked Witch.

Hondo, don't look now but democracy ain't too far behind in melting down.

Only if some people continue to weaken it.

And I stand corrected on the movie thing: It was a Hard Day's Night, followed by Help