http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/thelife/news/story?id=4474313
Check this link out....and here's what I think:
The Beatles are a significant part of the cultural zeitgeist. A part of American mythology as a whole and a part of many, many people's personal lifetime-long soundtracks. What Shirley relies on is theory: The Beatles are only important because of what they did for rock music. I want to ask him if he remembers what song was playing when he had his first kiss. The first time he drove his car alone. What he was listening to the night his grandfather died (For me, it was "Yellow" by Coldplay...all 90 minutes home from Toronto). The Beatles are sometimes those songs for people; they are emotional and connective tissue of relationships, not only describing them - albeit simplistically - but one of those pieces of cultural that bonds people together by common knowledge. The other night I was in the car and a friend played an Annie Lennox song I was unfamiliar with. I then didn't know a Paula Abdul song they played. Immediately, I wanted to know this music because they did. Because it was something we could share.
Open chords or not, the Beatles are more important than their music - sure. So are all musicians.
But not every musician can write "Octopus' Garden." "Yellow Submarine." "Here Comes the Sun." "Revolution" ........... and so on.
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