The Beatles - A Strong Impact

If your ever attempted to make your own band or if you maybe were a member in a band, than you’ll know that it takes long hours of rehearsals before it sounds the way it should. But even so, how long the members of the band will stick together is hard to tell. Many times outside influences will strengthen the bond between them but it is when negative things happen inside, that’s when the harmony is broken and things finally come to an end.
However, let’s see how did all started in "The Beatles" case.

As you might already know, the band had 4 members: John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Stuart Sutcliffe, and Pete Best. These four teenagers started their career in Liverpool (England) playing rock music.

After their rather humble beginnings, their first notable success was in Hamburg, Germany. Two years later they were discovered by a record store manager named Brian Epstein (EMI records). George Martin, the producer from EMI records at the time, broke the ice lending their first record spot. It was a well prepared moment preceded by a lot of work and tremendous efforts from the singers.
It is now that they make England fall in love with them. "I Wanna Hold Your Hand" which is their second single is the name of the song that determined Americans to fall for The Beatles as well. The "American Beatles-mania" started in 1964 on Ed Sulivan’s Show when this song simply charmed Americans and due to television broadcasts, The Beatles’ popularity increased in an unbelievable manner not only in United States but all over the world.

Their songs seamed to somehow reflect the search of people’s souls at the time. The new idyllic and fresh elements did ketch the imagination of that generation, and we might say that it still does today. Songs like "Imagine" that speak about an ideal world without barriers of religion –actually without religion- and no race or other concepts seen as a hindrances between people reflect many people’s inner wish of freedom. "Imagine all the people living for today…living life in peace" indeed that triggers imagination and at least in our fantasy we dare imagine something like that.

All the people living life in peace…a high desideratum, who can accomplish that? Wouldn’t that be wonderful? Well…interestingly enough it is what God wants…however they seem to want God out of the equation…

At any rate, coming back to their evolution, The Beatles songs and albums started their pathway to success reaching the "number one" album15 times. What’s more, for 30 years they successfully managed to stay in the public’s preferences although basically the band broke up after 6 years of collaboration. Their music was so popular that it was the most sold music in history.

Once again, what was that made them so distinctive? How come no other band equaled their success?

Might have been for the fresh breath of hope expressed trough their songs given that the Vietnam War was the time when they had the chance to express their political views trough their music. "Hope never dies" as the good old proverb says and it is maybe a fresh, renewed hope that they transmitted through their songs that made the public love them. British rock and roll became famous all over the world and The Beatles’ success is still unequaled to this day.

They influenced the people, that generation not only in their musical preferences but also in the way they dressed and felt about one another. They transmitted all there was to share trough their music and lyrics.

After the band’s split up, the artists continued their careers separately but without the accomplishments they first had as a band. John Lennon broke his fans’ hearths with his tragic death but the other "Beatles" so to speak, are still performing in the music field.

Maybe they reached their pick and they stopped there, remaining on top over the years. It is in a way the most preferable if you think about it: they were loved and remained this way although it was painful for their fans when they heard about the Beatles’ brake up.

All who loved them and all who learn to love them today can admire their career that flourished and ended in full success with songs that did not lose their meaningful message in the passing of time.