Indispensable
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Blamb60 –
2016-12-27
This is the greatest band ever; in case you didn't realise the fab 4 were the trailblazers they forged the path that other bands have followed ever since.
WHY all the fuss about price? ALL new films on iTunes are released as "buy" before you can rent them!!!
The Beatles were a proper BAND NOT A BOY BAND - who played their instruments and wrote their own songs.
They were not manufactured (like nowadays with X factor) they met up at school and on the music scene growing up in Liverpool.
They were inspired by blues men: Muddy Waters; Howling Wolf; Lead Belly, etc and by the rockers of their teenage years: Elvis Presley; Little Richard; Jerry Lee Lewis to name a few.
The Beatles reflected the massive changes happening in the world throughput the 60's and 70's.
Their music gradually evolved from their early super catchy pop hits into even more more innovative, psychedelic, legendary songs.
They had to give up touring as the technology and logistics of the day couldn't cope with the noise and power of Beatlemania!
The sound systems at the time just couldn't cope with the noise of their massive stadium audiences yet still they managed to play!
Amazing!
Look at their record sales online: they were a phenomenon who blazed the way forward reflecting the massive changes going on in society throughout the 60's; there's been no other band like them before or since.
Their music was energetic and exciting that's why they were so popular.
Their songs and arrangements are original, innovative and of course influential.
They influenced their own and future generations for decades to come and changed the music scene forever.
Ron Howard has captured their touring years brilliantly with this film and 21st century technology has finally managed to edit the music out from the screaming fan noise, and the colourisation of the black and white film is brilliant, breathes new life into the old footage.
Earlier recordings failed in this respect and all you could hear was the screams, it's so good to hear the Fabs live above the screams!
This film is a fascinating; entertaining work and it is indispensable to Beatles fans.