when they first appeared in the u.s., what they were doing wasn't that interesting. a couple of years later, when the started to put more imagination and diversity into it, they moved up a couple of notches on my personal radar. actually i think the most interesting thing related to them was many years later, foxamore and friends, recording at abby road studios and getting to play on the piano they had used there. just a matter of my personal head space, but i thought the kinds of things rick wakeman was doing a bit later were more interesting to me. there was a book of doodles done by lennon and yoko i thought was somewhat interesting, and of course the fool on the hill was something i could kind of relate to as my fantasy self. they were ok, and i guess kind of the stencil for the dozzen or so groups that became well known who followed after. people are people. i don't really understand making so much more bigger of a deal about some of them then others. i think that's something that just seem ridiculous to see so much overdone. that's not about against anyone, its about differences of perspective.
They are actually a little before my time But I have listened to lots... I did this thread especially for Angel. She has loads to add yet.
well that's a nice thing. i don't entirely relate to her perspective in this context, or most humans' for that matter. good intentions i applaud, but what the world needs is more universal consideration, more then the idea of emotional attachment to the idea of affection. were they a positive influence in the world? i think so, to some degree, but more as a matter of being a part of something, then the localization of a driving force behind it, which i'm not convinced there was anything like that kind of localized at all. conveying what i see in a manor the others can clearly see it, is not something i'm always very good at. they were something good, but not that much more good then other things at the time, nor more influential then a great many things very few noticed or were aware of. futurism for example. and the beginnings of computer assisted social simulation experiments. beatles were an important part of that era, but not anywhere as near to be the total hinge of it.
I am just about old enough to remember Get back screened on Top of the Pops. On my paper round I once had a glimpse of George Harrison as he pulled up at the gates of Friar Park.