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20 March 2010

10 Things Music Owes The Beatles

More cool info on the Fab Four, just in case you've missed it all before.

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In just ten years, The Beatles changed popular music forever. Here are just ten of the things we owe them:

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»The concept of writing your own material: before Lennon and McCartney, record companies ‘gave’ songs to artistes

»The music video: the promo films for Penny Lane and Strawberry Fields Forever. The first time films were made for individual songs

»The rock / pop double album: The Beatles

»The concept album: Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band

»Printing lyrics with the album: again, Sergeant Pepper’s

»The Rolling Stones: Lennon and McCartney gifted them the first hit song they co-wrote, I Wanna Be Your Man

»Paul’s bass solo on Day Tripper

»John’s rhythm guitar on Get Back

»Use of the sitar: on songs like Norwegian Wood and Within You, Without You

»The first song to feature a barking dog (actually John having the time of his life): Bulldog

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