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Elvis was lucky. The Beatles changed rock music forever
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The Beatles were definitely lucky considering how untalented they were. The Beatles changed music, but for the worse. Now any dipshit who can write a three sentence chorus and repeat it 90 times is considered a good song writer.
share"considering how untalented they were. The Beatles changed music, but for the worse."
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No doubt that Elvis and Jerry Lee came from similar backgrounds, but I'm not so sure about luck. I think their successes had more to do with talent and timing.
As for the Beatles, I still believe that had a whole lot to do with timing! While the Beatles's SOUND has been compared to the harmony of the Everly Brothers, They looked and acted TOTALLY different from what we Americans had ever seen. They were even big in England before we had even heard of them in the states!
Timing had much to do with America embracing The Beatles. We had just lost a young President and we needed a lift. We had never seen anything like them before. They did have their own sound.
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shareI agree; I think Jerry was far more musically talented than Elvis, but Elvis had "the sound" when he sang.
As far as other English groups, they had some catchy songs, but they just didn't have the same long-term appeal and ultimately talent as the Beatles. The only major exceptions of the same era that occur are the Stones and the Kinks. Maybe the Troggs to a lesser degree. But Gerry, Chad & Jeremy, Herman's Hermits, Dave Clark 5, etc, have all faded into semi-obscurity.
Regarding the Critters, they did have a cool sound, but only racked up 2 hits here for some reason. Number of American groups like that -- Kingsmen, ? and the Mysterians, Cyrkle, Prism, etc.