The Beatles and the British Invasion

The Beatles and the British Invasion

First, the Beatles

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbJrXqrLtMw - Music of the sixties - Prof. Mel Rosenberg

112Course OutlineIntroduction. Dylan, folk and protestMusical evolution of rock music: From Bach to BeatlesBeatles and the British InvasionThe history of Israeli sixties rockInfluence of North American sixties culture as reflected in the eyes of the mediaThe poets of alienation: Leonard Cohen; Paul Simon, Phil OchsAmazing women artists of the sixties Tom Lehrer (if there is enough time)Woodstock Summary2Lecture pointsWhat made the Beatles such a great success?What was special about them and their music?Why do we still listen to them after fifty years?

3The Beatles make chart historyThe Billboard Hot 100, April 4, 1964Position, TitleNo. 1, "Can't Buy Me Love"No. 2, "Twist and Shout"No. 3, "She Loves You"No. 4, "I Want to Hold Your Hand"No. 5, "Please Please Me"

http://www.billboard.com/articles/chartbeat/513480/april-4-1964-the-beatles-make-hot-100-history

4Some Early Original Beatles Hits5 1. Love Me Do""From Me to You""She Loves You""I Want to Hold Your Hand""Can't Buy Me Love""A Hard Day's Night""Ticket to Ride""Help!""Day Tripper""We Can Work It Out"5The basis of music- not hereThe basic back beat of rock and rollThe waltz beat12 bar blues Vibrations and frequenciesoctaves, 12 notes in octave (Western music)relativity of musicToday: major vs. minor chord, matching the melody to the words and mood of the song

6The Beatles7

Early sixties Late sixties

7The Beatles in ten minutes

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Please Please Me Love Me Do + P.S. I Love You It Won't Be LongI Saw Her Standing There Misery Anna (Go To Him) Chains * Ask Me Why * You really got a hold on me Till there was youDo You Want To Know A Secret There's A Place Twist And Shout From Me To You She Loves You All My Loving I Want To Hold Your Hand A Hard Day's Night Can't Buy Me Love Eight Days A Week Help! The Night Before Ticket To Ride Act Naturally Day Tripper Michelle Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band With A Little Help From My Friends Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds All You Need Is Love Hey Jude Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da I Will All Together Now Come Together In My Life While My Guitar Gently WeepsDon't Let Me DownSomethingEleanor Rigby I Want You (She's So Heavy) You Never Give Me Your Money

8A Paradigm Shift?9Thomas Kuhn

9Empowered teenagers?Better transatlantic travel and communication?Stagnation in American music?Luck?Skiffle Music?Dylan?

External factors

10The $64,000,000,000 question

11What made the Beatles such an amazing success?

11TalentPracticeBrian EpsteinGeorge MartinSense of Humorhttp://www.pleated-jeans.com/2014/01/24/10-pictures-that-prove-the-beatles-were-hilarious

RivalryOpennessDifferent but not too different

Internal Factors

12Writing their own musicLong songsNon-dancing songsBorrowing genres (Eastern, classical)Subject materialDrugs and psychodelicRecording techniques

Beatles influence13In My LifeRubber Soul 196514

14In My Life

G G7 There are places I rememberC Cm GAll my life though some have changedG G7 Some forever not for betterC Cm GSome have gone and some remain15In My LifeEm AmAll these places have their moments F GWith lovers and friends i still can recallEm AmSome are dead and some are livingC Cm GIn my life i've loved them all

16In My Life17G G7 But of all these friends and loversC Cm GThere is no one compares with you

G G7 And these memories lose their meaningC Cm GWhen i think of love as something new

In My LifeEm AmThough i know i'll never lose affectionF GFor people and things that went beforeEm AmI know i'll often stop and think about themC Cm G In my life i love you more

Solo: G D Em G7 C Cm G 2x

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Here, There and EverywhereRevolver, 196619

C EmTo lead a better life,D# Dm G7I need my love to be here.Here, There and Everywhere20

C Dm Em F C Dm Here, making each day of the yearEm F Bm7 E7Changing my life with a wave of her hand,Bm7 E7 Am7 Nobody can deny that there's some-------Dm7 G7-thing there.Here, There and Everywhere21

C Dm Em F C DmThere, running my hand through her hairEm F Bm7 E7Each one believing that love never diesBm7 E7 Am7 Watching her eyes, and hoping I'm al----- Dm7 G7-------ways thereHere, There and Everywhere22

Eb Cm7I want her ev'rywhere Fm G7 CmAnd if she's beside me I know I need never care.Fm G7sus4 G7 But to love her is to need herHere, There and Everywhere23

C Dm Em F C DmEv'rywhere, knowing that love is to share,Em F Bm7 E7Each one believing how good it can beBm7 E7 Am7 Someone is speaking, but she doesn't Dm7 G7know he's there

C Dm Em F To be there and everywhereC Dm Em F CHere there and everywhere hmmmm.Here, There and Everywhere24Eleanor RigbyRevolver 196625Eleanor RigbyC EmAhh, look at all the lonely peopleC EmAhh, look at all the lonely peopleEmEleanor Rigby, picks up the rice in the church whereC a wedding has been, lives in a dream.26Eleanor RigbyEmWaits at the window, wearing the face that sheC keeps in a jar by the door- who is it for?Em7 Em6All The lonely PeopleCEmWhere do they all come from?Em7 Em6All The lonely PeopleCEmWhere do they all belong?

27Eleanor RigbyEmFather Mckenzie, writing the words to a sermon Cthat no one will hear- no one comes nearEmLook at him working. Darning his socks in the nightCWhen theres nobody there-what does he care? 28Eleanor RigbyEm7 Em6All The lonely PeopleCEmWhere do they all come from?Em7 Em6All The lonely PeopleCEmWhere do they all belong?

29Eleanor RigbyEmEleanor Rigby, died in the church and was buried CAlong with her name- nobody cameEmFather McKenzie wiping the dirt from his hands as C he walks from the grave- No one was saved30Eleanor RigbyEm7 Em6All The lonely PeopleCEmWhere do they all come from?Em7 Em6All The lonely PeopleCEmWhere do they all belong?

31E D A C#mWednesday morning at five o'clock as the day beginsF#m B7Silently closing her bedroom doorF#m B7Leaving the note that she hoped would say more

Shes Leaving HomeSeargent Pepper 196732E D A C#mShe goes downstairs to the kitchen clutching a handkerchiefF#m B7Quietly turning the backdoor keyF#m B7Stepping outside she is free

Shes Leaving Home33EShe (we gave her most of our lives)Is leaving (sacrificed most of our lives) E/DHome (we gave her everything money could buy)C#m F#Shes leaving home after living alone for soC#m F# many years

34Father snores as his wife gets into her dressing gownPicks up the letter that's lying there.Standing alone at the top of the stairs,She breaks down and cries to her husband Daddy our baby's gone.Why would she treat us so thoughtlessly?How could she do this to me?

Shes Leaving Home35She (we never thought of ourselves)Is leaving (never a thought for ourselves)Home (we struggled hard all our lives to get by)She's leaving home after living alone for so many years

Shes Leaving Home36Friday morning at nine o'clock she is far awayWaiting to keep the appointment she madeMeeting a man from the motor trade

Shes Leaving Home37She (what did we do that was wrong?)Is leaving (we didn't know it was wrong)Fun (fun is the one that money can't buy)She's leaving home after living alone for so many yearsShes Leaving Home3839Major

MinorHey Jude in a Minor Key39A Day in the LifeSeargent Pepper, 1967

40A Day in the LifeG Bm EmI read the news today oh boy C Em Am Cmaj7About a lucky man who made the grade G Bm Em And though the news was rather sad C F Em Well I just had to laugh C F Em Cmaj7I saw the photograph

G Bm EmHe blew his mind out in a car C Em Am Cmaj7He didn't notice that the lights had changed G Bm EmA crowd of people stood and stared C F They'd seen his face before Em C.... Nobody was really sure if he was from the House of Lords 41A Day in the Life

G Bm EmI saw a film today oh boy C Em Am Cmaj7The English Army had just won the war G Bm Em A crowd of people turned away C F But I just had to lookEm C.... Having read the bookC Bm G Am7 Em I'd love to turn.... you.... on....42A Day in the Life

E D(Esus) Woke up, got out of bed, dragged a comb across my head E F#m7 E F#m7 Found my way downstairs and drank a cup And looking up, I noticed I was late E D(Esus)Found my coat and grabbed my hat, made the bus in seconds flat E F#m7 E F#m7 Found my way upstairs and had a smoke And somebody spoke and I went into a dream C G D C E C G D C Ahhh.... E D C D G 43A Day in the Life

G Bm EmI heard the news today oh boy C Em Am Cmaj7Four thousand holes in Blackburn Lancashire,G Bm Em And though the holes were rather smallC F They had to count them all Em C.... Now they know how many holes it takes to fill the Albert HallC Bm G Am7 Em I'd love to turn.... you.... on....

4445Songs we did todayA day in a lifeHey judeIn my lifeHere, there EverywhereEleanor RigbyShes leaving homeALL beatles songs!46HomeworkPost your favorite cover of a beatles song (only one) OR (not both!!!) your favorite songs of the british invasion

Thank You!!47