Music Appreciation

highplainsdem

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7. The Beatles pushed the envelope in so many directions. But other bands followed so closely that

Thu Aug 14, 2025, 02:04 PM

4 hrs ago

it's impossible to know if guitar rock might still have ruled popular music without the Beatles. My guess is that it would have, but it might've taken months or a year longer. The Beatles had a great manager.

But they.were still part of Merseybeat, after all.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beat_music

That article mentions Nederbeat, the Dutch music scene at the same time, the scene Golden Earring emerged from.

It wasn't as if there weren't already a lot of bands moving in the same direction as the Beatles. But the Beatles catching fire first made it easier for similar bands, and musical directions they took made it easier for others to follow.

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