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George M. Middius cmndr _ george @ comcast . net wrote:

Jenn said:

Besides the whole image/sociology thing, the Beatles were/are a success
for these reasons, IMO:

I'm always astonished that such vapid music achieves recognition among
the most musically literate people.

1. Genius song writing. Sure the very early stuff is fairly fluffy,
but later, the three writers turned out stuff for the ages.

Which grouping has "Get Back" and "Hey Jude"?

Matter of opinion, of course. IMO, Get Back is a cute, catchy little
rock tune by Paul ( I sometimes include it in my acoustic guitar act),
but not super long-lasting from a historical POV. Jude a a really fine
pop melody.


3. George Martin; 'nuff said.

Was he the original drummer? Forgive my ignorance of Beatles trivia.
I can't wait for Jeopardy to start up again.

He produced most of their recordings. He was responsible for all of the
orchestration stuff; cello on Yesterday, orchestra on Penny Lane,
recording "tricks" on Sgt. Pepper's album, etc.