The Beatles 'Footsteps': A Short Story

Laurie Dickinson has served as the Music Theory Chairperson at the Boston University Conservatory of Music. In this article, Dickinson takes an investigative look into the rhythms of Hughes’s poetry. Although many people know Hughes was deeply inspired by jazz music, Dickinson uses many of Hughes’s works, including five of Hughes’s lesser-known pieces.

"She could only just recognise the tune for what it had once been. Not that coarse parody, stilted and mechanical, a tin brashness, a gaudiness of noise." Unpleasant and irritating sounds and noises suggest the lady's discomfort, as if the song was

Paul plays bass and keyboard on this song also featuring Alan Civil on French horn and lyrics describing lost love in a desolate fashion. It is...

The Bootleg Beatles emerged from the show Beatlemania’s performers. Up till today, The Bootleg Beatles are one of the most successful and longest tribute band in the world. They have developed into an institution as a result of their own ability and achievements, with their impeccable recreation of hit songs from every era of the world’s most renowned song collection. Every little element is methodically covered, from outfits and genuine period instruments to their inflection-perfect vocal imitation.

For this week’s listening assignment I will compare two songs from the Beatle’s early music style and compare it to their more experimental later style. The difference in the music from these two periods is striking. “Can’t Buy Me Love” and “Love Me Do” sound like live recordings and can be described as an audio snapshot, while I am the Walrus and “Tomorrow Never Knows” are enhanced using extensive studio production. “Can’t Buy Me Love” and “Love Me Do” are similar in that each follows the AABA song form, have a looser texture, and uses simple instrumentation including the bass guitar, rhythm guitar and drums. “Can’t Buy Me Love” adds a bluesy harmonica to the instrumentation which makes the harmony

The composer continues to describe the Winter, again using descriptive language to create a cold harsh environment, and allow the reader to sympathise for the duckling. With the life-threatening act of being ‘frozen fast in the ice’, comes the only act of real kindness that is present in the story as a farmer rescues

The Beatles were one of the most influential music groups of the rock era. They were able to conquer and influence pop culture with their music. Initially they affected the post-war baby boom generation of Britain and the W.S. during the 1960s, and later the request of the world. Certainly they were the most successful group, with global sales exceeding 1.3 billion albums. During the sixties, The Beatles using revolutionary ideas in their music inspired a generation of young adults across the globe to look at life from their perspective.

There have been many people, known as artists, who have tried to change the world through their art. “Art” can be paintings, music, dances, sculptures, literature, or photography. There are many ways to communicate and express ones feelings but The Beatles did it through their popular music. Although they didn’t focus on changing the world of politics or try to protest through their music they have songs that focus on those exact two things.

"Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band," recorded in 1967, is to date the number one Rock and Roll album ever recorded. Sgt. Pepper's is considered to be the first concept album. There are many things that brought about the creation of The Beatles most influential album. Before The Beatles began the recording process of Sgt. Pepper's they had retired from touring. This gave the group ample time to experiment with different instruments, recording techniques and drugs. The album cover also sparked a revolution in itself. Many bands took notice of the creative elements of Sgt. Pepper's and learned from them.

The gigs of the Beatles in Hamburg led the band to be professional. Being in Hamburg brought advantages to the Beatles. They continuously did performance without enough rest and meal time. Their second live performance continued for 8 hours with a fifteen minute break each hour and played almost 300 times. Even though they were so hard to do play restlessly, their musical skills were developed day by day. Also, because the Hamburg was a seaport, the American music was spread by travelers, so the band could get aspiration by the American rhythm and blues. I compared the three songs of the Beatles “My Bonnie,” and “I want to hold your hand.” The styles of two songs are different. The first single song of the band, My Boonie, is energetic and

After the Beatles split, all four members were given complete artistic freedom without the fear of being criticized by the other three. While George Harrison was the first Beatle to hit it out of the park with All Things Must Pass, John Lennon was experiencing critical acclaim with the Plastic Ono Band. While the first recording featured such classic tunes as "Mother" and "God," it didn't spawn any hits for Lennon. However, his singles were giving his ex band mates a run for their money. Unlike Paul McCartney, John's music was personal, raw and exposed. Just five years before his murder, Shaved Fish was released in October 1975 to both critical and commercial success and became one of the first platinum records.

The Beatles: Ringo Starr (Richard Starkey) was born in Liverpool on 7 July 1940. Drums and vocals. John Lennon was born in Liverpool on 9 October 1940. He was shot dead in New York on 8 December 1980. Rhythm guitar, keyboards, harmonica, vocals. Paul McCartney was born in Liverpool on 18 June 1942. Bass guitar, keyboards, lead guitar, drums, vocals. George Harrison was born in Liverpool on 25 February 1943. Lead guitar, sitar, keyboards, vocals.

"Blackbird singing in the dead of night, take these broken wings and learn to fly. All your life, you were only waiting for this moment to arrive, you were only waiting for this moment to be free" - The Beatles

Everyone, Americans and Europeans alike, have heard-of, if not grown off of, a generation and culture started by an ensemble of four shaggy-haired Liverpool musicians that the world went mad over; no one can deny that no greater event impacted today's pop culture than "Beatlemania". But not everyone has heard the story behind the Beatles, who were they? How did they become the band and how did they make it big? What's the story of their struggle?

Lucy’s experience in the United States is dissatisfactory from the moment of her arrival onwards. She describes her first night as “gray-black and cold” and notes that no one told her January would be cold (Kincaid 3-5). This comment marks the intensity of Lucy’s transition. And Coldest, too, opens with an unforgiving winter. The first lines, “cold, and coldest,” reflect not only the season but Lucy’s experience of it - she has never experienced a night so cold. The unfamiliar season