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Are the Beatles the reason why modern music exists

I believe that the Beatles are the reason why modern music exists. The album that ushered in modern music was "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band". Although I consider it maybe their 4th best album, this is the one(One person said it was the Rolling Stones, but do you remember what their equivalent album was? It was called "Satanic Majik Mysteries", or some such{you had to be there}.) It definitely wasn't Elvis. Although good, Elvis was not the innovation that allowed modern music. One interesting thing is to ask youngsters what the Beatles' "White Album" is.
mmakshak
audiofeil
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I meant what I said and I said what I meant.

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macrojack
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Love the Beatles. Always have. Can't say they are the reason that modern music exists any more than I could credit Carroll Shelby with being the reason that modern cars exist. Both were influential in the evolution of their crafts but I am pretty sure that if neither had existed there would still be modern music on my car stereo.
papertrail
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If the Beatles are the reason for "most" modern music, they should be ashamed. I was thinking more along the lines of The 1910 Fruitgum Company.
ben_campbell
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Well most modern music isn't heard on the radio or seen in the pop charts so maybe they didn't so bad a job.

Maybe those who constantly moan about modern music don't actually search out something they would like.

A very very common theme on here.
macrojack
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Modern music was all over the radio before Reagan knocked down the fences that kept corporate monopoly at bay. Now one corporate force influences virtually all of our highest profile radio. They get to decide what is heard and who gets airtime. Your only alternative is public radio which cannot possibly serve all interests because of limited resources and shortage of stations.
I have at least a thousand record albums that I bought after hearing some part of it on FM radio. Nowadays I can't even listen to commercial radio. It's too damn homogenized. I'm not sure the Beatles would be played today if they weren't already famous.
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