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Old 05-06-2012, 12:02 PM   #10 (permalink)
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The Beatles - Years active 1960–1970

"Genres: Rock, pop"
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Originally Posted by Neapolitan View Post
Wha...? The Beatles played plenty of sub-genres of Rock and other genres of music. If you only went on wikipedia you would know that they are responsible for things like Heavy Metal, Grunge and Space Rock among other things.

The Beatles played:
  • Avant Garde
  • Beat Music
  • Blues
  • Country
  • String Quartet
  • R&B/Motown
  • Rock and Roll
  • Rock
  • Hard Rock
  • Soft Rock
  • Blues Rock
  • Country Rock
  • Show Tunes Rock
  • Psychedelic Rock
  • Space Rock
The quote I posted (The Beatles - Years active 1960–1970 "Genres: Rock, pop") is from wikipedia. Personally I always considered the Beatles to be a Pop Band, especially their early stuff. To get a better understanding of what you are saying, last night I went back to wiki and did some reading on the subject and now understand your point.

"Author Dominic Pedler describes the way they crossed genres: "One of [their] greatest ... achievements was the songwriting juggling act they managed for most of their career. Far from moving sequentially from one genre to another (as is sometimes conveniently suggested) the group maintained in parallel their mastery of the traditional, catchy chart hit while simultaneously forging rock and dabbling with a wide range of peripheral influences from Country to vaudeville."
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