The Beatles were also the first group to write using the idea of a conceptual album. A conceptual album is an album where all of the songs follow a theme and have a deliberate sequence that should give the listener a specifically desired experience from listening to the album.

Huge artist such as Elton John, Pink Floyd, The Who, Billy Joel, Jimi Hendrix, David Bowie, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Queen, R.E.M., The Bee Gees, Rick Springfield, Phish, Nirvana, and Michael Jackson among others, have all stated that the Beatles were a big influence on them.

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame said that; “For such feats of sales and airplay alone, the Beatles can undeniably be regarded as the top group in rock and roll history. Yet, their significance as a band extends beyond numbers….” All of these statistics do not even begin to explain who the Beatles were, and how they changed the world of music.

Over 80 well known artists have made reference to the Beatles in one or more of their songs. Also, over 76 well known movies; and 82 popular television shows make reference to the Beatles.

Artists consistently reference the Beatles for album artwork. There are over fifty album covers that make an obvious reference to the Beatles.

The Beatles have influenced tons of movies, music, TV shows, plays, and books. The Beatles altered the way other musicians write music. Had it not been for the Beatles, writers might still be writing in a late 1950’s style, and paying other people to write their music.

The impact that the Beatles had on modern music cannot be underestimated. In fact, without the Beatles, modern culture would not exist as it currently does. The Beatles transformed pop-culture and morphed American’s ideas about music.

1,MJ is more popular than beatles(people in remote places don’t know even one song of beatles)
2,MJ is a performer,singer,song writer,producer,choreographer and actor and a pop star “King of the pop”
3,MJ created new types of dance style
4,His style presence was so awesome
5,He made new types of music…beatles music was like that of normal..MJ’s musics are full of emotions,special effects like hipcups..that’s what I said new era of music
6,Many of the pop stars said they were highly influenced by MJ..even teen pop stars like Ashley tisdale and Miley cyrus…
7,Even a child who don’t know him would ask his father “who is that man”,he is so cool
8,He got more star power than anyone in the world..
9,He was a great humanitarian and he was famous for his lavishness
10,On the whole he was the best of best…No beatles or anyother is good as MJ when we consider pure entertaiment

1- They were great songwriters who wrote and performed some of the greatest albums in a short condensed time. Compare this to Michael Jackson who recorded three albums in eight years to the Beatles 13 albums in seven years. Before the Beatles the single was more important than the album, The Beatles popularity and ability to write full albums of songs that people would buy helped make the album sell more than the 45 by 1968.

2- They helped though not the only ones for example Brian Wilson expand the parameters both pop and rock music by incorporating recording technology directly into their songwriting. “Tomorrow Never Knows”, “Rain” and “I’m Only Sleeping”.

3- Much of their music is very textured, melodic with quirky chord progressions fused with sounds, instruments, and recording techniques outside of the restriction of popular music forms. “Strawberry Fields Forever” is a prime example. This kind of sound and style are not related to blues music or rock and roll. Basically while they had influences they created a new sound or style to records music that influenced virtually all of pop and rock music.

4- Despite being recording artists for barely over seven years the Beatles songs have been covered more than any other songwriter/musicians.

5- Many things like Automatic Double Tracking, Feedback, Backward guitars, vocals, loops, sampling, phasing on vocals, vocals through amps and others were either invented by the Beatles or popularized by the Beatles. Also the Beatles would use different recordings of the same song and match them as one song “Strawberry Fields Forever” or use unused parts from different recodings or songs and add them to new songs like “Her Majesty”, “Cry Baby Cry”, and “Revolution #9. Now common practice in pop music.

When The Beatles came out, they filled a void. While rock ‘n’ roll had been buzzing for some time, The Beatles had a sound that was fresh, something other bands hadn’t quite been able to grasp. Heavily influenced by Buddy Holly and Elvis, The Beatles put their own spin on the sounds and ushered in the British Invasion and caused the epidemic known as Beatlemania. Granted, The Beatles had amazing marketing, but what about when the pop fuzz wore off? The Beatles simply got better.

Thus began the second half of their career, some say beginning with the seemingly drug-induced “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.” While some bands do evolve and grow over time, few do as big of an overhaul on their image and sound as The Beatles did. Here we see the four distinct voices, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr, coming together to produce something great.

Shedding their poppy, innocent image, The Beatles found themselves in a generation fueled by the counterculture, fed up with “the man,” and finished with the innocence of the early ‘60s. The Beatles reflected that in their music. Few bands evolve with a generation: many just took the counterculture and ran with it at the peak of the psychedelic music genre. The Beatles kept their music rich, deep, and poignantly simple. By doing this they continued to define their generation, becoming a landmark for the ‘60s music scene.

However, when a band becomes as big as The Beatles have, many begin to argue that they are overrated and undeserving of their place in history as one of the greatest, if not the greatest, bands of all time. People often hate the popularity of The Beatles. After all, why like something that everyone else seems to like?

The problem with this is that people often forget the ongoing relevance of The Beatles. The film “Across the Universe” came out in 2007, using The Beatles’ music as covered by the cast. Cirque de Soleil also made use of The Beatles’ tracks remixed and revisited. Both were popular and fantastic examples of The Beatles’ prevailed standing in the music scene. Bands continue to cover them and site their works as a major influence, drawing on albums such as “The White Album” and “Abbey Road” for inspiration. Teenagers whose parents had never picked up a Beatles album are discovering the songs and adding to an already substantial fan-base. The Beatles continue to define and shape generation after generation, music scene after music scene.

Some also see The Beatles as latching onto the scene that preceded them. This falls flat, because The Beatles, as previously stated, began an entire new musical revolution, the British Invasion. By adding a British spin, The Beatles helped change American rock ‘n’ roll forever. So when it comes to comparing bands that hit it big after The Beatles, it invalidates history. The Beatles had a niche in music history and did things that were unprecedented. They reached a broader audience that was rarely narrowed by a specific genre or demographic, becoming universal in countries around the world. Even when they first came out, The Beatles were recording in various languages and countries. Whose to say that should The Beatles’ have not existed or had been as big as they came to be, that music would be the same. Yet people continue to doubt.

My question for the doubters is “Have you listened to them?” No, not that simple. Have you really truly listened to them, weighed their growth as songwriters, viewed their evolution from album to album, seen the way they affected not just their generation but the generations after that? Doing this isn’t just required for The Beatles, but all bands. The Beatles showed us that listening to music isn’t as basic as plugging in our iPods or flipping on a turntable. We have to become the music and immerse ourselves in what it really means. A band that can do that: make us think as much, make us feel as much, as The Beatles have done, is truly worthy of any title, including being the best.

I can comment on whatever I want to.

“Beatles and elvis audience is not more than 16% ok im sure that other 80% of the world don’t know about Beatles or Elvis”

You see, it’s comments like these that invalidate anything you say. In the big picture of music, your clouded and biased opinion means absolutely nothing.

“try to understand there music is boring man for non english speaking people”

Try to understand that MJ’s music is boring to anybody that knows anything about music.

“why you people are comparing them with michael jackson there is no comparison michael jackson is 100 time better then beatles.”

I know why people are comparing MJ to The Beatles, it’s because everybody wants to compare their favorite artist/band to The Beatles because they are the best. The Beatles have more hits, sales and airplay than MJ, and this includes worldwide.

“I think victor you are a die hard fan of beatles so keep listening there boring music.”

I am a die hard fan of music and that’s why I know who is the best. The Beatles.

there r only very few people who know Beatles and elvis here I think its very difficult for u to accept it because you think that America and Europe is whole world man Europe and America is 16% of whole world population and there 5.5% population is native English speaker in whole world. Beatles and elvis audience is not more than 16% ok im sure that other 80% of the world don’t know about Beatles or Elvis heheeh lolxxxx..

try to understand there music is boring man for non english speaking people heheeh. I am sure that michael jackson music appeal 90% of world population man. I have heard that people say that music is a universal language because in every style and culture of music u have seven notes if some one use it properly every human will like it. Michael jackson has done some kind of magic with those musical notes that most of the people love it. Now i’m listening Beatles song yesterday, let it be, please please me, heeheh lolxxxx man i don’t understand why you people are comparing them with michael jackson there is no comparison michael jackson is 100 time better then beatles. I think victor you are a die hard fan of beatles so keep listening there boring music.

Bye forever