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The Beatles

Pop music

What is pop music?

• The word “pop” is originated from the expression “popular music” and means “easy listening”.

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The Beatles

John Lennon

George Harrison

Ringo Starr

Paul McCartney

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• John Lennon was born in Liverpool in 1940. He was not a good student and his report book was full of angry comments by his teachers.

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• In 1956 John met Paul McCartney, who joined his group “The Quarry Men”. The two began to compose song together and gave their first professional concerts in Hamburg.

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• When the Beatles went back to Liverpool they met a manager, Brian Epstein, who gave them a new “clean” image.

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• It was a small record company “Parlophone”, which released “Love Me Do”, a Lennon-McCartney composition.

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• When the media focused on the new group, it soon became obvious that the Beatles are not like the other pop stars. Their answers were intelligent and witty.

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• The Beatles had changed pop music forever.
• Their songs seemed to be more musical.
• The Beatles also looked nicer than anyone else.

Beatlemania

• A hysteria that the newspapers called “Beatlemania” swept Britain and soon America.

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• The Beatles grew beards and long hair. Their music became more “psychedelic”.

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• In 1966 John met Japanese artist Yoko Ono. He found he loved her views on art and admired her independence. They married in 1969.

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In 1971

the Beatles was split up.

After split up

• John Lennon was shot and killed by one of the fans on December 8 th 1980.
• The most successful in career was Paul McCartney who is still having concerts. He is one of the richest musicians in the world.
• Starr and Harrison were not lucky in their solo career.

Their hits

1962-1965

1966-1971

• Please, Please Me (1962)
• Love Me Do (1963)
• And I Love Her (1964)
• Help! (1965)
• Yesterday (1965)
• Michelle (1965)
• Girl (1965)

• Yellow Submarine (1966)
• Back in USSR (1968)
• Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da (1968)
• Let It Be (1970)

Please, Please Me (1962)

Love Me Do (1963)

And I Love Her (1964)

Help! (1965)

Yesterday (1965)

Michelle (1965)

Girl (1965)

Yellow Submarine (1966)

Back in USSR (1968)

Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da (1968)

Let It Be (1970)

Quiz

• Do you know who they are?
• № 1?
• № 2?
• № 3?
• № 4?

Quiz

• Who is this woman?
• What is she famous for?

What is your favourite song? Why?

• Please, Please Me (1962)
• Love Me Do (1963)
• And I Love Her (1964)
• Help! (1965)
• Yesterday (1965)
• Michelle (1965)
• Girl (1965)

• Yellow Submarine (1966)
• Back in USSR (1968)
• Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da (1968)
• Let It Be (1970)

Yesterday

• Yesterday,
• All my troubles seemed so far away.
• Now it looks as though they’re here to stay.
• Oh, I believe in yesterday.
• Suddenly,
• I’m not half the man I used to be.
• There’s a shadow hanging over me.
• Oh, yesterday came suddenly.

• Why she had to go
• I don’t know
• She wouldn’t say.
• I said something wrong
• Now I long for yesterday.

• Yesterday,
• Love was such an easy game to play.
• Now I need a place to hide away,
• Oh, I believe in yesterday