The Beatles Bible - Topic: Beatles Class

parlance on Beatles Class

Tue, 15 Jan 2013 16:52:29 +0000

I do like your idea of following the evolution of Paul's bass playing, and you could probably cover the basics in a 30-45 min presentation.

Let us know how it goes. We don't have a Beatles class at my school, but I'll be taking a History of Rock n Roll class in the spring and I'm looking forward to it.

parlance

meanmistermustard on Beatles Class

Tue, 15 Jan 2013 12:11:24 +0000

The beatles image and appearance was the biggest reason for their initial success. Discuss.

Could look into the whole image (long hair, similar clothing, the gang culture of the late 50's and 60's, a sense of belonging and unity) against the music and sound that they were producing in the early days. Admittedly it might become a major book but would be different. Tho im not sure what year you are in so this might be too involved for the work and grade.

Gerell on Beatles Class

Tue, 15 Jan 2013 01:48:06 +0000

Maybe influences from these people also affected their views in the anti-segregation thingy. Who knows?

Funny Paper on Beatles Class

Tue, 15 Jan 2013 01:40:21 +0000

One of the more interesting things about the Beatles is their musical influences when they were just young teenagers, before they all formed their band. What records did they listen to? Why did they like early American blues and proto-rock? How did early American black music (Little Richard, etc.) find its way to England so they could hear it and be influenced? The Beatles were part of the creation of a new musical form, rock & roll.

I've always been fascinated by the social-cultural scene before there was actual rock & roll -- yet there were little clubs and dance halls ...

Fool in a field of Strawberries on Beatles Class

Tue, 15 Jan 2013 00:37:56 +0000

What if you lectured on the various instruments (besides drums, guitars, and bass) that they used in their songs? You could go through different examples of the instruments by using song examples? I'm not sure if that helps any, but I hope you find an interesting topic!

rcsnydley on Beatles Class

Mon, 14 Jan 2013 19:19:19 +0000

You could pick an album and go through it song by song. Tell who wrote it, date recorded, instrumentation and any other interesting facts.

linkjws on Beatles Class

Mon, 14 Jan 2013 16:51:30 +0000

Gerell said
Steve Jobs, I think was once quoted regarding Strawberry Fields Forever as his favourite Beatle song or song atleast. He liked how the song evolved in the studio.

Interestingly enough I think an entire days class is devoted to Strawberry Fields and Penny Lane.

Gerell on Beatles Class

Mon, 14 Jan 2013 07:59:11 +0000

Steve Jobs, I think was once quoted regarding Strawberry Fields Forever as his favourite Beatle song or song atleast. He liked how the song evolved in the studio.

mja6758 on Beatles Class

Mon, 14 Jan 2013 04:11:43 +0000

I would probably go for the evolution of songs in the studio. Anthology offers plenty of examples of the choices they made, and the ideas they discarded along the way.

linkjws on Beatles Class

Mon, 14 Jan 2013 03:47:29 +0000

I am sorry so many people have had bad experiences with other people and The Beatles. I went to a pretty "urban" high school in south Florida, so most people had no idea who The Beatles even were.

parlance said

linkjws said
twice during the semester us students have to lead a class lecture on a topic of our choice. SO! my question is, what topics within Beatles info would you speak about for 30-45 minutes as a lecture?

Is the class on the more technically musical side? Are those the kinds of suggestions you're looking for?

parlance

The class will cover ...

parlance on Beatles Class

Fri, 11 Jan 2013 23:56:01 +0000

linkjws said
twice during the semester us students have to lead a class lecture on a topic of our choice. SO! my question is, what topics within Beatles info would you speak about for 30-45 minutes as a lecture?

Is the class on the more technically musical side? Are those the kinds of suggestions you're looking for?

parlance

Funny Paper on Beatles Class

Fri, 11 Jan 2013 22:25:40 +0000

fabfouremily said
Something I´d love to know more about is their childhood´s and early days in Liverpool. There are so many books and such like but I´m hungry for more information, can´t get enough of it. Maybe if the rest of your class don´t know much about them then you could explain the importance they had on music, soceity, etc. Is it a class you´re going to 8in which case I assume they know quite a bit), or a class at school? (in which case maybe they don´t.)

When Paul was writing his "Liverpool Oratorio" he made a documentary of ...

fabfouremily on Beatles Class

Fri, 11 Jan 2013 20:20:58 +0000

Something I´d love to know more about is their childhood´s and early days in Liverpool. There are so many books and such like but I´m hungry for more information, can´t get enough of it. Maybe if the rest of your class don´t know much about them then you could explain the importance they had on music, soceity, etc. Is it a class you´re going to 8in which case I assume they know quite a bit), or a class at school? (in which case maybe they don´t.)

Gerell on Beatles Class

Fri, 11 Jan 2013 13:25:44 +0000

You're lucky the Beatles even got that "good" exposure in your school. My high school experience about lectures talking about the Beatles were mostly negative.

Values Class: John Lennon died because the Beatles said they were more popular than Jesus (preposterous eh?)

Music Class: The Beatles was a successful band during the 60's, they were involved in the evolution of Rock and Roll.

Health Class: The Beatles did a lot of drugs and you could hear it from their music.

and etc. etc.

Funny Paper on Beatles Class

Fri, 11 Jan 2013 04:41:54 +0000

That reminds me, when I went to college (in America in the early 80s), I took a class in "The Sixties" from a history of culture perspective. When the professor got to lecturing (only one day's worth) about the Beatles, he noted that everyone thinks of them as "Englishmen" when really, so he said, they were "three Irishmen and a Jew" (the latter, apparently, referring to Ringo).