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In reply to the discussion: 'How the Beatles Destroyed Rock-n-roll' Has anyone read this book? [View all]caraher
(6,278 posts)This isn't about the Beatles at all, its Americans using the Beatles' career as a mirror of American racism. And to the degree it's about music at all, it sounds like it's this one critic griping that the Beatles "should" have been doing different songs in their late career. They "should" have been making danceable tunes that sound more like their music from the '50s and early '60s. Yet we also have other critics who call out the early Beatles and, really, pretty much all white rock 'n rollers, for cultural appropriation.
The Beatles didn't tell Billboard how to publish their charts. They didn't tell radio stations they should be either be "soul" or "rock music" oriented. That all happened on this side of the pond, with decisions made by entertainment industry management. It's a less provocative title, but at best we have here "How the Beatles were used to destroy Rock-n-Roll."