I'm going to have a nice cuppa char, I think we can all take it as read I hate the Beatles, so I better stay out of this conversation. Sorry to all you Beatles lovers out there, even if I don't understand what you see in them as a band or even solo for that matter. I know how important music can...
It isn't it ! Although I would say some of the American doo wop like Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers would even beat the Beatles to that so in fact again the Beatles invented nothing.
I can see what your saying and agree to an extent, however I can't see the metal link, just as I can't see a dance link. You kind of contradict yourself saying they had there ear to the ground and promoted new music, and then suggest the avid rock'n'roll record collectors and fans would not have...
No apart from being disjointed, yes it has a fuzzy Link Wray style guitar (50s) maybe they time travelled and taught Link Wray aswell through there magical helter skelter. Nothing unique to see here.
The Beatles latched on to everything and invented nothing themselves ever fact.... Every type,style there was someone was doing it before them, they may have been at the forefront possibly of some styles and because of the publicity they commanded it seemed like they started whatever.... we know...
A very good debut album that influenced so many artists from Cash, Elvis, Jerry Lee through to the Beatles
Moanin the blues.
Although I would say the self titled Bo Diddley must have it.
So wrong, the book was opened by Elvis coming from nothing and showing the world what a country boy playing Rockabilly/Hillbilly can do and the money men got hold him and his ilk and gave us the likes of the Beatles sanitised Rock'n'Roll for the masses.... Then The Sex Pistols were released on...