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摘要：本文是一篇音乐学留学论文。披头士乐队代表了一个世纪的音乐成就，对20世纪音乐流派的发展和音乐形式的多样性产生了巨大的影响。他们处于摇滚音乐盛行的时代，与20世纪其他的摇滚乐队相比，介绍了更多创新性的流行音乐，他们只做属于自己的最好的音乐，他们只做最受欢迎的音乐作品。本文主要对披头士的摇滚音乐进行了简单介绍。充满激情四射的想象力和实践性,披头士仅仅抓住1964年所倡导的国际质量意识,并在接下来的六年里从不放手,在音乐包装所体现的创造力方面始终保持领先,但从来没有失去他们的沟通能力，即使大众的思想和审美变得日益复杂。“1970年他们离开乐坛后的数十年内，他们的摇滚音乐特点仍然未受到挑战，在乐坛上的地位仍然没有动摇”(詹森,劳埃德·2005)

Lennon claimed that he was 'bigger than God'. The reality is that every culture would not fall to the British influence. They have enough self-identity to not be so easily taken by four guys with music. By the way, the Gideon Bible alone has been published in 170 countries, and 900 million copies have been circulated. This dwarfs the measly broadcast of All You Need is Love in 24 countries and no Beatles album could ever come near 900 million sales. Lastly, anyone can plainly see that the body of Beatles fans is comprised overwhelmingly of baby boomers and early Generation X-ers.

The only reason that people still talk about or listen to the Beatles is because it is a means by which 40-somethings can reminisce about the Flower Power era. Anyone can climb aboard the Beatle bandwagon as the Beatles did aboard the hippie bandwagon. The Beatles are generous and nice people, I am sure. And, it is true, they created good music and opened the door for the Rolling Stones, who are one of the greatest bands ever.

But the bottom line is that without the Beatles, there would still have been the Civil Rights movement, the Apollo missions, the revolutions in music and other events associated with the Beatles. To say otherwise is a discrediting thing to say about the leaders in each field. The fame of the Beatles is overblown. To say that they are bigger than the Lord is not only blasphemous but also an outright lie. The only fame they receive from the media today is because the media is doing what the Beatles did over thirty years ago - selling emotions to a large demographic.

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Jansen, Lloyd: The Beatles Anthology. Library Journal, 2000, Vol. 125 Issue 17, p74, 1/6p

Turkalo, David M: How They Became the Beatles: A Definitive History of the Early Years. 1960-1964. Library Journal, 1990, Vol. 115 Issue 7, p95-96, 2p