Listeners of late 20th-century music: If you haven’t heard, the English rock band The Beatles have released their final song. With the unfinished demos of John Lennon being completed by Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, it’s no surprise that someday there’d be no songs left by their late friend to complete. Releasing what seems to be the final song written by John Lennon, “Now and Then”, means finally turning the book’s page to its last and shutting the gates of The Beatles to a close.
It has been over 60 years since the fab four hailing from Liverpool molded The Beatles, what is now considered to be one of the greatest bands of all time. Since the beginning, The Beatles have been highly praised and respected as one of the most influential and inspirational bands, by fans and also by many other bands and notable musicians like the late Kurt Cobain of Nirvana, Ozzy Osbourne of Black Sabbath, and many more.
The Beatles were just the physical manifestation of the word ‘sensational’, molding genres that contributed greatly to shaping our access to music in the present. The Beatles not only impacted the global music industries but influenced fashion, with one notable feature being their iconic mop-top haircut. It is no surprise how the Beatles became a worldwide sensation resulting in a phenomenon called “Beatlemania”, one of the earliest and largest music fandoms that dominated the 60’s.
If you haven’t heard of The Beatles or listened to any of their songs, it wouldn’t hurt to give it a try on your own time and explore their wide variety of musical catalogues.