Can't Buy Me a Bigger Impact

The Beatles have had such a huge impact on popular culture that I can’t even begin to fathom it. And not to mention rock music in itself. They redefined the way people release records (they made the album more important in a time of singles), and they brought along the musical innovations of the British invasion in an era of basically just jazz and Broadway musicals. A large number of artists have acknowledged them as an influence, and some have even had chart successes with Beatles cover songs. They marked the beginning of a new era. They were so big that some radio stations (like WABC) banned the playing any “pre-Beatles” music. People went as far as to emulate their clothes and hairstyles. The Shea Stadium date when they opened their 1965 North American tour became what was then the largest audience in concert history and that show is seen as a landmark event in the growth of rock music. To be more specific it was the first entertainment act to ever have a large stadium concert (which sold out in 17 minutes). From what began as the Beatlemania fad, the group grew to be viewed by their fans world as the representatives of certain ideals associated with transforming an entire culture. As icons of the 1960s counterculture, they basically became a catalyst for activism in all these social and political areas. This helped fuel movements like women's liberation, gay liberation and environmentalism. On top of that the amount of references to their music and themselves in modern pop culture in just ridiculous. There’s a Beatles Monopoly game for crying out loud!!!The Beatles have had such a huge impact on popular culture that I can’t even begin to fathom it. And not to mention rock music in itself. They redefined the way people release records (they made the album more important in a time of singles), and they brought along the musical innovations of the British invasion in an era of basically just jazz and Broadway musicals. A large number of artists have acknowledged them as an influence, and some have even had chart successes with Beatles cover songs. They marked the beginning of a new era. They were so big that some radio stations (like WABC) banned the playing any “pre-Beatles” music. People went as far as to emulate their clothes and hairstyles. The Shea Stadium date when they opened their 1965 North American tour became what was then the largest audience in concert history and that show is seen as a landmark event in the growth of rock music. To be more specific it was the first entertainment act to ever have a large stadium concert (which sold out in 17 minutes). From what began as the Beatlemania fad, the group grew to be viewed by their fans world as the representatives of certain ideals associated with transforming an entire culture. As icons of the 1960s counterculture, they basically became a catalyst for activism in all these social and political areas. This helped fuel movements like women's liberation, gay liberation and environmentalism. On top of that the amount of references to their music and themselves in modern pop culture in just ridiculous. There’s a Beatles Monopoly game for crying out loud!!!