Why We Love The Beatles (v2) 69 of 100: From Short Story to Epic

When The Beatles started out, the single was the the medium for music. Now it's digital in one format or another. In between was the album and then the concept album, represented first by vinyl and gorgeous cover artwork and then the diminutive CD where everything was convenient. The album was just one more revolution The Beatles helped initiate: they changed the way we listened to music, from music 'in ones', to music 'in clusters', from listening to a short story to enjoying an epic. From a great 'Love Me Do' to a staggering 'Revolver'. Any Beatles song is amazing. A Beatles song listened to in the context of its original album is extra special.

That's another reason we love The Beatles.

The Back-Story

Reason 1: Story-tellers; 2: Sgt. Pepper; 3: Eternally optimistic; 4: Still cool; 5: George Harrison.; 6: Love Me Do

7: Work Ethic ;8: Synchronicity; 9: The Roof-top Concert; 10: Candlestick Park; 11: Lennon & McCartney

12: I Saw Her Standing There; 13: Liverpool; 14: Black & White; 15: Album Covers; 16: John Lennon

17: Lennon & McCartney; 18: Rock 'n Roll; 19: They Never Made it Easy; 20: Ringo

21: Meditation & Massage; 22: The Back of a Commer Van; 23: George Martin.

24: Simply Different

25: A Time to Think

26: Revolver

27: Yeah, Yeah, Yeah

28: The B Side