Why We Love The Beatles (v2) 72 of 100:

The Seven L-Levels Of The Beatles:

Level 1: Liverpool. Four lads, paths irrevocably intertwined. So similar and yet so different. Deeply wired with northern grit, scouse wit and the absolute passionate desire to have a hit.

Level 2: Learning. The learning years. How to play chords, how to get along, to hold an audience, to stay awake, to write songs...

Level 3: Lift-Off. Beatlemania. Record deals. A manager. A van.

Level 4: Latitude and Longitude. Travel the world: almost everybody loves a Beatle.

Level 5: Laboratory. Off the road and into the studio. Do as you wish, when you wish and astound them all. Time and time again.

Level 6: Legend. No doubt about it: you are the best. The end.

Level 7: Legacy. Who'd have believed it? A short lull after their break-up and then they are as popular as ever.

 

It'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

29: The Philosophy

30: December 1960: A Turning Point

31: What really, really motivated The Beatles?

32: 1961

33: Their last rock 'n roller.

34: From road to studio

35: The Magnum Opus

36: Mr Brian Epstein

37: Just Ordinary Lads

38: 1962

39: Yesterday

40: The Encouragers

41: 1963

42: Peace & Love

43: Abbey Road 1

44: Abbey Road 2

45: Always Cool

46: Did Paul break up The Beatles?

47: Timeless

48: The Seven Stages of Love

49: A Space in their Hearts

50: It Was 1964

51: Masters of Simplicity

52: Both 

53: Stories from Atoms of Experience.

54: That Rooftop, that slip of paper.

55: That 7-Minute Song

56: The Best Friends The Planet Ever Had

57: 1965

58: Play-lists

59: The photos of Astrid.

60 Catching Up

61 Consistently better

62: Evolution

63: Feel Better

64: The White Album, Take II

65: Lovable

66: Close your Eyes

67: The Long & Winding Road

68: All will be OK

69: Short Story to Epic

70 It's 1966

71: The Iconic pictures.