The Beatles influence on Modern Music

Songs Written by the Beatles that Predicts and/or Predates the Formation of Various Musical Genres’ I am not saying they invent these genres but they were pioneers or big influences.

Day Tripper, Ticket To Ride(Power Pop)
This one is fairly easy, but the precise use of harmony, chiming guitars and a soaring, easy to understand chorus about love is basically the blueprint of every power-pop band to ever exist, from the Raspberries and Big Star to Sloan and Superdrag. This song might not be the first to combine all these factors, but it was the first time anybody did it better than anybody else.

I’m a Loser, I’m Only Sleeping (Slack/Indie Rock/Emo)
Before Beck, Radiohead and Sunny Day Real Estate came along and snivelled about their own self loathing, the Beatles showed that you could be self-deprecating way back in the early ’60s.

Tomorrow Never Knows (Techno/Electronica/Kraut Rock)
Combining swirling psychedelia with a repetitive melody and wicked sound effects,“Tomorrow Never Knows” could possibly be the first and only Beatles song that could put you in a trance and make you shake that thang simultaneously. The Chemical Brothers didn’t sample and loop the drum track and bass line from this song for nothing.

A Day in the Life Strawberry Fields Forever (Prog Rock)
Yes, King Crimson, and even later, the Mars Volta, wouldn’t exist without the Beatles taking the dive into complicated composition first.

Helter Skelter( Heavy Metal/ Noise Rock
This proto metal song with its screaming vocals and loud distorted guitar without heavy blues is one of the first of it’s kind.I Want You (She's So Heavy) has the satanic chord progression that bands like Black Sabbath built their careers around! And Helter Skelter is protype Slayer down to the screaming vocals.

I Don’t Want To Spoil the Party ( Country Rock )
When asked Gram Parsons if he started country rock he said the Beatles were purposely doing it in in 1964 and he cited this song.

Hard Day's Night ( Jangle Pop )
This song with its jangle fade out influenced the Byrds to get the twelve string guitar.

Plus they popularized intentional feedback as recording effect, backward guitar, backward vocals, Automatic Double Tracking, Indian Instruments, sampling and extreme distortion. They also were big influence on folk rock and psychedelic rock. They are the most covered musicians ever and sold one billion records compared to Led Zeppelin and Queen at around 300 million

We already have a Beatles thread and you already posted this in another thread.

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Their influence is less than a lot of other artists in modern music, they were relatively influential, granted, but a lot of the bands they influenced I'd rather be without.

Their influence on modern bands like Porcupine Tree, Coldplay and others is very evident. They have been the biggest influence on Modern music the past 40 years. Just look at Britpop and Nirvana as for recent examples. I really can't say that for Elvis of Bob Dylan. They are a bigger influence on pop music Tomorrow Never Knows is the blueprint of today's music with its sample like and dance like drum beat.

Tell me how the Beatles influenced let's say ummmmm Stevie Wonder?

Originally posted by Funkadelic
Tell me how the Beatles influenced let's say ummmmm Stevie Wonder?

The Beatles did not influence every artist but they influenced the most is my opinion. Stevie Wonder covered We Can Work It Out and has said My Cherie Amour was written after hearing the Beatles Michelle. The song was recorded in 1966 it was not released years later.

Originally posted by Kingcrimson
Their influence on modern bands like Porcupine Tree, Coldplay and others is very evident. They have been the biggest influence on Modern music the past 40 years. Just look at Britpop and Nirvana as for recent examples. I really can't say that for Elvis of Bob Dylan. They are a bigger influence on pop music Tomorrow Never Knows is the blueprint of today's music with its sample like and dance like drum beat.

Nirvana?

Originally posted by Kingcrimson
The Beatles did not influence every artist but they influenced the most is my opinion. Stevie Wonder covered We Can Work It Out and has said My Cherie Amour was written after hearing the Beatles Michelle. The song was recorded in 1966 it was not released years later.

Wow! You're good. Did you look that up or not?

Man even George Clinton is a fan of The Beatles doesn't mean he's influenced by them.

Originally posted by Kram3r
We already have a Beatles thread and you already posted this in another thread.