The Beatles Impact On American Culture Essay

On February 7th, 1964, Great Britain was known for a lot of things: tea, spiffy tailoring, the Queen. “Exciting musical exports,” however, was not high on the list. Everything changed 50 years ago today when four young British musicians landed at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York and detonated a cultural explosion. I refer, of course, to the thrilling arrival in America of that one-of-a-kind band that we have all come to know and love, this great band that transformed American music forever. The Beatles impacted the world culturally, three different included their persona, taste in clothing, and the types of songs they sang.
The Beatles as many other groups caused a “mania” for young teens from their concerts and public appearances. But the Beatles, progressed beyond this stage and became a cultural force, their compositions and attitudes transformed the way pop music was experienced by large numbers of people. As said in the text, “Coinciding with one of
They had stage outfits but more importantly the long hair look. They were known as the “mop tops”. “Where did you get those hair-dos…?” stopped short by John Lennon,“You mean, ‘hair-don’ts’.” (www.biography.com) Like their stage uniforms, the Beatles’ haircuts were a product of German ingenuity. ?The hairstyle took on a life of its own as Beatle wigs were manufactured and comedians on television variety shows donned the look for easy laughs. Not above profiting from such mindlessness, the Beatles saw their bank accounts grow, although it wasn’t long before the moptop was topped. As time went on and other groups followed the Beatles’ example, hair grew longer and longer. The beatles not only impacted people through their music, they also impacted people through their appearance and looks. A lot of their looks were through jokes and laughs but, everything they did people enjoyed and other bands started following their ways and doing the same