Their Influence: A Real Revolution

The Beatles are probably the most influential group that music has ever produced, both for other musicians and for culture and society in general.

You will probably find more artists that refer to the Beatles as an influence than any other group. They started the "British Invasion" in the U.S., and were followed by a lot of other bands like “The Kinks”, “The Who”, “The Rolling Stones”, and others.

In a cultural view, the Beatles catered to the huge group of teens of that era, who were just beginning to come into their own. A lot of their later albums carry songs about individuality and rebellion, songs like “Revolution”, and “Come Together”. This helped them become one of the main role models of a cultural revolution in the 1960's pertaining to the Vietnam War. Lennon especially took an active role in protests against the war, and war in general, with songs like "Give Peace a Chance" and Imagine". John and the Beatles already outrageously popular caused many many young people to follow in their footsteps, singing their songs at war protests.

Their music and lifestyles also helped give rise to the popularization of drugs in the 1960s. Other artists had used drugs with public knowing, but the Beatles were the first to admit it to the press. This state of mind and influence on the teens, and people all over the world still remains, and I don’t think it’ll ever disappear.