The Beatles Informative Speech

The Beatles are the favorite band of millions of people across the world. People of all races, went to their concerts and bought their records and to this day, they are still listening to their distinguished music. I hope to inform my audience of the ways they changed how music was created and how you should treat others. I believe they left a lasting impact on the world through music, fashion and ideology. When people think of the 1960s they’ll remember The Beatles. The Beatles hold many records including the most covered song in all of human history , titled “Yesterday”, most No. 1 singles held on U.S. charts and No. 1 for most albums sold worldwide. Their exploration in music gave people inspiration. An example of that inspiration were

The Beatles helped change people’s appearance. They influenced what people were wearing and flipped counterculture entirely. Adults started following teenage trends, they were copying long hairstyles they saw and growing facial hair. Another raging debate in the early sixties was their haircuts because at the time the “Beatle” Haircut often called a “moptop” was very long as opposed to the neat buzzed or trimmed men’s hairstyles that were accepted at the time. Many younger kids grew out their hair and had it trimmed to match the Fab Four’s own mops. In the late sixties they grew their hair longer and in ‘66 Paul McCartney the groups bassist began to grow the first of the Sgt. Peppers moustache. In changing fashion they went from wearing posh black suits in the earlier years, to brown suede jackets in the mid sixties, that are displayed on their 1965 album Rubber Soul and finally to the psychedelic neck scarves and striped pants of the late sixties. To further explain in 1964 they had their tailor Dougie Millings make them collarless suits or “beatle” jackets that went on to inspire “mod” fashion. The “mods” were a youth subculture that wore classy tailored suits with the trademark “beatle” jackets that were often paired with “beatle” boots which were just black chelsea boots. In later years specifically 1967 during the “Summer of Love” The Beatles embraced the psychedelic era by wearing bold flashy colors and textures

Being the biggest band in the land required interviews from all sorts of reporters and press agents when most reporters, were very condescending, so The Beatles would reply cheekily, to patronizing questions. To illustrate in a 1966 interview, a female reporter asked why The Beatles, answered questions in such a “snobby” way and Paul McCartney said “You expect, sort of, nice answers to ALL the questions. But if the questions aren't nice questions, they don't have to have nice answers. And if we don't give nice answers, it doesn't mean we're snobby. It just means we're natural." This explanation was met with applause from other reporters in the room and was demonstration of why people liked them so much, because of their originality. They were very sensitive people and gave respect when they were given it back. They weren’t answering back with witty comments out of spite but because they be treated nice by the press, but they still cared about others feelings. They had heart and were very fine people. Their originality is a great part of their talent. They also had an incredible work ethic which helped them break class barriers in Great Britain at the time. After WW2 Great Britain had struggled with trying to clean up the damage that was leftover from the war so the royalty in the country decided to reestablish ranks in society. Upper, middle and working or lower classes kept people in line and worked as a