They were Genius! Changed popular music. Look at the progression from Love me do in 1963 to The Revolver Album in 1966. it's astonishing!! 3 years and their range of music changed enormously. what other band did that before or since. all the greats acknowledge what they did. and never underestimate Pauls influence either. Lennon was the innovator, but Paul was the driving force. Lennon is credited with legendry status for many many incredible songs, but Mcartney wrote yesterday and the lyrics are simple but brilliant. A day in the life is just a stunning record and uses lyrics from both. they bounced ideas off each other.
as for the scouse accent, well the first footage of them in 62 or 63 definitely has them speaking in a liverpool accent, but then they started travelling all over the world and as happens to anyone, the accent became diluted.
The older you get, the more you can appreciate just how special they were. I missed the lot, as they split up before I was born, but my Dad introduced them to me when I was about 10.
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