Book contents
- The Beatles in Context
- Composers In Context
- The Beatles in Context
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Chronology
- Part I Beatle People and Beatle Places
- Part II The Beatles in Performance
- Part III The Beatles on TV, Film, and the Internet
- Chapter 10 From Juke Box Jury to The Ed Sullivan Show: Radio and TV – the Beatles’ “Star-Making Machinery”
- Chapter 11 Projecting the Visuality of the Beatles: A Hard Day’s Night and Help!
- Chapter 12 Beatletoons: Moxie, Music, and the Media
- Chapter 13 Documentary, Rockumentary: Let It Be and the Rooftop Concert
- Chapter 14 The Beatles Redux: The Anthology Series and the Video Age
- Chapter 15 Pop Goes the Internet
- Part IV The Beatles’ Sound
- Part V The Beatles as Sociocultural and Political Touchstones
- Part VI The Beatles’ Critical Reception and Cultural Legacy
- Further Reading
- Index
Chapter 13 - Documentary, Rockumentary: Let It Be and the Rooftop Concert
from Part III - The Beatles on TV, Film, and the Internet
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 January 2020
- The Beatles in Context
- Composers In Context
- The Beatles in Context
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Chronology
- Part I Beatle People and Beatle Places
- Part II The Beatles in Performance
- Part III The Beatles on TV, Film, and the Internet
- Chapter 10 From Juke Box Jury to The Ed Sullivan Show: Radio and TV – the Beatles’ “Star-Making Machinery”
- Chapter 11 Projecting the Visuality of the Beatles: A Hard Day’s Night and Help!
- Chapter 12 Beatletoons: Moxie, Music, and the Media
- Chapter 13 Documentary, Rockumentary: Let It Be and the Rooftop Concert
- Chapter 14 The Beatles Redux: The Anthology Series and the Video Age
- Chapter 15 Pop Goes the Internet
- Part IV The Beatles’ Sound
- Part V The Beatles as Sociocultural and Political Touchstones
- Part VI The Beatles’ Critical Reception and Cultural Legacy
- Further Reading
- Index
Summary
The Beatles’ place in the annals of popular music is secure and untouchable. They are unquestionably the most influential artists of all time, eclipsing even Frank Sinatra and Elvis Presley. As recording artists they have no rival. While Bob Dylan is perhaps the single most important songwriter of post-war popular music, collectively, the songs of Lennon and McCartney (and George Harrison) may have a more universal and lasting appeal. There are certainly many who outstripped the Beatles as live performers in rock music history, but that may be the only area where others eclipse the group. One area, though, where the Beatles were at the forefront of innovation and musical influence is in the films they appeared in during their brief time together. Of course, the Beatles did not make the films themselves, but their personas and the new pop aesthetic they gave birth to demanded a new film language to accurately capture their essence on celluloid.
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- The Beatles in Context , pp. 142 - 149Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020