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Q is for Quality and Quantity/Her Majesty

Apr22

Q is for Quality and Quantity.  No, it isn’t a long-lost Beatles track.  It refers to the two reasons why I believe the Beatles are still influencing pop music and pop culture at large, nearly 50 years on.  First off, almost all of the Beatles albums contain hit after hit after hit.  Each new album expanded on the last.  They didn’t simply rest on what they’d already accomplished.  They kept on innovating.  Check out the first track below.  It sounds like it came out of the 1980s.  Nope.  Off of Sgt. Pepper 1968.  While they kept on innovating, they also kept up the quality.  They had standards and really didn’t put their label on much filler.

Also, since I’m on Q, I couldn’t help but bring up Queen Elizabeth II.  They Beatles were children when she became queen in 1952.  I never fully understood why Paul felt it necessary to write and record this riff, originally intended for the medley on Abbey Road.  Well, it turns out, like many preteen/teenage boys, the Beatles appreciated a beautiful young woman.  It is so easy to forget Queen Elizabeth II was only in her 20s when she came to the throne.

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