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They didn't have to was 8when his sister took him to mourn. JBfciaWfrilft!ISpRy BflBftHBBOBVBBflBBBBi - see concert New HK &BBBKHBKSMteMiaiBHBBB9BBiBBBB" the Four open, so V Fab in "They could be that BBt BBibW . ('wVBHHBBBBtu-f- StfMBBBBzZSVBtfEvv BHfeVMSBkBBBBBSKBlBlBftBBVBBBHBBBBr BBwBWtBrBtt. "H JbBbV. Jr.r BHBBHBIBBBBBilMP'flBBHflPHBHBBBBBBBkBBHr k. t Jr MZ Orleans in 1964. "I remember there showed us mat we could be open,' ' was so much screaming they could Curtis says. have stopped playing for 15 minutes But the Beatles did not come and no one would ha ve noticed alone. They were quickly followed "I also remember there were as bymany British bands, including many police in the stands as there the Rolling Stones, the Who and the were people," he adds. Dunlap was Kinks. America had been invaded also watching on Feb. 9, 1964, when by the British and they took over John Lennon, George Harrison, Paul McCartney and first came to the United States in 1964. John Lennon, Paul McCartney, without firing a shot George Harrison and Bingo Starr "American rock and roll lost its "If you shut off the TV and don't drew the largest television audi- vitality between 1958 and 1964," look at Boy George, you'll find Cul- ence ever to watch an entertain- says Budds. ture Club is nothing exciting or in- ment program. "The British invasion forced novative musically," Curtis says. "My parents were saying that in American popular music to re- "British bands have always been a year nobody would know who they spond," says Curtis. "The major more exciting than American were," he says. "They thought it figures in U.S. rock of the sixties, bands. The Rolling Stones were al- was just a fad" such as Stephen Stills, Bob Dylan ways forceful and dramatic, while If the Beatles were a fad, they andthe Byrds, were mainly playing the Grateful Dead were not much to were a long-lastin- g one. "Their mu- folktnuatc and were into purity and look at." sic continues to be popular,' ' says goodness. Curtis thinks the influence of vi- Michael Budds, who teaches a class deo will change the direction of on popular music and rock n' roll rock "n' roll, making it more of an at the University. "Children today 'They could be electronic musical theater. "No know the words to their songs. The roupfromEnglandwiileverbeas idea that their music will grow old open,,so that ig as ," he says, and pass with each generation Just "because none'ot them can dance." isn't true." snowed us that we Music has changed significantly Greer Barnard, 619 Lathrop Hall, since "I WantTo Hold Your Hand" is a "new" generation Beatle fan. could be open.' broke into the American Top 40; so She started liking the Beatles six have the musicians who made it fa- years ago when she was a freshman mous. Lennon is again at the top of in high school. "I think it's so neat, "The Beatles brought in new the charts with "Nobody Told Me," because they were so young and things that were not part of rock V three years after his murder. Mc- they made it so big." roll tradition, like the ragtime pi- Cartney is workingon a movie, The closest she ever got to seeing ano in "LadyMadonna" and the "Give My Regards to Broad the Beatles live was when she saw string quartet in "Yesterday," says Street" andhis latest , the Broadway musical "Beatlema-nia.-" Budds. "They popularized and re- "Pipes of Peace," features Starr on "It was so easy to feel like it fined many different things." drums. Harrison is semi-retire- d. was the Beatles," she says. "When Curtis and Budds agree that the Will there ever be another group we left we were hoarse from trying current rise in the music charts by to capture the worldwide success of to scream over the music." bands suchas thePolice, Duran the Beatles? It depends on whom "Several things have to be con- Duranind Culture Club suggest you ask. sidered in order to understand the that America is again in the middle "I don't think there will ever be phenomenon of Beatlemama," says of a British invasion. "The timing is another group like the Beatles," Jim Curtis, a University professor right," saysBudds.'"Rock Wroli says Curtis. "They were absolutely in Germanic and Slavic studies. has not shown great vitality late- unique and very lucky." Curtis is writing a book about rock ly." Budds disagrees. "The idea that 'n'roll. Curtis does not see the new Brit- something is so unique that it will "First, youhaveto realize that ish groups as being much different never be repeated is false. History John and Paul were phenomenally from traditional late 1970s bands. does not bear that out," he says. talented," he says. "Also, they "The difference is MTV," Curtis 'There's neverbeen another rock were phenomenally lucky in the says of the videos performed to cur-renthi- ts. group quite like the Beatles, but three men that they worked with. "It is going to change ev- that doesn't mean that there wont "Their manager, Brian Epstein, erything. be again."