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Najeeb Tarazi's avatar

when I was in high school, one of my music teachers taught us that most popular music up until the Beatles largely followed a 1-4-5 chord structure and they completely broke that paradigm in popular music. That was his explanation for why they mattered so much. I'm not sure how true it was, but it's epic lore!

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Scott Lazer's avatar

As someone who has learned to play a couple of Paul’s bass lines, I can confirm that their music is complex as hell!

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Meg Kimmel's avatar

I’m with you, Scott. And I, for example, love Radiohead, etc., but believe they couldn’t have emerged so creatively without the giant contributions of the Beatles.

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Scott Lazer's avatar

Totally agree Meg. And I love all those artists/bands too!

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