i ain t going to work on maggie s farm no more it s not just about dylan going electric. it s about the fusion of music that was really political and rock n roll which had not been overtly political. [ crowd boos ] there s nothing like the feeling of your audience not being with you and walking out on you. people took it personal. you know, it s a part of your establishment and forget it. they felt betrayed.
it wasn t just the beatles. the british invasion had legs because there was more great music to back it up. a big hello. rich. i m larry. i m dennis. i m dave. for the first six months they were singing, they sold over a million records a month. and in the words of one of their biggest hits, we re mighty glad to have you with us tonight. ladies and gentlemen, the dave clark five. you say that you love me all of the time you say that you need me, you ll always be mine
first time on the air in the united states, here are the beatles singing i want to hold your hand. oh, yeah, i tell you something i think you ll understand that song really started to take off. it was impossible to anticipate how much that momentum would continue. hi, everybody. all over america, this is the wwbc party go, go. i want to hold your hand that song was absolutely contagious. i think the teenager found a voice. here s what s happening, baby. the beatles! there was a moment where you just heard, this is our music now. it was like hearing the future. i want to hold your hand i have to ask how you first found out about them. we first heard about the
i have to ask how you first found out about them. we first heard about the beatles in the london airport. there was an enormous crowd of kids gathered around. and we asked what was going on? we didn t each know who the beatles were, we never heard of them. that night i booked ringo starr, paul mccartney, george harrison and john lennon for three shows for $10,000. for four white guys that were british, to come out of nowhere and be everywhere was quite unbelievable. the beatles are a butch of guys from liverpool. i mean, people in london would have looked down at liverpool back then. but liverpool was a port town and port towns become places where all sorts of contraband gets exchanged. one of them at that point was great music. a lot of the sailors coming back to america were bringing back these records. some were pop records.
that it should remain art, and it s crucial that it should progress as art. the british invasion changed pretty much everything. it was not just a sound or a band or a phenomena. but it was the beginning of the most powerful decade in popular music. rock n roll music was very important in the growth of the society. we were able to speak our minds. we did shake up the world. there s no desire in any of our heads to sort of take over the world. there is, however, a desire to get power in order to use it for good.