What Can You Learn From Source A About The Impact Of The Beatles In The 1960's?

The response emphasises the impact of Beatlemania. Knowledge does support the source because the Beatles had massive record sales and were seen as the coolest and most charming group. With million selling singles like ‘I Wanna Hold Your Hand’, ‘She Loves You’ and ‘A Hard Days Night’ all hitting the top spot by a huge margin. As Aaron Copland the well-known American composer stated ‘If You Want To Know About The Sixties, Play The Music Of The Beatles’.

Although time has elapsed and it has been 30 years since she described the day of distance. There was also opposition to the Beatles, and people over the age of 35 wouldn’t be enthusiastic about watching the fab four. Many of the Establishment saw them as a threat to society saying that the Beatles were a poor example to the youth. Another weakness of the statement and source is that Jane Lauley adopts an unreal tone, she seems to romanticise, signalling a exaggeration of the truth and reality of society as with the phrase ‘It Is Very Heaven To Be Alive’. Even though the Beatles were amazingly popular and regarded as one of the Seven Wonders of the World, there were opposing groups, which had different styles. Beatlemania was limited to a point and the source has been exaggerated all out of proportion.