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Anonymous

03/27/26(Fri)16:53:28 No.129806215

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Anonymous 03/27/26(Fri)16:53:28 No.129806215 Archived

What is it about the Beatles songwriting that made them so unique?

I've noticed that they did some songs with no actual chorus or musical hooks. I've heard some beatles-like songs following this format, for example Billy Joel (Laura and Surprises), but there are plenty of songs that also do it without sounding like the Beatles.

So what was it?

Anonymous
03/27/26(Fri)16:54:36 No.129806229

Anonymous 03/27/26(Fri)16:54:36 No.129806229

>>129806215
they made pop rock
what are you talking about

Anonymous
03/27/26(Fri)19:12:34 No.129807272

Anonymous 03/27/26(Fri)19:12:34 No.129807272

>>129806215
It's the AABA form, it was common in popular music before the mid-50s, which people today don't listen to much. Also associated with jazz, because many of these songs became jazz standards.

It's interesting, because it requires a completely different way of melodic development and song structure than the verse-chorus structure which seems to have became the norm around the arrival of rock'n'roll. Very few songwriters (outside of jazz) care to master it today.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirty-two_bar_form

Anonymous
03/27/26(Fri)21:45:03 No.129808328

Anonymous 03/27/26(Fri)21:45:03 No.129808328

>>129806215
Op here. I'm trans byw

Anonymous
03/27/26(Fri)22:26:37 No.129808637

Anonymous 03/27/26(Fri)22:26:37 No.129808637

>>129806215
What are some good Beatles songs? I know their most famous ones only (Yesterday, Tomorrow Never Knows, the Walrus one, the one with the trippy video where the tune changes abruptly midway through, Strawberry Fields and Blackbird)

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03/27/26(Fri)23:09:14 No.129808932

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>>129808637
And Your Bird Can Sing