Arguably the most influential pop band of all time, The Beatles songs are beloved because of their surface-level simplicity and underlying complexity. “Hey Jude” is certainly a Karaoke favorite. It might be a little harder to sing than other songs on this list, but it’s still a lot of...
Bars are delineated by bar lines. In many songs four beats make up one bar. The steady pulse would be counted 1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, … and so on. Beat one always marks the beginning of the bar. Time Signature When reading tab, we can look at the time signature...
On the heels of Beyoncé's big night at the 2025 GRAMMYs, revisit the songs, collaborators and accolades that have made her a beloved global superstar.
Tape loops were first used by composers of the earliest electronic music, but they began to be used more commonly in pop and rock in the 60s. The psychedelic background sounds of The BeatlesTomorrow Never Knowswere created using a tape loop. Since then looping has seeped into all genres of...
[Pink Floyd] have very simple songs, without unnecessary complexity, and I think that's given them a timeless quality," he wrote. And he – among many others – took those values to heart in much of his own work. "It wouldn't be overstating to say thatAnimalsis responsible in many ...
There are few songs from the song catalog of The Beatles that aren’t iconic. Hey Jude is a very famous song written in consolation to John Lennon’s son during the time period of John’s divorce from Cynthia Lennon. From the beginning of the song with Paul McCartney’s voice and piano...
It hadn’t been easy for George to get his songs onto Beatles records. As John noted in 1974: “Paul and I really carved up the empire between us, because we were the singers… George never wrote a song till much later.” George’s first composition, “Don’t Bother Me,” appeared ...
2. Fadd9 – A Hard Day's Night (The Beatles) (Image credit: Future) Many people have argued various offerings as to what the famous clattering chord sound is at the start of the Fab Four's A Hard Day's Night. Get the MusicRadar Newsletter ...
Queen - We Are The Champions (Official Video) Unlike so many bands, Queen didn't have all their songs written by just one (or two) songwriters, and they didn't hide who wrote what either. So Brian May gets credit for songs like 'Flash', We Will Rock You' and 'Too Much Love Will...
So let’s explore how the DNA of past and present, of engineering and expression, of a car cabin’s blank canvas and the studio that the Beatles most famously called home, managed to … come together. The words “Abbey Road” hold a magical aura. Opened in 1931 as the world’s first...