# How influential were the Beatles, musically? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 24, 2007, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-influential-were-the-beatles-musically/412943 "2007-07-24T11:30:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2007, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-influential-were-the-beatles-musically/412943/21 "2007-07-27T21:34:58Z")
[QUOTE=Argent Towers] And the Beatles also incorporated a lot of traditional British dancehall, classical and brass band music (The White Album and Sgt. Peppers show a lot of this influence.) [/QUOTE] Oh yeah. “When I’m 64” is practically 100% pure dancehall. ---
**Author:** ![Talon\_Karrde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Talon\_Karrde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Talon_Karrde)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2007, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-influential-were-the-beatles-musically/412943/22 "2007-07-28T03:46:18Z")
[QUOTE=Mark Ryle] My nephew, Michael, mentions: One that comes to mind right away that I heard in the car was a song by the Foo Fighters song called “Big Me”. It sounds like the Beatles circa 65’. Specifically, the singer uses a McCartney vocal style, the guitar amps have that distinctive Vox tone and the melody could be right off of Help! [/QUOTE] Another recent song that sounds like the Beatles is “We’re Going to Be Friends” by the White Stripes. I first heard it when a friend was listening and I asked him if that was Paul McCartney singing. I have no cite, but I have heard that the Beatles were what made Bob Dylan decide to go electric. Maybe someone can confirm or debunk this. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-influential-were-the-beatles-musically/412943.md?page=1)