Word: beatlemania
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Even before the history of the Beatles was recorded in The Beatles Anthology (Chronicle Books; 367 pages; $60), it was written on the faces of John, Paul, George and Ringo. Just look at the comedy-musical A Hard Day's Night (1964), from the dawn of Beatlemania: the footage is black and white, the lads are all in proper-looking suits, their hair cut just below their ears, their faces bright and clean shaven (except for McCartney's fake goatee in the opening scene). Then screen the edgier Let It Be (1970), the documentary that recorded the Fab Four...
...Life" That last lingering chord was the final flickering of Beatlemania's innocence, and with it, that of the '60s. There wouldn't be any more funny band outfits; there would sometimes not even be a whole band, as the Lennon/McCartney dichotomy of the song's structure would play out in their lives and on record, and the world around them likewise would become increasingly fragmented...