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Message: [QUOTE="Bigboote, post: 2341001, member: 7631"] Responding to Connie and Jordy: I'm with Connie that if I expand my definition of Rock and Roll, then the Beatles are king. I'd go further than Jordy and say, the Beatles weren't just a band, they were a way of life. I was 9 when they broke up, but I had older siblings. Whenever there was a new Beatles single out, nobody was talking about anything else. Every girl had a crush on one beatle and they'd argue about who was cutest. When John and Yoko got together, there was scandal, and when the Beatles broke up, the youth were devastated. As recently as a few years ago, I saw a bumper sticker that said, "Still pissed ad Yoko." As far as concept albums, Freak Out! by the Mothers was released in 1966, very definitely a concept album. The Kinks were the first pop band to really push the idea, with several albums from the late 60's well into the 70's. I love the Kinks, the Beatles, and the Mothers. [/QUOTE]