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Of those rock and roll bands. and for a period of time there was this distinction between the folk culture and the rock and roll culture. ♪ hey, mr. tambourine man, play a song for me, im not sleepy and there is no place im going to ♪ >> in 1964, during that first tour, the beatles had the opportunity to meet bob dylan. he understood what they were doing musically and they were awakened by the more personal perspective of his songs. >> dylan was a huge influence on john lennon. he inspired t...

And for a period of time there was this distinction between the folk culture and the rock and roll culture. ♪ hey, mr. tambourine man, play a song for me, im not sleepy and there is no place im going to ♪ >> in 1964, during that first tour, the beatles had the opportunity to meet bob dylan. he understood what they were doing musically and they were awakened by the more personal perspective of his songs. >> dylan was a huge influence on john lennon. he inspired them to write more serious song...

[ cheers and applause ] >> one, two, three, four! ♪ ♪ well, she was just seventeen, you know what i mean ♪ ♪ and the way she looked >> the beatles showed up with their great sense of humor, their completely infectious pop songs, their "whoo," you know, everything. it was just impossible not to fall in love with them. ♪ when i saw her standing there ♪ >> as soon as they started playing on the "ed sullivan show," we all knew, theyre playing live, because that doesnt sound like the reco...

Wrote in 63, 64, 65 was really political. it wasnt really what the beatles were doing or the stones were doing or the kinks were doing or any of those rock and roll bands. and for a period of time there was this distinction between the folk culture and the rock and roll culture. ♪ hey, mr. tambourine man, play a song for me ♪ ♪ im not sleepy and there is no place im going to ♪ >> in 1964, during that first tour, the beatles had the opportunity to meet bob dylan. he understood what they w...

Very political. it wasnt what the beatles were doing or the stones were doing or the kinks were doing or any of those rock and roll bands. and for a period of time there was this distinction between the folk culture and the rock and roll culture. ♪ hey, mr. tambourine man, play a song for me, im not sleepy and there is no place im going to ♪ >> in 1964, during that first tour, the beatles had the opportunity to meet bob dylan. he understood what they were doing musically and they were awaken...

>> i have to ask how you first found out about them. >> when i first heard about the beatles, it was at london airport, with an enormous crowd of kids gathered around. sylvie and i asked them what was going on. and they said the beatles were here. we didnt even know who the beatles were, never heard of them. and that night, i booked ringo starr, paul mccartney, george harrison and john lennon for three shows for $10,000. >> you know, for four white guys who are british to come out of nowhere and...

♪ >> paul, ringo, george, john. >> the reporters had the same attitude that most adults in america had, which was no one took musicians seriously. they didnt understand anything about youth culture. >> cut that crap out! >> cut that crap out! >> cut that crap out! >> the press had gone into this with the idea that this was a youthful novelty that could be dismissed and maybe even deflated in a press conference. >> are you going to get a haircut at all? >> no, no. >> i had one yesterday. >> not...

The british invasion had legs because there was more great music to back it up. >> a big hello from us. >> rick. >> im larry. >> im dennis. >> im dave. >> for the first six months they were singing, they sold over a million records a month. and in the words of one of their biggest hit songs, were mighty glad all over to have you with us tonight. ladies and gentlemen, the dave clark five! ♪ ♪ you say that you love me, say that you love me, all of the time, all of the time ♪ ♪ you say that...

Really political. it wasnt what the beatles were doing or the stones were doing or the kinks were doing or any of those rock and roll bands. and for a period of time there was this distinction between the folk culture and the rock and roll culture. ♪ hey, mr. tambourine man, play a song for me, im not sleepy and there is no place im going to ♪ >> in 1964, during that first tour, the beatles had the opportunity to meet bob dylan. he understood what they were doing musically and they were awak...