1. Final Unit Assignment

2. Assignment:
Pick one song by the Beatles and take a good look at the lyrics. Then, answer the following questions in paragraph form. Turn in your one page response.
a. What do you think the lyrics/song mean?
b. How does the song fit into the transitional phases of the Beatles musicality? Was it an early/late song? Was it more pop or rock? Could had it been influenced by drug use?
c. What is it about this song that made you pick it? How does it relate to you own life? Why do you like it?
FCA’s
1. Answer all three questions completely (30 pts)
2. Good spelling, format and grammar (10 pts)
3. 1 page long – typed, no larger than 12 pt font, double spaced (5 pts)
4. Turned in on time (5 points)
DUE: TUESDAY, MAY 1st

3. Beatles Discography/Timeline
1963- Please, Please Me
1963 – With the Beatles
1964- Hard Days Night
1964 – Beatles for Sale
1965- Help!
1965- Rubber Soul
1966- Revolver
1967 – Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
1967- Magical Mystery Tour
1968 – the Beatles (White Album)
1969- Yellow Submarine
1969 – Abbey Road
1970 – Let it Be
Height of success, working their behinds off, non-stop touring, Beatlemania at its best
This is when the band started to loose their steam
Transitional Phase – Drugs use/new ideas
Considered a musical masterpiece
Least successful album
The band stops touring, uses lots of new instruments, strain in relationships leading to break up