Posted By: Mason Souza on 2/29/2012

The halls of rock and roll history are laden with larger-than-life individual rock stars and fabled bands. To me, what's interesting is when two artists share the spotlight and work as a team to craft some of the greatest songs we've ever heard. There's Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, Elton John and Bernie Taupin, Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel, Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey, Jimmy Page and Robert Plant, among many others. It's undeniable these pairings have given us some of the greatest songs ever written.

That's not always the case, however. Sometimes two ambitious personas within the same band can wreck entire careers, contracts and concerts.

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Posted By: Mason Souza on 2/21/2012

Within the Beatles catalog are mentions of places both real and fictional. Any Beatle fan planning a trip to England would be remiss to not spend a day in Liverpool and see the Beatles hometown for themselves. That area alone has provided much of the inspiration for some of the most well-known Beatles songs. But it isn't the only place that inspired the band. In fact, a couple of places in the U.S. bear the name of Beatles songs and are worth checking out as well.

Abbey Road

Perhaps the most iconic Beatles locale, Abbey Road, a street in St.

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Posted By: Mason Souza on 2/13/2012

Whether you consider it a welcome tribute or a heinous deprivation, the music of the Beatles has become a popular soundtrack option for marketers.  While the songs were never intended to sell any products, it can’t be denied that certain Beatles songs fit very well in ads. Take “All You Need is Love” for example. Strip away all the late ‘60s idealism, the verses with lyrics that would perplex the advertiser’s coveted channel surfer (There's nothing you can do that can't be done? Huh?) and what do you have? A chorus with a generic message that can be applied to just about any product.

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