Raphael Santana

Beginning

• Liverpool;• “Quarrymen”;• School band;• Rock and roll.

Hamburg

• Night clubs;• Astrid Kirchherr;• “Moptops”;• Success and attention.

Brian Epstein

• The Cavern Club;• NEMS;• George Martin;• EMI;• Ringo Starr

Please Please Me

• Fame in the UK;• “Love Me Do”;• Beginning of

“Beatlemania”

Beatlemania

• “I Want to Hold Your Hand”;• The Ed Sullivan Show;• Capitol Records;

Video: “A Hard Day’s Night”

New directions

Rubber Soul

• Big step;• Complexity,

creativity;• “Nowhere Man”;• “Norwegian Wood”.

Revolver

• Conceptual album;• One of the best rock albums of all time;• Revolutionary work.

Video: A Day in the Life

•Their manager, Brian Epstein, dies;•Fear about the future;•“Magical Mystery Tour”

Trip to India

• Spiritual retirement;• Prolific period of composing;• Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.

The White Album

• Conflicts;• Yoko Ono;• New experimentations;• “Helter Skelter”

Get Back sessions

• Conflicts;• Documentary;• Suspended project

• Final album;• One of their best works;• “Let it Be” released later

The End“And in the endThe love you takeIs equal to the love you make”

“The End”, Abbey Road

Questions

• Do you like the Beatles?• Which phase of them do (would) you prefer?• What do you think about their envolvement with

drugs?• What is your favorite Beatles' song?• Have you ever heard one of their albums?• Do you agree with people who consider them as

one of the best bands of all time? Why (not)?• Did you know the psychedelic phase of The Beatles?