The University of Liverpool, in the United Kingdom, created this year a master’s on the impact of Beatles in the music industry and its consequences in the region.
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We don’t sing at the top of our lungs, we don’t play Beatles records. It is a classic university course, the teacher facing the students. That day he recounts the upheaval of the music industry in the 1960s. The University of Liverpool, home of Lennon and Mc Cartney’s group, has since this year set up a Masters in the impact of the Beatles in the music industry and its consequences in the region.
Completely serious lessons that Dom follows with attention. He wants to teach the history of music. At 27, he already has 12 years of passion for the Beatles behind him. A passion that dictates its existence. “I moved here to see what Liverpool looked like, through the eyes of the Beatles. And then I met my wife, we had kids, everything just happened. Without the Beatles from Liverpool, I wouldn’t wouldn’t be in Liverpool studying The Beatles. It’s a circle “, he says.
Doctor Michael Jones broadcasts a few excerpts from time to time to support his point. With his group Latin Quarter, he had some small successes in the 80s but it is as a specialist in the economics of music and the Beatles that he intervenes. “I don’t imagine a Master on Nirvana or the Rolling Stones. I don’t minimize their weight but there is a lasting cultural effect with the Beatles, he judges. Very few singers or groups can be studied like this, other than the Beatles. “
“It’s not just a band, it’s a phenomenon over time.”
Doctor Michael Jones, specialist in the economics of music and the Beatlesto franceinfo
Susan is living a daydream. This American decided to settle in Liverpool and enroll in this course to perfect her knowledge of the Beatles. And then no question of going home: “Absolutely, I want to stay in Liverpool. I can get a two-year visa to work here at the end of this course and I’ll do it. What a wonderful place! If I’m a waitress in a tavern in Strawberry Field, that’s fine with me. . I just wanna be where the Beatles are. “ With this degree, the university promises opportunities in music, culture and tourism.
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