He believes that much that has been written about the Beatles, that they were at the forefront of a cultural movement of the young, for example, is untrue. "They were young capitalists who, far from developing a youth culture, were exploiting youth culture by promoting fan worship, mindless screaming and nothing more than a passive teenage consumer."
Fowler points out the Beatles were appearing on TV shows such as the Morecambe and Wise show in 1963: "In effect, they were family entertainment, rather than at the cutting edge of youth culture."
Read the full article here.Having just finished an entire course unit on the 60s and the debate on counter-culture, I found this really interesting.
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