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<v Speaker 1>Ah, Welcome to Spotlight. I'm Colin Louder.

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<v Speaker 2>And I'm Alice Irasari. Spotlight uses a special English method

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<v Speaker 2>of broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand no

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<v Speaker 2>matter where in the world they live.

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<v Speaker 1>In many ways, it all started with them. Generations of

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<v Speaker 1>children grew up dreaming of being just like them. They

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<v Speaker 1>wanted to play music just like they did. They wanted

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<v Speaker 1>to be rich and famous. They wanted to travel the

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<v Speaker 1>world singing to excited fans, and they wanted to do

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<v Speaker 1>it with their friends just like they did. They wanted

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<v Speaker 1>to be like four teenage boys from Liverpool, England who

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<v Speaker 1>grew up to change the world.

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<v Speaker 2>On today's Spotlight, we look at the music group the Beatles.

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<v Speaker 2>We examined their great success. We discussed their cultural impact

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<v Speaker 2>around the world. We will talk about their influence on

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<v Speaker 2>other musicians. We explore a sound that will be remembered

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<v Speaker 2>for generations to come.

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<v Speaker 1>Rock and roll is a popular form of music that

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<v Speaker 1>formed in the United States. Many songs are fast and

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<v Speaker 1>repeat key phrases. Some of the first rock and roll

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<v Speaker 1>musicians to gain success were Bill Hayley and the Comets,

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<v Speaker 1>Buddy Holly and the Crickets, and Elvis Presley.

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<v Speaker 2>John Lennon, one of the founding members of the Beatles, said.

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<v Speaker 3>Nothing really affected me until I heard Elvis. If there

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<v Speaker 3>had not been Elvis, there would not have been the Beatles.

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<v Speaker 1>John Lennon's first band was called the quarry Men. He

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<v Speaker 1>invited his friends Paul McCartney and George Harrison to join.

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<v Speaker 1>Over the next few years, the band played their music

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<v Speaker 1>around Liverpool and Hamburg. A few other musicians joined and

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<v Speaker 1>then left the band.

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<v Speaker 2>Ringo Star became their fourth and final member. He played

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<v Speaker 2>an instrument called drums. These were round instruments with thin

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<v Speaker 2>plastic stretched over them. Ringo hit the drums with sticks.

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<v Speaker 2>John and Paul did most of the singing for the band.

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<v Speaker 2>John also played an instrument called a guitar that had

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<v Speaker 2>six strings. He played it with his fingers or with

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<v Speaker 2>a pick. A pick is a small plastic tool shaped

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<v Speaker 2>like a triangle. George also played guitar and sang sometimes

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<v Speaker 2>besides singing. Paul played an instrument called the bass guitar.

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<v Speaker 2>It only had four strings and made low notes. He

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<v Speaker 2>played it with a pick.

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<v Speaker 1>They decided on a new name, the Beatles. It was

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<v Speaker 1>spelled b E A E T L E s. It

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<v Speaker 1>was connected to the word beat. Beat was another word

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<v Speaker 1>for what Ringo played on the drums. The musicians had

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<v Speaker 1>to play consistently with the drummers beat. The Insect Beatle

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<v Speaker 1>is spelled b E E T l E. During the

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<v Speaker 1>band's early years, other people sometimes misspelled their name like

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<v Speaker 1>the insect.

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<v Speaker 2>Brian Epstein saw the group play and offered to manage them.

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<v Speaker 2>He thought they could become successful. He thought that many

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<v Speaker 2>people were like their music. He was able to get

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<v Speaker 2>them a contract with a recording company. A recording company

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<v Speaker 2>is a business that makes and sells music. The band

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<v Speaker 2>started recording songs in professional studios. One of their songs,

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<v Speaker 2>called Love Me Do, became successful in the United Kingdom.

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<v Speaker 2>Epstein traveled to the United States. He got them a

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<v Speaker 2>spot on the popular TV program The Ed Sullivan Show.

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<v Speaker 2>By the time the Beatles performed on The Ed Sullivan Show,

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<v Speaker 2>many people in the United States had heard their music.

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<v Speaker 2>They wanted to see them in person. Everyone was excited.

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<v Speaker 2>When the Beatles played on the show, over seventy million

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<v Speaker 2>people watched it. Ed Sullivan said.

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<v Speaker 4>I have never seen anything compared to the wild behavior

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<v Speaker 4>and uncontrolled excitement they caused the streets outside our studio

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<v Speaker 4>were filled with people. They screamed, yelled, and stopped traffic.

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<v Speaker 4>It was impossible to describe. There has never been anything

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<v Speaker 4>like it in show business.

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<v Speaker 1>The Beatles began playing shows all over the world. They

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<v Speaker 1>recorded more of their music. Many of their songs became

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<v Speaker 1>very popular, including Can't Buy Me Love, A Hard Day's Night,

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<v Speaker 1>and We Can Work It Out. They were always in

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<v Speaker 1>demand for interviews and shows. Their pictures appeared on the

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<v Speaker 1>covers of many magazines. They traveled all the time. Fans

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<v Speaker 1>chased them whenever they spotted a band member at their shows.

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<v Speaker 1>It was difficult to hear their music over the audience

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<v Speaker 1>shouting so loudly slowly. The Beatles were tired of being

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<v Speaker 1>away from home, traveling endlessly and dealing with very intense

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<v Speaker 1>fans became too exhausting. They decided to focus on making

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<v Speaker 1>recordings in the studio. They stopped playing in front of people.

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<v Speaker 2>This extra time allowed the Beatles to experiment on studio albums.

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<v Speaker 2>An album is a collection of songs that are recorded

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<v Speaker 2>and released together in a single group. The Beatles' next

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<v Speaker 2>two albums, Revolver and Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band,

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<v Speaker 2>are considered two of the most influential albums ever recorded.

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<v Speaker 2>The Beatles be began using the studio to invent recording

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<v Speaker 2>styles never tried in popular music. Many of their new

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<v Speaker 2>songs were impossible to play at a live concert. These

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<v Speaker 2>songs had too many parts to recreate outside of the studio.

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<v Speaker 2>The words in their songs also became more thought provoking.

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<v Speaker 2>They spoke about important issues in society. These albums were

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<v Speaker 2>very successful. It was the first time that music writers

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<v Speaker 2>considered rock and roll great art. Other popular musicians of

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<v Speaker 2>the time, like The Beach Boys, Jimi Hendrix, and The Birds,

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<v Speaker 2>copied the Beatles' new recording methods.

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<v Speaker 1>The Beatles even influenced fashion. If they wore one kind

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<v Speaker 1>of clothes, everyone wanted them. When they grew their hair long,

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<v Speaker 1>fans and other musicians grew theirs two. When John Lennon

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<v Speaker 1>spoke in interviews about his political beliefs, many listeners changed

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<v Speaker 1>their minds. They were the first band to make videos

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<v Speaker 1>for their songs. They even made two films to advertise

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<v Speaker 1>their music.

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<v Speaker 2>The Beatles recorded twelve albums in the studio, but they

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<v Speaker 2>decided to end their band after only seven years together.

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<v Speaker 2>All four members wanted to release albums with their own songs.

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<v Speaker 2>There was not enough room on a Beatles album for

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<v Speaker 2>all four members songs. They had tried to release a

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<v Speaker 2>double album with twice as many songs, but there was

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<v Speaker 2>still not enough room. Also, the world's passion for the

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<v Speaker 2>Beatles was too much for its members. Each was known

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<v Speaker 2>more for being a Beatle than for being a musician.

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<v Speaker 1>It was time for the Beatles to go their separate ways.

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<v Speaker 1>Despite their enormous, unmatched success, the Beatles broke up. Their

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<v Speaker 1>fans begged them to stay together, but it was over.

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<v Speaker 2>However, they were not done. Each member began writing and

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<v Speaker 2>recording albums on their own. Some of them were very successful.

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<v Speaker 2>They each continued playing shows around the world. They inspired

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<v Speaker 2>future generations of musicians. Every band was influenced by the Beatles.

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<v Speaker 1>The Beatles were the first rock band to become globally successful.

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<v Speaker 1>Solo artists like Elvis Presley and Chuck Berry had achieved

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<v Speaker 1>success before the Beatles, but there had never been a

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<v Speaker 1>band as famous as the Beatles. For the first time,

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<v Speaker 1>people grew up wanting to play in a band. They

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<v Speaker 1>wanted to write their own songs like the Beatles. Followers

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<v Speaker 1>liked the fact that The Beatles were friends from the

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<v Speaker 1>same hard working town. They did not seem mean or prideful.

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<v Speaker 1>They played fun, exciting music. They had the courage to

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<v Speaker 1>take chances with their music. They did not repeat the

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<v Speaker 1>same style that had already worked for them. They changed

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<v Speaker 1>rock and roll from simple dance music to more creative music.

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<v Speaker 1>Famous singer David Bowie said, the Beatles opened the door

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<v Speaker 1>for everybody else.

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<v Speaker 2>Only two of the Beatles are still alive as of

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<v Speaker 2>this writing. They are Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr. They

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<v Speaker 2>each continue to make music. When they play a show,

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<v Speaker 2>many fans come to hear them. Some are new followers,

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<v Speaker 2>others have cheered for them since those seven short years

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<v Speaker 2>when four boys from Liverpool changed the world.

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<v Speaker 1>Have you ever heard any Beatles songs? If so, which

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<v Speaker 1>are your favorites? Have you ever dreamed of being in

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<v Speaker 1>a successful band? Have you ever played an instrument? You

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<v Speaker 2>The writer of this program was Peter Anderson. The producer

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<v Speaker 2>The Beatles.

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<v Speaker 1>We hope you can join us again for the next

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