My friend Sean sent me the following infographic, from FlowingData:
Obviously, I like the Beatles, since, well, I’m not dead inside. (On a related note, I find Beatles Rock Band to be quite soothing after a long day.) I’m also nerdy enough to fascinated by how certain people and groups become part of what Judd Apatow coined the Zeitgeist club (which he contends currently consists of him, Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber and Betty White). In the case of the Beatles, I am impressed that not only were they representative of the era in which they became popular, but they were able to evolve and drive (or at least be early adopters of) trends and attitudes, as seen in the above example.
I’m going to go watch the Beatles Anthology again now. If you want more Beatles chart porn, check out this set of charts that describe the Beatles’ music itself.
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1 Rob // Jul 25, 2010 at 10:21 pm
Looks to me like they weren’t setting trends, just weren’t wanting to get haircuts!
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