> > > At what point do Beatles songs go from being old to new?
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> > Right around when they start using instruments of a nonpercussive nature, I imagine. Their early songs are all rhythm, but their later songs have some piano and else in them.
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> > Another, perhaps less subjective, distinction would be that early Beatles is pre-"Revolver," and late Beatles post-"Revolver." Or, at least, that's where I'd put the line.
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> Technically, pianos are in the percussion family. *grin*
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> Nyper"BIRTHS - Mr. Xylophone Percussion and Ms. Guitar String Percussion announce the birth of their daughter, piano percussion... okay, that was silly"old


In stock car racing, the "modern era" begins in 1972. If they have a name for the circa 1949 to 1971 era, I don't know what it is. If a driver does something great, he may have a modern era record, but someone else could still hold the all-time record. Who knows why they picked 1972! Maybe the Beetles are arbitrary like that.
How"in the modern era, most of us are 28" ard