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Comparing The Beetles And The Beach Boys

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While the Beetles and The Beach Boys focused on portraying the relaxing beach days in the sun or a little yellow submarine, in order to relate to American society. In the 1960’s, Simon and Garfunkel focus on what can be felt, leaning further towards the deeper, realistic days in life. While they may have had, to some extent, a dreary feel to their songs; they also contained modernized elements of music. Thier alterations to their music genre is what contributed to their musics ascending popularity. Their voices harmonized, an art than has taken numerous years to accomplish. Definitely one accomplishment that has paid off as well as attracting me to their peculiarity.

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