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Entry: East of the Sun, West of the Moon Link: http://www.takimag.com/site/article/east_of_the_sun_west_of_the_moon#17755 Post contents: Taki: Before the Beatles, we had been subjected to the puerilization of popular music, as described by John Lukacs. I grew up in the fifties, and recall a lot of singers called Johnny, Timmy, Frankie, etc. etc., whose songs can be classifed as earworms (unforgettable tunes, and how we wish we could forget them). There was some good stuff, but most of it, like the Big Bands, were a holdover from the thirties and forties, when adults still wrote songs. In that environment, the Beatles could be seen as an improvement. Sent at: 2008 07 08