John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr were just four ordinary lads from Liverpool. Before they got together to form the most legendary rock and role band of all time, I bet none of them had the faintest idea what the future had in store for them. What was it about the Beatles that made them so successful? In my opinion, it wasn’t just about their excellent music. The Beatles succeeded because ordinary working class people could easily relate to them. When I look at early pictures of the Beetles, they look similar to the friendly faces I saw growing up in a working class area of northern England. They could easily be some of the lads I went to school with. It seems it would be easy to strike up a conversation with any of them without feeling intimidated. The great thing about the lads from the Beatles is that none of them ever forgot where they came from. Their success and wealth did not go to their heads and turn them into pretentious snobs. Instead they stayed true to their working class roots, and only a fool wouldn’t respect them for that.
