How did the Beatles handle their fame?

Answer 1

Always. When The Beatles started, they had a poor reputation around Liverpool, and it was only after they'd built their "chops" up that people were won over. When they tried to get a recording contract, nearly every record label in England turned them down; Decca only auditioned them after their manager Brian Epstein offered to pay Decca for the session. (He got a tape in exchange, that he used to shop them to other labels.)

Once they were signed, EMI only paid them the bare minimum in royalties. Once they began having hits, EMI increased their royalties, but insisted on new material frequently (four singles and two albums per year). Their music publishing and tours paid them only a fraction of what they actually earned... and that was subject to steep income taxes. Many people (including businesspeople) assumed that because they were young and from Liverpool, they had to be naive or stupid, and treated them accordingly.

The business offers they got usually promised minimum return for maximum effort on their part, and were often shameless attempts to cash in on what was seen as merely a fad. Later, when the Beatles started Apple Corps, there was no end of wannabes turning up at the door, expecting the Beatles to finance this or that project (or harebrained scheme), or drop whatever they were doing to go help up-and-comers.

Fans expected a personal relationship with them, and sometimes thought that buying Beatles records gave them the right to tell the band what to do. Fans often camped out at their houses, or followed them around when they went out, and the Beatles couldn't simply take their wives or girlfriends to see a movie or a show, without being stared at or spied on.

John Lennon told his first wife Cynthia "We deserve every penny we get!", when fans got the better of his temper, and said to an old friend "I've sold my soul to the Devil", in explaining how it felt to be "rich and famous". It was not easy to be a Beatle, and none of the band missed Beatlemania when it finally ended.

Answer 2

The Beatles had trouble when they visited the Philippines, and their manager declined an official invitation for them to meet Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos; all the normal courtesies were withdrawn everywhere, and they very nearly didn't get out of the country.

When they reached America, it was to the news that radio stations and churches had begun burning Beatles records, to protest some remarks made by John Lennon some months earlier in the press, about the Beatles phenomenon compared to the decline in traditional values among young people. Many people read the remarks (reprinted out of context in a teen magazine much later) as a boast, that "the Beatles are bigger than Jesus Christ!" Negative press forced a public apology from Lennon.

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Answer 3

One of the most famous problems is obviously the inextricably linked with drugs. From their early pre-fame days on Benzedrine and Preludin, to the flower-power era of LSD, and onto harder drugs as the 1960s ended, here's a broadly-chronological overview of what they took and when. Bob Dylan the famous sing a song writer introduced them to it!

Also towards the end of the beatles their relationship was very chalenging. In the white album, Ringo actually left and went on a holiday with his family but the other three said theres no beat in the songs and asked him back!

there is also the controversy of Yoko Ono breaking them up when she had nothing to do with it!They were just drifting apart.

John and Yoko also had problems after a number of miscarages from yoko, they finally got a son in 1975.

The most famous ever is paul is dead, which is a lot of rubbish if you ask me!"Paul is dead" is an Urban_legendalleging that Paul_McCartneyof the Englandrock band The_Beatlesdied in 1966 and was secretly replaced by a Look-alike. Rumours began in September 1969 when American college students published articles claiming that clues to McCartney's death could be found among the lyrics and artwork of The Beatles' recordings; the story rapidly grew to become an international phenomenon. Although proved false by a contemporary interview with McCartney published in Life_(magazine)magazine in November 1969, the rumour continues to attract interest.

Answer 4

They loved each other like brothers, but like brothers they didn't all get along 100% of the time. Lennon and McCartney competed for the A-sides of singles, Lennon hated McCartney's "granny music" on the "White Album" and other records, McCartney didn't always like Lennon's outspokenness (and his closeness with Yoko Ono), Harrison resented how his songs tended to get overlooked, etc..

Brian Epstein was usually the peacemaker between band members; after his death there was no real go-between for them (though Starr and Epstein's assistant Peter Brown did try). George Martin's focus was on finishing the recordings, and he didn't care to resolve their personal problems.

Answer 5

what obstacles did the beatles have to overcome

Answer 6

never did-never will