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Why Bond and the Beatles ruled the sixties

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The Beatles and Shakespeare - What Would You Say About Them?

Do you think the swing in six days would have still occurred? Well, a lot, it was, the country was very ready for change. You can see it needed something, but I mean, there's an argument that it hadn't been the Beatles, it would be someone else,. like maybe Jerry and the pacemakers, what it would be. It doesn't really run through. They were so much more than sort of any other band. And it was kind of, it's taken us this long to really get our heads around it because they're part of every family... But as we get further and further away, wesort of realise what an enormous thing it was.

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