The Triad: How Bob Dylan, The Beach Boys, and the Beatles Changed Popular Music

by Jennifer W. Jacobs

Looking back now, what they accomplished seems impossible. After all, they were in the beginning, as it is described now, two “boy bands”, and one niche artist on the fringe of the music world. All barely out of their teens, and considered to be nothing more than passing fads in popular music. Yet, somehow they fed off each other’s musical ideas to form a synergy that would result in a seismic shift in popular music, and arguably, world culture itself. Seems highly unlikely doesn’t it? Well, this actually happened in the 1960s. The “boy bands” were The Beach Boys & The Beatles, and the fringe artist was Bob Dylan.

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