Q&A: what musician/group impacted a genre of music or a social era?

Question by Rahchel: what musician/group impacted a genre of music or a social era?
did they change a generation of listeners? did they reflect the ideas and beliefs of listeners? were they in agreement w/gov or in opposition? was their influence positive, negative, or both?

Best answer:

Answer by Mr. Curious
Without any doubt the musical group that was the most influential of any other has been the Beatles. Their contribution to music is still being felt. They learned very early to sing about love and their music is still being heard and purchased. They didn’t cry about how they were victims of racism, they didn’t refer to all women as biiitchs. they didn’t advocate violence, they didn’t have to fill their lyrics with profanities, they simply sang about relationships and love. Their lyrics were poetic and their music was written by them.

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