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I've just watched an excellent show on BBC I-Player called '50s Britannia'. It's a documentary about the British rock 'n' roll scene at that time and compares it to what was going on in the USA, describing it as 'a strange variant on a distant phenomenon'.
Although the Beatles are only mentioned in passing, the programme gives a remarkable insight into the cultural changes that made their fame inevitable.
Did those four young men from Liverpool invent something entirely new? Sounded like it, though I suspect not everyone would agree.
But the statement I place before you this evening is this, and it's a deliberately provocative one:
Americans write the best songs, but it's the British who showed them how they should be played.
I hope that friendly debate will ensue.
This is my contribution. All I'll say is that if I ever need something to cheer me up first thing in the morning, this is where I go.