From MTV to Youtube
1960's
The Beatles were a band who were innovators in many ways. They were one of the first bands to have movies made focused on their songs, similar to musicals such as 'Mamma Mia', although they were more focused on showing the songs than having a particular storyline. This 'performance' of Can't Buy Me Love in the film A Hard Day's Night shows the Beatles as themselves, rather than having a concept behind it.
The use of editing is probably the main feature in this video, as it takes some footage of the Beatles mucking about and uses different speeds and shots to make it work with the song. It also add's the band's inmage of being quite wacky and different, and is quite different to the typical videos of the time in that it does not show them as formal or grown up, rather the opposite.
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