In Tell Me Why, the author Tim Riley analyzes The Beatles, song by song and album by album throughout the sixties.  In his chapter “Beyond Adolescence”, he takes this close-up look at the soundtrack album A Hard Day’s Night and delves deeply into the meaning of each of the songs’ structures and how they fit into the story of The Beatles.  He also, however, takes the time to analyze how these songs fit the soundtrack of the movie by the same title.  For instance, he emphasizes how the soundtrack songs have just as much a sense of humor as they do musicality, which easily allows them to fit the comedy that celebrates the jovial and fun life of the youthful four. 
    This chapter significantly supports my claim that the film A Hard Day’s Night is the first film to successfully unite the pop cultures of film and music because it emphasizes how well the two mediums connect within this one piece.  He says, for instance, “These soundtrack songs […] clean things up without selling out – accents are shaper, kicks hit harder, and lyrics carry more import.  If the film showed the four moptops trapped by success but free to say and do as they pleased amonst themselves, these soundtrack songs do the same thing in musical terms.”  Riley draws a parallel between the message sent by the film and the message sent by the music and makes a point to demonstrate that they are one in the same.  This creation of a soundtrack that fits the story and tone of the film is significant evidence that the film combines music and cinema in a successful manner that, perhaps had never been done before.  Riley also states that A Hard Day’s Night had an interplay between the music and the content that would be repeated a year later in Bob Dylan’s film Don’t Look Back which suggests the novelty of A Hard Day’s Night and influence it would continue to have. 

    Michael R. Frontani clearly tells the story of the making of The Beatles in his book entitled The Beatles: Image and the Media.  Chapter 2, "Intorducing the Image", is about how "Beatlemania" came to be.  Frontani discusses the immediate success of The Beatles in the British music industry, but also the less-known resistance of their American label, Capitol Records, to promote The Beatles' music in the United States prior to the band's American success.  According to Frontani, Capitol Records was hesitant to spend a significant amount of money promoting The Beatles in the U.S. in 1963 because of the previous British pop musicians, such as Cliff Richard, who despite popularity in England, had failed commercial success in the states.  Finally, however, with The Beatles' new single "I Want To Hold Your Hand", Capitol took the risk that made "Beatlemania" an international phenomenon and sent the new single to number one on the Billboard chart on February 1, 1964.  The music industry was never the same.  The Beatles made their United States television debut eight days later on The Ed Sullivan Show, a night that would solidify the fact that The Beatles, with their mop-top hair-cuts and thumping beats, were the new faces of pop culture.

    This chapter is incredibly significant for my thesis because it explains how "Beatlemania" came to be, and more importantly why "Beatlemania" made it to the silver screen.  Frontani makes a point of emphasizing the craze that went along with The Beatles' first trip to America.  "The Beatles returned to New York.  Four thousand fans were at Kennedy Airport to welcome them back, and to see them off as they departed for England."  With several facts like these, Frontani creates a sense of how overwhelming The Beatles' popularity was in America, let alone in England.  He also points out that a number of well-respected sources, such as the New York Times even wrote articles devoted to the discussion of The Beatles' haircuts and "Beatlemania" as a "cultural event."  Clearly the pop culture of 1964 revolved around The Beatles, therefore it comes as no surprise that the film industry would take advantage of this.  The result was A Hard Day's Night, a film that would portray a day in the life of the band and give their fans an up-close view of each of the "Fab Four."  A Hard Day's Night was a way to make money off of the immense popularity of the band, and therefore, a successful coming together of the pop cultures of both film and music.

In Tell Me Why, the author Tim Riley analyzes The Beatles, song by song and album by album throughout the sixties.  In his chapter “Beyond Adolescence”, he takes this close-up look at the soundtrack album A Hard Day’s Night and delves deeply into the meaning of each of the songs’ structures and how they fit into the story of The Beatles.  He also, however, takes the time to analyze how these songs fit the soundtrack of the movie by the same title.  For instance, he emphasizes how the soundtrack songs have just as much a sense of humor as they do musicality, which easily allows them to fit the comedy that celebrates the jovial and fun life of the youthful four. 
    This chapter significantly supports my claim that the film A Hard Day’s Night is the first film to successfully unite the pop cultures of film and music because it emphasizes how well the two mediums connect within this one piece.  He says, for instance, “These soundtrack songs […] clean things up without selling out – accents are shaper, kicks hit harder, and lyrics carry more import.  If the film showed the four moptops trapped by success but free to say and do as they pleased amonst themselves, these soundtrack songs do the same thing in musical terms.”  Riley draws a parallel between the message sent by the film and the message sent by the music and makes a point to demonstrate that they are one in the same.  This creation of a soundtrack that fits the story and tone of the film is significant evidence that the film combines music and cinema in a successful manner that, perhaps had never been done before.  Riley also states that A Hard Day’s Night had an interplay between the music and the content that would be repeated a year later in Bob Dylan’s film Don’t Look Back which suggests the novelty of A Hard Day’s Night and influence it would continue to have. 

Unamed Author "Grey Tuesday" Tech Law Advisor February 14, 2004 - March 5, 2004

This piece highlights the battle between DJ Danger Mouse and EMI Records for the creation of The Grey Album, a musical work that samples both Jay-Z's The Black Album and The Beatles' The White Album. Capital Records, owners of The Beatles' works issued a statement before the album was released warning DJ Danger Mouse of his copyright infringement of their songs. Even though he had not officially released it, the album had time to circulate. Danger Mouse did not receive the proper permission from Capital Records and agreed to stop distribution of the album, but it had already leaked to too many sources. This caused an infamous day as the hip hop community rebelled against copyright law itself on "Grey Tuesday", where many sites would allow the album to be downloaded and distributed in order to "force reforms to copyright law that can make sampling legal."

This is a notable event because on top of it being a public outcry against copyright law and favoring hip hop sampling, it also provides a scenario where the one that created the infringing product agrees to stop his actions, but the public continues, thus making him liable for their actions. Danger Mouse was asked to identify everyone it had distributed the album to and account for all of units distributed, which is virtually impossible to do. The hip hop community clearly realizes that copyright law regarding sampling of music is hurting the art. Attacking a DJ that created an album which was clearly doing to be an underground project was the last straw. While most of the sources I have used make comments about how certain cases affect the rap industry itself, it is important to consider the fans responses to legislation. If the uproar is consistent and loud enough, then maybe a change will be made to the law.