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wwmr> Ага а потом еще развернуть несусветный флейм с самим собой на два
wwmr> гигабайта.
это последнее. потому что продолжать это можно бесконечно

The musical aspects of A Hard Day's Night were radical as well and profoundly changed music as it was featured in film and
pop music in general.  Not a single diegetic sound is heard until the end of the 
opening sequence, and until then the title song is heard non-diegetically to great 
effect.  Just as the opening shot begins, a loud, resonant chord (a G7 with added ninth and suspended fourth) fills the soundtrack, sounding off the beginning 
of something new and revolutionary.  To audiences who first saw the film, the chord 
seemed to have been struck on a guitar, but it was like no guitar they have ever 
heard of before.  The guitar that plays the chord, and that is showcased throughout 
the song, is an Electric Rickenbacker 360/12-string Deluxe.  At the time of the film's 
premiere, only a few prototypes existed with the second one given to George Harrison 
as a gift after the Beatles' famous television debut on The Ed Sullivan Show
.  The robust, jaunty sound of the guitar was something fresh and dynamic, and combined 
with the innovative harmonies and arrangements in all the songs, it influenced many 
bands for many years.  When folk singer Roger McGuinn saw the film, he was completely mesmerized by the sound and credits the film for inspiring him to form the Byrds.
While most rock songs at the time were played soft for technical reasons concerning 
broadcasting and recording, the Beatles played their songs loud and hard.  While this influenced other bands to do the same, it should be noted that the Beatles also 
wrote soft ballads, notably "And I Love Her" written for the film.  "And I Love Her" displayed 
haunting, classical guitar and vocal arrangements that were better and more complex 
than any other rock ballad done at the time.  To show the song's wide range in complexity and influence, it has been covered by many musicians, from other rock bands 
to the Boston Pops Orchestra.
The title song itself establishes a musical theme in the film's other songs.  In "A 
Hard Day's Night," there is a major-minor nexus where the chords change from major to minor; nothing like this was ever done so vibrantly before in music.  A similar 
type of nexus is seen in "I Should Have Known Better," "I'm Happy Just to Dance With You," 
and reversed in "Can't Buy Me Love."
The Rickenbacker, the innovative harmonies, and arrangements in the song were all 
things that were incredibly new to the audience; all of these elements helped the Beatles set the new standard of rock and roll music.  However the revitalization 
of rock and roll was not merely an artistic triumph on the part of the Beatles but also a social 
one.  The new standard of rock and roll became a major characteristic of the new 
youth revolution.