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by Doomraider on October 14th, 2005

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Why do the Beatles speak with strong Liverpudlian accents but sound American when they sing?

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  • by debsmooth on January 26th, 2007

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    It was a popular style of singing that came with imported American rock and roll. The Rolling Stones and The Who also did it. Many acts did.

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  • by Sgt Churba - Rational Response Squad on January 26th, 2007

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    Well, Ringo Had a strong, but not incomprehensible Liverpool Accent, and you can hear it in Yellow Submarine - But as for people singing with accents, it varies from person to person.

    Aside - I'm Australian, with a combination of an Australian and Irish accents, but I have a strong Irish accent when I sing.

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  • by James Black on January 26th, 2007

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    I really don't hear a large amount of American accent when they sing.

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  • by romelang1 on January 26th, 2007

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    Lots of people sing with an American accent - maybe the lyrics are clearer that way or something.

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  • by Yesmydog on March 1st, 2006

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    Actually, the only Beatle with a strong Liverpudlian accent was George, and that's pretty evident in his singing. ("You'll never know how much I really love you, You'll never know how much I really cuhr...") John was slightly more upper-class than the upper three, and had the accent to prove it. (He spoke with a lower class accent in early Beatles interviews on purpose, and his aunt chided him for it.) Paul McCartney has said that his mother forced him to learn the Queen's English, so he doesn't have much of a Liverpudlian accent either.

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