Editing Beatlesque (section)

==Definitions==
To better explain what the word might mean, eight possible answers were formulated by radio producer Kevin Howlett, music professor [[Rob Bowman (music writer)|Rob Bowman]], and [[Klaatu (band)|Klaatu]] drummer Terry Draper:
* "[[Penny Lane]]"-style piano [[tone cluster]]s (also heard on "[[Getting Better]]" and "[[With a Little Help from My Friends]]")
* "the big ending", as in "[[It's All Too Much]]"
* [[bluegrass music|bluegrass]]-influenced [[close harmony|close harmonies]], using [[fourth (interval)|fourth intervals]]
* "[[I Am the Walrus]]"-inspired cellos
* the stylistic contrast between [[Lennon and McCartney]]
* the left-handed, right-handed drumming; referencing [[Ringo Starr]]'s habit of playing right-handed [[drum kit]]s despite being left-handed
* when audiences feel that the band is a continuation of the Beatles, as was the case for Klaatu
* a [[simulacrum]] of the Beatles' reputed sound that ultimately means nothing ("a copy without an original").<ref name=SakamotoBeatlesque>{{cite news|last1=Sakamoto|first1=John|title=What do we really mean by 'Beatlesque'?|url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/music/2013/11/01/what_do_we_really_mean_by_beatlesque.html|newspaper=[[Toronto Star]]|date=1 November 2013}}</ref>

The ''[[Toronto Star]]''{{'}}s Jack Sakamoto has commented: "[Some people's] notion of that sound includes everyone from [[Panic! at the Disco]] to [[Billy Joel]] to the [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]]. With those reference points, it's debatable whether the Beatles themselves would qualify for the adjective their music has spawned."<ref name=SakamotoBeatlesque/> ''Culture Sonar''{{'}}s Scott Freiman argued that anyone who is "Beatlesque" has "got to be a band – not just a singer/songwriter with a backing band ... [but having] multiple songwriters and multiple vocalists".<ref name=Sonar>{{cite web|url=https://www.culturesonar.com/beatlesque-bands/|first=Scott|last=Freiman|publisher=CultureSonar|title=15 Bands Following in the Beatles' Footsteps|date=12 November 2016|access-date=3 January 2019}}</ref>

Writing in 2017, ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' critic [[Rob Sheffield]] identified [[Paul McCartney]] as the Beatle whose character best fitted the term "Beatlesque", adding: "If you dislike the Beatles, it's because you dislike Paul. If you love them despite their flaws, you mean Paul's flaws ..."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/04/books/review/rob-sheffield-dreaming-beatles.html|first=John|last=Williams|title=The Inexhaustible Four|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=4 May 2017|access-date=10 July 2019}}</ref>