What kind of music does Paul McCartney talk about influencing the Beatles and why?

1. Watch the short video with Paul McCartney talking about the early influences on the Beatles: (You might need to cut and paste some of the links, including this). Make comments. Is this what you expected from Paul McCartney. What kind of music does he talk about influencing the Beatles and why?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ub_Ndas3Fgw (Links to an external site.)

2. Survey the extensive list of clips below and then select 5-8 songs to listen to (they are very short). These artists directly influences the Beatles. What do you notice about the various songs? Provide 2-3 sentences about each song.
Questions to think about while you listen:

a) What did you like about the music? Why?
b) What don’t you like about the music? Why?
c) Do you hear any thing similar in the music you listen to today?
d) What is the instrumentation (solo voice, several vocalists, piano, saxophone, drums, guitar, piano etc.)
e) What is the subject matter about? Girls? Cars? Relationships? Love? Heartbreak?