Yet that's exactly what happened back in the late 1950s with a bunch of lads from Liverpool that wanted to make a difference.
How did it happen? George Harrison sums it up rather well: “We just had this amazing inner feeling of: ‘We’re going to do it’. I don’t know why... we were just cocky” And the rest is history really, or not quite...
Yet it wasn't as simple as people make out, four lads get together, form a band, run off to Germany and come back with the status of musical legends. Job done.
In reality, it was a lot different.
It wasn't long until Harrison was a Beatle though, as a fourteen year old he joined after watching 'The Quarrymen'.
This poised a problem not many bands face, where they have three guitarists, no drummer and no bassist. Even someone with the musical knowledge of Louis Walsh could spot an issue there.
Those less educated on the Beatles may be thinking this is where Ringo Starr comes in to save the day as he joins as a multi-instrument playing genius who mastered the art of playing the bass and the drums simultaneously. This, unfortunately, wasn't the case.
What did happen though, was the introduction of a drummer, Pete Best and later a bassist Stuart Sutcliffe. The Beatles still weren't in their final, all conquering format and weren't even called 'The Beatles' at this point. I could easily have been sitting here typing about how 'Johnny and the Moondogs' or 'Long John and the Beetles' fired themselves to fame.
One thing led to another and both Best and Sutcliffe left the band, allowing Ringo Starr to join as the drummer, Paul McCartney learned the bass and from this point, the rest is history.
Again, not quite. The lads were all in their late teens by this point and planned to travel to Hamburg to play gigs as some Liverpudlian bands were also based there. Their plans appeared to be scuppered when Harrison, only 17, was deemed too young to travel. In typical rock and roll style, he lied to German authorities about his age and the band travelled to Hamburg, and the rest is history, surely this time?
Nope, a few more obstacles stood between The Beatles and global stardom. The Beatles, despite their growing popularity in Hamburg, were released by their record label in Germany and went home regularly to play gigs at the famous Cavern Club. This is where they met Brian Epstien who was appointed as manager and was charged with the task of creating the legendary band we all know today.
The Beatles eventually signed up to Parlophone Records in 1962 and started their ascent to musical glory like no other before them. This was a significant moment and a breakthrough for the band as without it, there would be no famous moon glasses from John Lennon; no trend of people taking pictures of themselves walking across the Abbey Road zebra crossing and no gold digging swine known as Heather Mills.
Their first single, Love Me Do, was very well received and critically acclaimed and was followed by 'I Wanna Hold Your Hand' which saw them break America, which was no mean fete. They managed to shift 2.6 million records across the pond to demonstrate that maybe guitar music wasn't on the way out after all.
That's all well and good, you may be thinking, but how did this change music at all? Weren't they just another band? These are good questions and ones that are easily answered.
Firstly, it's important to realise that although rock and roll did exist before the Beatles (remember Elvis?), but The Beatles brought it to the mainstream audience and combined it with many other genres to keep it fresh, appealing and original to keep it popular.
The Beatles' unique hybrid of rock and roll crossed with pop was the best of both worlds, it showed off real guitar music by demonstrating it to the masses and mixing it with a touch of pop to keep it interesting and different. This is something that hadn't been done before, and hasn't since either.
This was a consistent feature of all of the Beatles' music, despite the constant backbone of rock and roll, other genres were introduced to make sure no two albums sounded the same.
They may have challenged the old theory of 'if it isn't broke, don't fix it', but the Beatles created different music with each album, but kept an underlying consistency that everyone loved: rock and roll. It was this concept that kept them in the public limelight.
The Beatles explored many different avenues, including pop ballads, classical and even psychedelic rock; there certaintly wasn't a case of groundhog day with the Beatles at any point.
In making guitar music so popular, The Beatles provided hope and inspiration to many who would otherwise have had none. For example, without the Beatles, there would have been no Pink Floyd, no Oasis, no Rolling Stones... Without them, guitar music may have possibly gone out of fashion as predicted by Decca Records.
The remarkable thing about the Beatles is that they had nobody like them previously to aspire to, no direct influence that they could copy. They had to invent themselves by taking bits and pieces of everyone else.
Influences of the band cover a vast range including Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry, Buddy Holly and The Beach Boys. George Harrison even returned from a trip to India with fresh new ideas and even a new instrument (the sitar) which gave their music another unexpected twist, evidence that Indian Music provided influence for their music.
The Beatles took the best part of each genre out there and combined the lot to create a 'super genre'. Taking guitar music to the next level and providing an influential figure that has shaped music ever since. Any artists, no matter what style or genre, can take something from the Beatles to make themselves more appealing.
Such was the power of the Beatles, they not only effected future music, but fashion, attitude, hairstyles and religion too.
Take any part of modern day culture and one way or another, and it can be linked back to the Beatles.
Liam Gallagher's outlandish attitude? The Beatles were at it way before him.
Typically scruffy hairstyles and image of youth, the Beatles again.
Kevin Keegan's transfer from Liverpool to Hamburg? The Beatles had done that back in the sixties.
The Beatles have also been cited as catalysts for the encouragement of gay rights and environmentalism.
God himself, was inspired by the Beatles of course.
"Christianity will go. It will vanish and shrink... I don't know what will go first- Rock and Roll or Christianity. We're more popular than Jesus now. Jesus was all right but his disciples were thick and ordinary. It's them twisting it that ruins it for me." John Lennon
That's what made the Beatles, the Beatles and the Beatles are what has made society the way it is today. Just don't expect it to happen again soon.
