48 Years ago today - The Beatles
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48 years...............man where did the time go? :smile: I remember that performance to this day, my sisters and I danced around the living room to every song while my Mum and Dad muttered words to the effect that they were a bunch of long-haired hooligans - though they did like the fact that the boys wore suits. :smile:
I'd put that performance up against any of the kareoke cowboys and you see these days. Those guys could do it all.
And I would agree with you 100%, Kreskin. Some of their lyrics could make me weep while feeling good.
I quite enjoyed that little blast from the past......Not the least of which was remembering Ed Sullivan. Ed used
to be a part of our weekend TV fare.
that was great, remember it like it was yesterday.
paul mcCartney and rory mcIlroy (irelands top golfer), seem to look a bit like each other, and
maybe george harrison and alex burrows a little alike.
have never seen anyone who looks like ringo, he's definitely one of a kind,
and can't think of anyone looking like john lennon either.
good stuff, and unlike when I watched elvis on the ed sullivan show, we got to see 'all' of them,
and not just the upper body. lol
My brother and his friend got expelled from school for having a Beatle "haircut"- but that sort of sh*t was normal in those days. In 1970 I was working up in the boondocks between Sayward and Eve River, when we got a letter from our director, saying we were to be clean shaven, no beards and hair was to be no longer than 1/2" inch above the collar.
The Beatles created great music and had a great influence over the world. But to this day, the thing I liked the most about them was their refusal to play in front of segregated audiences in Florida. Southern bigots didn't like it but they had no choice as they would have lost a lot of money if the Beatles backed out of the promotional deals they had.
The Beatles ~ the Best!
The Beatles ~ the Best!
A long way from their Ed Sullivan debut but, in my opinion, what has to be the coolest impromptu concert in rock n'roll history.
The Beatles - YouTube
The Beatles - YouTube
I remember, wearing out my little beetle 45s records. And my father being outraged by the long-haired hippies.....LOL
When I first saw the Beatles, I thgought they were the strangest group I'd ever seen. By today's standards,
those first Beatles were conservative. They all had suits and ties. They appeared to be clean. Their hair,
while not short, was at least the same style for all of the group. Their music was very much like the Everly Brothers.
those first Beatles were conservative. They all had suits and ties. They appeared to be clean. Their hair,
while not short, was at least the same style for all of the group. Their music was very much like the Everly Brothers.
And then they woke up, started to get a social and political conscience, started getting really creative with their music. But like all great groups, they grew their separate ways. Their egos clashed and they could not keep it together. The world was a better place for their having been the Beatles and has been a sadder place without them.
It could also be said that they developed their wonderful social conscience after they all made an obscene amount
of money and were rich beyond their dreams. For a good number of years, they did a lot to promote drug abuse
and their money, for the most part, kept them out of jail.
The certainly went their own ways philosophically. George Harrison's "My Sweet Lord" is an example.
A song off the Help album, "The Night Before" is one that brings more memories back of my youth than just about any other song. I was four years old when it came out and I can still remember my brother putting on the record player a lot.
The Night Before - The Beatles - YouTube
A song off the Help album, "The Night Before" is one that brings more memories back of my youth than just about any other song. I was four years old when it came out and I can still remember my brother putting on the record player a lot.
The Night Before - The Beatles - YouTube
