Although I was only five at the time the Beatles played on the Ed Sullivan show, I already knew who they were. That’s because my big sister was eight. Admittedly, I had no idea what the big deal was and at the time the only song I knew of theirs was She Loves You, yeah, yeah, yeah.
But by the end of 1964, my sister and I were dancing and singing to the Beatles ’65 album on my parents stereo. Yes, stereo, because my dad was an audiophile even before stereo was available. We had AR speakers, a pro turntable and reel-to-reel tape deck to fill the house with every genre of music imaginable.
In the late 60’s Dad built an amplifier/tuner from a Heathkit. Of course he preferred classical recordings like the William Tell Overture and Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture to the Beatles, Monkees or even my mom’s collections that included the Broadway musical’s South Pacific, Oklahoma and The Sound of Music. But his extremely high audio standards was a benefit to us because he sampled speakers before he bought them by testing out the sound quality to the cannons in the 1812 Overture. If the stereo sounded great when those cannons boomed, imagine what the Beatles “I Feel Fine” sounded like. Of course some credit must be given to the Beatles genius record producer George Martin.
Back then, all the girls liked Paul so I liked Ringo (of course – he was the drummer). We would listen to Beatle albums endlessly and my sister to this day, has a great collection of the Beatles on vinyl. We grew up alongside all the phases of their music and of course followed the tv coverage of the Paul is deadĀ “hearings.”
I remember crying my eyes out when in 1969 they announced their break up. How could they do that to us? š
Anyway, In the late 70’s I very much enjoyed seeing Beatlemania on Broadway in spite of my expectation that I could never like a fake substitute. Geesh, “Paul” didn’t even play left-handed!
So, this summer when I found out that the Fab Four, a California-based cover band would be playing at the coast here in Oregon, my husband and I decided to buy tickets.
It’s hard to decide which Beatle tunes I want them to play, but here is my set list:
I’ll Follow the Sun
And Your Bird Can Sing
You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away
The Night Before
Rain
Tell Me Why
She Said She Said
Being For the Benefit of Mr. Kite
Dear Prudence
I Will
Oh Darling
Here Comes the Sun
Two of Us
Let it Be
Any Beatles fans out there?
P.S.
I forgot to mention I freakin’ love The Beatles š Like really love them, lol. Thanks for posting this!
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Yeah, Yeah, Yeah!!! Me too š
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Lol! But then again, who doesn’t? š
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Congratulations! You getting nominated too has caused me to stop by and check out your pad š I’m so excited for you and Linda is so nice!
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Thank you! Linda is a sweetie as are so many in this blog community. Even though we all bring a slightly different angle into focus, I think at heart there are a lot of people here who are ready to find and make peace in their lives and the lives of others.
I am enjoying reading your blog with my morning tea as I write…:)
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Same here, I’m enjoying reading your blog too but with my morning coffee š
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you are an award winner, no rules no worries, just love!: http://lindalitebeing.wordpress.com/2013/08/31/6-equals-love/
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Oh Linda, that is very kind of you! I so appreciate that you would honor me in this way.
Hope you have a great weekend š
Debra
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you are welcome Debra! I have added you to my tribe!
Have a great weekend as well!
peace, Linda
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you are welcome Debra! I have added you to my tribe!
Have a great weekend as well!
peace, Linda
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you are welcome Debra! I have added you to my tribe!
Have a great weekend as well!
peace, Linda
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Does it count that I got kicked out of the Beatles museum in Liverpool once? Although it would be fun to say that it was for attacking a piece of memorabilia in a fit of passion, it was because the fire alarm kept going off. š -x.M
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Oh M, was it your passion setting off fires again? š
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I built a massive website to The Beatles, called Beatles Number 9. I won’t post the URL so as not to spam you, but they sure changed my whole world!! š
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Oh cool! I just found it. Thank you David, I look forward to checking it out.
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Enjoy, ”it took me years to write won’t you take a look” – lol
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Lol!! š
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I always find it fascinating, how the Beatles and many other British bands managed to reach such an incredible fame worldwide, especially now that I’m living in the UK and feel it’s an incredibly small country. š
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That is a good point Jane. …and not even London, but Liverpool of all places.
I find the entire Beatle mania phenomenon fascinating. Love ’em or hate ’em, they, along with very few others (Elvis, Michael Jackson), will always have a very unique place in cultural history, I think.
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Absolutely! š
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There was an argument at my house the night they were on Ed Sullivan. Walt Disney was showing ‘The Scarecrow’ which I wanted to watch and my kid brother wanted to see the Beatles. The Beatles won out (thank god). Disney ended up repeating the scarecrow movie with Patrick McGoohan (of The Prisoner fame) later anyway (which I still have fond memories of )
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Walt Disney was usually on in our house too. I don’t remember much about the Ed Sullivan show the night it was on, but certainly all the talk and hype around that time, mostly from my sister and an older cousin.
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wow.. I remember those Heathkit hi-fi’s. Well, let’s see.. about the playlist….
how about adding ” If I fell ” ?
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If I Fell, yes good one. My friend Regina had alternate lyrics for that one.
If I pushed you in the sewer
Would you promise to be truer
…and so on. Silly girls š
I think my list was a bit “B” side, but I’ll be happy with any Beatles tunes they play.
I thought you might be a Heathkit kind of guy, so vintage. š
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haha.. well, my first computer was a Timex Sinclair with 8k of ram and a sequential cassette drive, so yes, I’m afraid I am rather… errr… rustic. š
I’m also a B side kinda guy — I hate hearing the same A sides on the radio, so that’s why I use my IPOD so much.
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