Comments on: Video: 43 years ago today

By: honora

honora — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 14:24:34 +0000

Oh God. What’s great is my kids like the Beatles. I still have those old albums somewhere.

How did we get this bloody old….

By: Labamigo

Labamigo — Sun, 11 Feb 2007 23:44:53 +0000

Innocence lost.

By: Emmett J.

Emmett J. — Sun, 11 Feb 2007 19:14:13 +0000

Thanks for the positive memories. Who’d thought that those days would end and we would be where we’re at now?

Not that time stands still, but that lament for innocence lost to the strange days that we’re in now?

By: RedinBlueCounty

RedinBlueCounty — Sun, 11 Feb 2007 18:37:20 +0000

BTW, I’m looking at some of the negative comments on this thread and thinking, “What band are they talking about?”

The band that once said they were more popular than Jesus. Just not as enduring, I guess. But at least they lasted longer than The Spice Girls. :D

By: StuLongIsland

StuLongIsland — Sun, 11 Feb 2007 07:00:22 +0000

Not to knock the Beatles, I always thought the Stones and The Who were more cool. Early Who I think was better than the Beatles, Stones too.

By: auspatriotman

auspatriotman — Sun, 11 Feb 2007 05:36:59 +0000

Oh yeah. What a trip down memory lane. Liked them when I first heard them at 16. Followed them til after the breakup. Then after only Paul. But there were who they were as long as they road that wagon. No one else has toped them or made such a difference. And Paul, what a snudge you were to mary that gal Ilean was it or Peg? Oh, Im sorry. Well, glad you dumped her. No more marriages for you. Just friends will do and No pali-money either!

By: Ali-Bubba

Ali-Bubba — Sun, 11 Feb 2007 03:55:22 +0000

I forgot how great a voice Paul McCartney had. “All My Loving” on Sullivan really showed that off. …
asc85 on February 10, 2007 at 9:15 AM

Oh, how could anybody forget that voice — a clear high tenor and always pitch-perfect. Also, very versatile. He could do ballads or raveup rockers.

When I was about 16, I wanted very desperately to sing like McCartney on “Can’t Buy Me Love” — I love that scream right before the guitar solo. A really great voice, and also a very good bass guitarist.

BTW, I’m looking at some of the negative comments on this thread and thinking, “What band are they talking about?”

By: RedWinged Blackbird

RedWinged Blackbird — Sun, 11 Feb 2007 02:54:06 +0000

I remember that night like the Kennedy assasination and the first moon walk, especially the girls in the audience. Take a closer look – not a blonde in the bunch. Hair coloring was about as reliable as space travel. I was dating a girl with naturally strawberry blonde hair. She tried to dye it brown and it came out green. You’ve come a long way, baby… I guess.

By: brtex

brtex — Sun, 11 Feb 2007 00:08:22 +0000

NOT Blasphemy.

Recorded recently… WOW!

Benthoven on February 9, 2007 at 7:49 PM

Very nice, thanks for the link!

By: uptight

uptight — Sat, 10 Feb 2007 22:05:15 +0000

Hening – they created a legend that will last a lunchtime.

By: dustoffmom

dustoffmom — Sat, 10 Feb 2007 21:14:22 +0000

I was 12, my sister 10…..one HUGE family discussion because we wanted so badly to watch but my father……the dictator….was opposed. Thankfully my Mom finally agreed with us. That night, at the dinner table, my father, in his black horn rimmed glasses pontificated that in 9 months we wouldn’t even remember who they were.

hmmmm…..guess I need to email him and ask if he ‘remembers’ who The Beatles are? >evil smirk

By: vcferlita

vcferlita — Sat, 10 Feb 2007 19:07:52 +0000

Revolver was the best Beatles album.

By: RedinBlueCounty

RedinBlueCounty — Sat, 10 Feb 2007 18:29:06 +0000

My choice for best album of all time: Dark Side of the Moon!

What teenager in the 70′s didn’t relish the thought of smoking a few joints, putting on the headphones, and tripping out to Dark Side of the Moon. Man, that was so cool!

By: RedinBlueCounty

RedinBlueCounty — Sat, 10 Feb 2007 18:02:16 +0000

I demand equal time for the Lawrence Welk show!

Ok, now that I had my liberal brain spasm for the day, I think that some of the Beatles music was good, most was just ok, and a lot really sucked. Most of their songs (even the later ones) were 60′s era pop music and set the stage for all regurgitated pop music since then (think FM Radio). Thanks a lot, Beatles!

I think that Abby Road was the worst album ever, followed by the White Album.

I hope no one tries to send ME someone’s doctoral thesis showing me how wrong I am as well.

By: Texas Gal

Texas Gal — Sat, 10 Feb 2007 16:59:53 +0000

WOW .. that was fun to watch! Thanks AP!!

I was a total Beatlesmaniac and still am. Got there 2007 calendar right here on my wall. Even got the set of 4 bobble head dolls that survived about 15+ moves! (collectable to the tune of $5000 now)

They were the beginning of the British Invasion and opened the door for so much great music from across the pond and inspired so many other great American bands!

When ever I’ve had a bad day or feeling kinda down in the dumps, I put on Beatles music and it works wonders on improving my mood!

Too bad that Paul died. He did, he’s dead. And soon I will stalk the pretender and get him into hotel room where he will admit the truth.

Ok, I’m feeling better.

Bill C on February 9, 2007 at 8:01 PM

LOL.. Bill C. You gave me a good laugh and a flashback moment!

By: MamaAJ

MamaAJ — Sat, 10 Feb 2007 16:41:41 +0000

Well, count my 4 year old as one of their newest fans! Just don’t tell my husband…

By: StuLongIsland

StuLongIsland — Sat, 10 Feb 2007 15:25:29 +0000

Yes, David Letterman, who does his show from the Ed Sullivan theater, paid tribut to the Beatles late in the show. He had some group the Faux Four. The band consisted of a whole bunch of people, regular rock band plus many string and brass instruments. Thought they were pretty good.

By: johnnyU

johnnyU — Sat, 10 Feb 2007 15:15:19 +0000

I met the ‘man’ once when I was a cub-scouting kid and the Icecapdes were in my town. Ed Sullivan was not very tall.

By: asc85

asc85 — Sat, 10 Feb 2007 14:15:22 +0000

One of the things that most struck me is that I forgot how great a voice Paul McCartney had. “All My Loving” on Sullivan really showed that off.

I was born in 1961, so I missed most of Beatlemania. I do remember that my parents bought me “Meet The Beatles” and “Something New” when I was very little (maybe five or six years old), and I used to sing along with “I Want to Hold Your Hand” on my record(!) player. But then when they used to run in to see my singing, I would stop out of embarrassment.

By: Chuck

Chuck — Sat, 10 Feb 2007 14:13:30 +0000

That was great Allah,

Thanks for posting it

By: Hening

Hening — Sat, 10 Feb 2007 14:02:19 +0000

I like The Rutles better.

Will you still need them, will you still feed them when they are (past) sixty-four?

By: uptight

uptight — Sat, 10 Feb 2007 12:02:10 +0000

Dirk, Stig, Barry & Nasty…..four lads who shook The Wirrel.

By: Bogeyfre

Bogeyfre — Sat, 10 Feb 2007 08:58:37 +0000

I was 5 so I don’t remember them on Ed Sullivan but I grew up listening to them. It’s good to look back and remember. I miss the innocence of my childhood. Things are sooooo different for my grandchildren today.

These kind of memories make me smile and fearful at the same time. Strange contradiction of emotions.

Take care all.

By: Jen the Neocon

Jen the Neocon — Sat, 10 Feb 2007 08:43:37 +0000

I was 7, too, and I’ll never forget watching it with my Dad on our little black & white TV.
My Dad said, “Look at how long their hair is!” and we really enjoyed how “funny” looking and sounding they were together.
(He died 3 years later, so I really cherished my memories of things we did together.)
When the Beatles came to Dallas, the teenage girl fans almost tore the Cabana Hotel apart where they were staying…that hotel was owned by Doris Day, when she was married to Terry Melcher (Remember his son? The one the Mansons thought they were going to kill at Sharon Tate’s because Melcher wouldn’t give Charlie a record contract?) and the Cabana is today the jail in Dallas!
Texas Mike, I grew up in Highland Park…pretty sure we could find out who that girl was who called the Fab 4. Betcha it’s still one of her claims to fame.

By: Doug

Doug — Sat, 10 Feb 2007 06:58:03 +0000

My manager is the BIGGEST Beatles fan-he has it all. And yes, he’s straight.