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8 Jan 2007 14:33
I am now 63, and I lived through Beatlemania - and yes, of course they were the greatest thing that ever happened to pop music. They broke completely new ground, and created history on many occasions. Sure, they were not always squeaky clean, but then, who was? They will be remembered long after everybody says "Oasis Who?"
8 Jan 2007 15:10
My recollection of the sixties was that you were either a Beatles or Stones fan, not both. Good as Oasis are, will they still be selling records and getting played in 30 years time as both the Stones and Beatles still are? I'll always prefer the Stones, but can't argue with the Beatles record (no pun intended). They simply are the Greatest.
10 Jan 2007 14:06
I would not sit down to listen to the Beatles ever but the history of the band is another thing,I watch the program with interest, and will do so on Friday 12/January.
Second thoughts I would rather sit down to the Beatles,than oasis,
13 Jan 2007 14:00
Why not sit down and listen to The Boston Pops play the Beatles music - when you have heard the Boston Pops play Elaenor Rigby you will realise that there was a magic - a presence, in the Beatles' music that is not in the music of any other 'pop' group.
12 Jan 2007 22:03
> My recollection of the sixties was that you were
> either a Beatles or Stones fan, not both.
Yes. For a while you had to be for Cliff or for Elvis, then it all switched and you were for Beatles or Stones. And if you were for the Beatles, you had to pick which was your favourite (mine was George). I don't know if it was just something dictated by the way school girls thought or whether the need to choose affected others.
12 Jan 2007 22:19
As a young child at primary school in the mid sixties I can remember that friends were gained or lost depending on if you were a Stones or Beatles fan. We would regularly play a game in the playground involving holding hands with other children who were also Beatles fans and trying to get a bigger human chain than those in the Stone's chain. The mix was fairly even which perhaps shows that other bands also had quite an influence in that period.
12 Jan 2007 22:30
I know I saw the BEATLES at the wimbledon Palais circa 1962 but can find no record of it in all the books, please convince me it is not old age playing tricks...I know it's true just want details for my Beatle fan boys!
BEATLES
Thank you BEATLE mates for making not only my taste in music complete but for being a massive part in all my family’s education to real and ultimate music talent,my son's and now my grandsons bedtime lullabys.
“It’s my way of saying thank your to your consummate skill as entertainers of the 20th century."
I toast and thank you for inspiring us and the pleasure you have endowed dear Beatles,
Your music will live forever!
and god bless you all!
My son the most knowledgeable 35 year old BEATLE fan of all, challenge him?... and sound mixer...Spyder Carcuss (has to be in 5:1) is now backing the 2007 new sensation..Findlay Brown..with backing vocals and percussion,both are BEATLES orientated,the album is out on Feb 5th., (see dad's taught then well :-))
god bless absent friends)
Alan
13 Jan 2007 15:52
Re Wimbledon Palais (Alan Jones) I have a brilliant reference book, " The Beatles Encyclopedia" by Bill Harry which says the Beatles played at the Wimbledon Palais on 14th Dec 1963 at a fan club convention.
Incidentally I saw my grandson today (age 11), he told me he saw the Timewatch programme and loved it as he is a great fan himself!
13 Jan 2007 13:52
I am most fortunate - I saw The Beatles - both shows at the Gruge Halle, in Essen in Germany - way back in 1966 on 25 June to be exact. It was an unforgettable day. I wound up doing crowd control at the barrier in front of the stage. I later stood at the edge of the stage -= less than 2 metres from the feet of John Lennon. My wife Maureen gatecrashed the press conference and then with the assistance of the manager of Cliff Bennet's Rebel Rousers (supporting act) she had the doorman threatened with 'the Russian front' until he allowed me to also enter the press conference room. We later had to be re-admitted into the main hall, to gain access to the cloakrooms to collect our coats. We watched the second performance from the third row from the stage. In 1968 we were most fortunate to be able to visit John Lennon at his home in Weybridge. Believe you me - there never was - and probably never will be, a group like The Beatles. Oasis, U2, Take That, Westlife, the Rolling Stones, the list is endless but the fact is definite -the shadow of the Beatles will always be big enough to cover them all!!
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