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I like them, others on LoT do, so what they broke up decades ago and now due to age, infirmatiy and death they can no longer reunite, we can still discuss them here.

Martin Scorsese is going to direct a documentary on George Harrison, cool. Story here.

I like the Beatles. :) I had the full-on phase in high school, where I collected books and posters and studied up. Nothing like discovering the biggest pop sensation ever. I almost wish I'd discovered Star Wars like that, instead of growing up with it.

I'm one of the minority. I was never a Beatles fan growing up, preferring the Stones and Bowie. I don't hate them and I can see the appeal, but they never "did it" for me. However, I do appreciate Lennon solo.

Well, we can discuss them all singly or as a group. I love John Lennon solo work (not much of a Yoko fan, I'm afraid) Like George, too.

Oh, and I adore David Bowie! I was never a big Stones fan. But you can't go by me, growing up I was a Mowtown queen

Sez Scorsese, "George Harrison's music and his search for spiritual meaning is a story that still resonates today and I'm looking forward to delving deeper."

Wow, that is the best news I've heard all week. Harrison has always been my favorite Beatle! For my money, album for album, Harri-song had the best solo career of any of the Beatles.



And he is the reason I took up the ukulele, as well.

Yay for me!

Beatles, Stones, Motown, Bowie - loved them all!
 

I was really fortunate to have a dad who loved rock 'n' roll as much as I did. This is not so rare today but back in the 1960's ... He took me to lots and lots of concerts and hippie ballrooms (Winterland, Family Dog) in the Bay Area. I would have been 9 years old when we started going.

The Beatles. The Airplane. Janis. Santana before he found his sound, even. On and on. My dad always made sure I had the latest Beatles record right when it was released. It was as important to him as it was to me.

I think about it now and it blows my mind. How open my dad was to these brand new things. He was really a jazz fan who always found the best jazz club in whatever city. This meant the maryjane fumes at the rock concerts didn't bother him in the least, didn't make him think twice about taking me along.

My dad's been gone 8 1/2 years now. Can you tell I miss him? What a guy.

I guess because I experienced their amazing explosion on the American scene, and can still remember their Ed Sullivan appearances and all the frenzy, I grew up loving them ... and still admire their music.

I love the increbible progression they made over a decade, and that they quit while ahead. I'm less enthusiastic about the solo careers, though I find much to admire in Lennon's and Harrison's.



Have I ever mentioned in this pages that I have George Harrison's DNA on a napkin??? :cool:




I expect to have a Beatles mini-mania in the coming days, after I finish an insane project. I'm going to see Cirque's "LOVE" next week, then I'll find time to see "Across the Universe," and I'll make time to listen to the underground "HATE" album that Coaster Matt turned me on to, and the extensive Purple Chick alternate takes versions of the Beatles albums that mousepod sent me ages ago.


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I read the Scorcese film news in Variety today, and I'm ecstatic. Think Marty will want to interview me about my George napkin??? ;)

Ab-so-lutely, I think there is a very good chance, that, yes, Scorsese will have nothing to do with either you or your napkin. But kudos to you for owning it anyway.

Cirque's Love is definitely high on my list of things to do -- someday, when me ship comes in.

My first memorable exposure was at about 4 years old. The battered Abbey Road 8-track got a lot of wear and tear in the family car and I remember that I liked it.

When I was 12, things really starting progressing. My parents took me to the Winter Garden theater on Broadway to see "Beatlemania". Between the audio visuals and the clothing and, of course, a two-hour excursion through their music, from teeny bopper to to drug stage to political spokesmen, it started a fascination that continues to this day. It was also about the same time that I was learning how to play drums and I can truly say that Ringo Starr probably had the most profound influence on my first years of drumming. I proceeded to study, memorize, and most importantly, just enjoy every one of their albums I could get my hands on, which was all of them. And to this day, there isn't a Beatles song that doesn't bring me back to those years of exploration and discovery.

About once every two years, I watch the 8 disc documentary that came out about 10 years ago. It puts me back into hardcore Beatles mode for a few weeks then I go off to explore someone else. Their music will always hold a most special place in my heart.

And finally, I'm always delighted when I hear of kids that are into the Beatles. I truly think that their music will live on for as long as we listen to music. And there are very few artists I would say that about. Quite honestly, I don't thing we will ever see a group that has the same impact ever again.