3 crazy fans before The Beatles Shea Stadium Concert

[CatAnna]

@MissBeatleBailey We could hardly hear the music at all (I think John, Paul, George and Ringo had a hard time hearing themselves LOL) but it was sooooooooooo much fun just to be there surrounded by our fellow Beatlemaniacs and seeing (barely) our boys out "in person". It was like being swept up in a wave of ecstasy... I'll never forget that feeling :-)

[awesomebttf]

I have such a terrible crush on the young Paul ('cause I'm 15) but when I saw him in Las Vegas in 2011 age didn't matter because he's just as awesome as ever, but I loved him in a grandfather kind of way.

[CatAnna]

@awesomebttf I turned 13 when The Beatles first came to the US and also had a huge crush on Paul & yes he is still as awesome as ever! John was the smart, funny, cool big brother I never had, George was shy like me & Ringo seemed like the boy next door. I soooo wanted to go to the airport to greet their plane but parents nixed that idea so I had to make due with the Ed Sullivan show appearances and press conferences on TV, records, movies & music mags until they came to Shea in the summer of 65

[jayfey77]

i met a guy at beatlefest convention who was selling pictures he took of the beatles at this concert,they have never been published in any books,i bought as many pictures as i could.i havent seen him since at the conventions i hope he is still around.he had his own room at the convention and had his pictures on display.

[CatAnna]

@jayfey77 Wow he must have had a really good camera with a really long lens! I'd love to see them!

[jayfey77]

no you dont understand.he was right near the stage.he told me his story.he had made a fake press pass.and went downstairs before the concert and tried asll the doors.all of them were locked.he finally found one that opened and inside were like 100 cops he said.in his best british accent he told a cop he had been seperated from his entourage.so the cop led him outside and told the cops to let this guy through he is with the beatles party.so he walked out on the grass.he was only 15 or 16.

[CatAnna]

@jayfey77 OMG that is awesome! I wish he'd been my "date" for the concert LOL!

[alyrill]

"don't marry Jane" ha ha

[CatAnna]

@alyrill I had such a crush on Paul LOL! And he didn't marry her did he? By the time he married Linda I was happy for them both. Really!

[alyrill]

@They were engaged but it never worked out, I really liked Jane and Linda though.

[misspurity91]

I'm guessing they didn't offer backstage passes or meet and greets back then?

[CatAnna]

@misspurity91 Beatlemaniacs were too passionate & management was afraid of us LOL! The Beatles were flown to the rooftop Port Authority Heliport then took a Wells Fargo armoured truck to the stadium. 2000 security personnel were at the stadium to handle crowd control. They played in the middle of the field... very far from the audience. But just being there was such a thrill... I'll never forget it.

[mSophiam]

I was born about 3 dacades too late.

[marylovesthebeatles]

you guys are lucky! im 12 :'(

[CatAnna]

@marylovesthebeatles ~ I was 12 when I first heard The Beatles on the radio in 1963 and 14 when I saw them at Shea. It was an amazing, unfortgettable, ecstatic esperience... but now I'm stuck with being 59 LOL! I love the way The Beatles music transcends generations... I think people will probably still be listening to it a hundred years from now :-)

[marylovesthebeatles]

@CatAnna thanks

[SHEMEANzEVRyTHANG2ME]

@CatAnna

Your lucky you got to see them at Shea

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[Beatles65Shea]

Wow this reminds me of my friend and I who also saw the Beatles at Shea Aug 15, 1965. What an incredible experience. I remember singing 'We Love You Beatles, Oh Yes We Do' before the concert. We wrote to WABC for information then to Sid Bernstein Enterprises for tickets ($5.65); still have the stub. Traveled by bus from a small town in WV to NYC. It was a very warm humid evening but the concert was an experience we will never forget. These videos bring back so many memories.

[Mike0N0ike57]

i have heard of what it was like inside Shea at the time of this concert. My mother was amongst the crowd of screaming fans. what surprised me the most was that she STILL has the blue ticket stub from that concert. not only does she have the blue ticket stub from 1965 but she also has her ticket stub from the 1966 shea concert which were yellow. She told me that her aunte worked for paramount or some kind media company and she had contact with some one that had early access to these tickets.

[CatAnna]

I wish I still had my stub! I stuck it to so many mirrors and walls that it eventually got lost or maybe fell apart LOL! oooo I envy your Mom.... she probably was closer to the band than I was with her aunt's connections :-)

[Mike0N0ike57]

@CatAnna  I wouldn't doubt it. i have her orignal With The Beatles LP. And on the back of it it says "i love the beatles, i really do." in cursive. It's funny to see how crazed people were about the beatles back in the 60's. =P

[CatAnna]

Yes we were LOL! There was a play on B'way, or maybe it was the movie version, called Bye Bye Birdie (about a heartthrob singer named Conrad Birdie and his fans) around that time and a song: "We love you Conrad oh yes we do, we love you Conrad and we'll be true. When you're not near to us we're blue. Oh Conrad we love you." Replace Conrad with Beatles and you get the Beatlemaniacs' anthem from those early days LOL! And a group called the Carefrees even had a hit single with it!

[oasisthebest03]

This is so great! I feel excited just watching your video.. this must have been amazing!

[emilee494]

omg you saw the beatles! Wow, you are sooo lucky! What was it like seeing them?

[CatAnna]

@emilee494 It was just as crazy wonderful as the footage of the concert in the Anthology... a total madhouse... and one of the high points of my life. I was totally high ~ no drugs needed! Just being in their presence was ecstasy!

[emilee494]

@CatAnna Wish I was alive back then! I would have loved to see them in person!

[freklfacejpgr]

LUCKY!

[ledwhofloyd101]

I was born in 1997 and it sucks. There are no bands that I enjoy listening to that were around in the past 29 years

[MrPaulmccartney111]

I was born in 1999

[elvisnutkid]

i wish i lived durin the 60s

[krissyjeshi]

Hell yeah!

[LoveShiaGDSN]

I can't even begin to describe how envious I am... *sigh*

The Beatles at Shea Stadium....you were and are SO SO SO lucky!!

my parents weren't even born yet, so I DEFINITELY wasn't even a thought in anyone's mind. but the Beatles make me wish I was born in 1943 (George is my favorite...lol) My parents don't like the Beatles, so I didn't grow up listening to them. but I am SO glad that I found them on my own. were you able to actually hear anything over the screams?

[JudeWest4868]

August 15th, 1965 --- I spent the day at The World's Fair, right across from Shea and then that night.... I was in heaven... Me and The Beatles!!!! :)

Yes, it was noisy... but God... it was just one of the most thrilling experiences I ever had as as kid!

WOW!... WOW! and more WOWs !!!!!!!

[TheOrganicChannel]

A treasure! Nice, Thanks!!!

[drunkeneagle]

That's so great! I wish it could have been me :(

[lemontree6]

Amazing. You are one lucky lady. Id give my wife to see the Beatles :)

[GwenlovesKevinJonas]

Man your so lucky to have gone to that concert!I wish I could go back in time to the 60s and go to that concert.I hate the fact that I was born in the 90s and live through this era,I was born in the wrong time.I barely even like now in day bands the only band I actually like and love for now in day is The Jonas Brothers all the rest I don't care much for.I'm more for listening to the 60s,70s,and 80s.I love the Beatles,i've grown up on them because of my dad being a fan,my fav Beatle is Ringo <3

[usf123456789]

I envy you!!!!

[NatalieRae14]

You saw the Beatles perform at Shea?

I can't even imagine what that must've been like.

I bet it was extremely surreal.

So did you scream and swoon like all the other '60s fangirls?

lol I'd probably have a difficult time staying conscious.

[CatAnna]

Yes Natalie it was extremely surreal. At one point I remember poking someone and screaming "That's The Beatles down there!!!!" like I couldn't believe it. And yes I screamed and cried and jumped up and down and it WAS very hard to remain conscious... I did almost pass out. Whenever I see this concert in the Anthology I feel like I'm 14 again and right there... it's burned into my memory for sure!

[jajud]

its called liverpool not liddypool how could you get dat wrong how dare you say dat bout the place i cum from

[TigerRocket]

''There is a lot to do in Liddypool, but not all convenience.''

- John Lennon / In His Own Write (p.54)

[TigerRocket]

T'was in Liddypool one fine day

That four fab boys began to play

They captured the Cavern and fans galore

Who kept on screaming for more and more

It soon got 'round to all the towns

That here was the sound to beat all sounds

- (readers letter in The Beatles Monthly Book, March 1965)

[CatAnna]

Thanks, TigerRocket... cool memories :-)

[TigerRocket]

Thanks for posting this great clip. No story of the Fab Four can ever be complete without films like this. I was a boy coming of age just as the Beatles were 'stepping on the gas...'

...'but I found out.'

[CRICKET999999999]

if i were you i would have snuck on the stage and kidnapped paul

[CatAnna]

LOL! I think a lot of us had the same idea... but the cops were too quick. Nobody got anywhere near the stage LOL.

[CRICKET999999999]

there's still time. he's slowed down a bit since then, you can catch him

[BeatleDasha]

when i was 13, i was absolutely crazy for Paul :) i am 16 now but i still think i'd love to get to the 60's to see the Beatles........ you are so lucky! (:

[CatAnna]

I wouldn't mind reliving the 60s... especially if I could spend time in Liverpool and Hamburg to see The Beatles in their very early days. Must have been amazing!

[quarrygirl42]

im 13 and everyone thinks im weird cause me and my best friend are obsesseddddd with the beatles!! i like john and she likes paul! haha. your soooo lucky you got to see them!! ughhh im so jelous!! :)

[CatAnna]

You and your best friend have uberfab taste in music! As we used to say in the 60s and it's still true ~ Beatles 4Ever :-)

[JohnMortonIV]

You're lucky you got to see them back in the day! I wish I can travel through time so I can see them!

[CatAnna]

Yeah, the 60s was a great time to be alive musically speaking. I'd like to time travel a little farther back so I could see them in Hamburg & Liverpool :-)

[naderchaser]

Lookin' pretty good back in the day there, Cat! Out here in Az. ...the Beatles never made a stop. Saw Paul in the early 90's up in Phnx. Darn good show. Music frickkin' rocked. I'm 54...hopefully I'll catch him next time. And I've heard from many that Ringo's All Star shows are absolutely fantastic. Hopefully will get to see one someday. Joel in Tucson

[CatAnna]

Aw thanks Joel. I was lucky to live so close to Shea in the 60s. And yeah Paul does put on a great show, and a very Beatle-y one too. And Ringo's shows are great fun. Last time we saw him with one of his all star bands was outdoors, at Jones Beach and we had a blast.

[beatlelvr96]

lol im in the wrong era too (im 12) beatle obssessed

[CatAnna]

Congratulations on your excellent taste in music! I've often wondered what it would be like to "discover" The Beatles for the first time now and have access to all their recordings and movies and stories all at once. It must be overwhelming!

[Goodvibe77]

wow I envy you

I'm a teenager now (fourteen) and I too have a huuuggeee crush on Paul. and how sad, I never get to see the Beatlemania era Paul

I really wish I was born in the late 40s...

By the way, did you get to really see him????

[CatAnna]

At Shea we were so far away I could barely make them out as human beings nevermind as The Beatles, except maybe by the way they stood and moved. Paul had a certain way of standing and of course played left handed so I could sort of tell it was him. But just being "in their presence" was a thrill. Years later in 2002 & 2005 I was much closer when I saw him in concert... I could make out his features. And a whole bunch of us middle aged women screamed whenever he turned in our direction LOL!

[Goodvibe77]

what a great experience you had ! I've never been to Paul's concerts, it's hard to get the opportunity (I don't live in the US nor UK) but I think he looks like he can go on for another 10-20 years!(maybe) and hopefully I can see him once in my life time! well, if I have money to move around, cause it doesn't seem like he's ever gonna come to my country..

[CatAnna]

Paul has said that his next tour will be extensive and international so I hope he makes it to South Korea so you can see him. His shows are awesome! My husband had never seen The Beatles live but when I took him to his first Paul concert he said he felt that he had been in the presence of The Beatles. It's like Paul is channeling all their energies when he and his band performs. Good luck on seeing him live and until then, enjoy all the CDs and DVDs!

[Goodvibe77]

oh, really? Thanks, your comment made me become much more hopeful ! and, you know, it's really cool to talk to someone who's actually been to the place or at the time like you !

[lola9539]

OH EM GEE!!! WE ARE LIKE TWINS lol... I am soooo born in the wrong era (i'm 14 too)

[CatAnna]

14 must be a magic age; that's how old I was when I saw them at Shea :-)

[lola9539]

CRAZY!!! I'm doing a documentary on John Lennon right now (ugh I'm a procrastinator!) and I used your video clip to demonstrate how crazed their fans were and how popular they had become. I hope you don't mind... I thought it was uber cute!

[CatAnna]

How cool! Sure we're proud to be three examples of Beatlemaniacs gone wild circa 1965 LOL.

[salvadormarley]

How great.

My mother was about 15 in England when the Beatles were first famous here (1963) One day in Blackpool, she was walking along a street with friends and hey presto - from a door came the Fab 4 - we looked in wonder she says, but we didn't scream. They ( the fab 4 ) just looked back and laughed at us girls looking wide eyed. :)

Come back mop tops, please come back!!

[CatAnna]

Woo hoo lucky Mum... what a great memory and a great story! If I ever had gotten that close to the four of them I don't know if I would have been dumbstruck with shock or the opposite... made a total manic fool of myself LOL!

[Goodvibe77]

Paul don't marry Jane Please I think..

[CatAnna]

That's what my sign said, Goodvibe. I had a major teen crush on Paul, heh.

[CatAnna]

Unfortunately only in my dreams, yoyomoo. I doubt if I never got within a fifty feet of any of them (closest was a seat at one of Paul's post-Beatles concerts) But the Shea Stadium concert was a magical experience I'll never forget, even though they were physically far, far away, waaay up in the right field bleachers. During that concert I think a lot of us audience members felt like we part of some giant organism, with The Beatles in the center LOL!

[RadioReporter01]

Where are you now and what neighborhood did you come from when you were there?

[CatAnna]

I lived out the in 'burbs of Long Island, and still do.

[yoyomoo188]

your so lucky did yu ever get to meet them?

[JaimeChile]

CatAnna: at least Paul didn't marry Jane hah

[wishawayx]

ahhh i could have killed to have born in the 40s so I could have lived in the 60s! So lucky! :D

[kickassfan]

wow..u were really pretty..like a doll...you are very,very billion times over and over lucky to witness this magna event sis you so are......

[KarinTheAnimeFreak]

ugh why wasn't that me?:(

[vinnyjk]

LOL! If you were all that excited before the concert I can only imagine what you were like once you got there! Whole lot of screaming and fainting going on I'll bet! Don't mind me I'm just jealous ;-)

[RadioReporter01]

I was 11 and lived in Jackson Heights.

From the top of the elevator room, I could hear the screams 6 miles away

[CatAnna]

I heard that the screaming really carried but wow ~ six miles! My Dad drove us to the concert and waited outside in the parking lot. He said he never heard such a deafening din :-)

[RadioReporter01]

It was. That's why they made the tour album at the Hollywood Bowl. Couldn't hear the music.

There's a few guys that have remastered the Shea concerts, I don't know if you've seen any of those.

Search Beatles, Shea and RAW.

What neighborhood did you come to the concert from? Just curious if Queens

[CatAnna]

I was born in Brooklyn, parents moved to Nassau Cty when I was a baby, moved to Suffolk for a while, now living in Nassau again.

I'll check out those remastered Shea concerts. Any better than what was done in the Anthology?

[RadioReporter01]

So you came to the concert from Nassau. Ok,just curious.

The Anthology? Not familiar with it. I think this is an individual remastering, but I could be wrong.

[CatAnna]

The Beatles Anthology DVD set... I think it came out in 1995 and a lot of the first Shea Stadiumm concert was on it. Thanks for the pointers to the RAW videos. I LOVE I'm Down and saved it to my faves :-)

[charleyc1995]

Cool! I wish I'd been there!

[lidoolsakura]

too frightening to look

[lafilledebeatles3]

wow!

[jcanivan]

wild and crazy fan

[Bravebeauty]

Wow, great footage and I bet great memories, too!