Great title for this video. It is almost cliche for me to say that my favorite band is the Beatles. I actually kind of look at that as a given and go to my next favorites which are U2 and Led Zeppelin. Its almost too easy to say that the Beatles are number one because they have been around so long and their songs are timeless. I saw Across the Universe on opening day and bought the extended DVD when it came out. My kids are also Beatles fans. I would love to take them to Vegas to see Love.
I was excited to find a theater that played Across the Universe around here, as it was in very limited release. I actually bought the soundtrack a few weeks before the movie came out. I just took a chance on it, knowing that Bono did a couple tracks on it! For me, U2 doing a Beatles cover is about as good as it gets! :)
In my Beatles connection I have the Blue Album, Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club, and the 1 album 27 number 1s plus a few tribute albums. Also I have Wings greatest hits and some Paul McCartney stuff, where would the world be if Lennon had not been cruelly taken away. Most of these only got in last few years when I doing my media course, The Beatles Rock and still do, music is timeless.
That should have read collection have you ever heard of the Beatles Tribute band in Ireland the Classic Beatles.Are internationally recognised, Dublin based Beatles tribute outfit, are celebrating their tenth anniversary this year. Formelly known as the Quarrymen. They have an act authentic, energetic classic Beatles songs with all the cheeky charm of the original Fab Four. I saw them live they change custumes for the different Beatles eras. Elenor Rigby is a classic, love all types of music.
I'm a huge Beatle fan. I remember begging my mom to let me go to the Detroit Metro airport when the Beatles first came to MI. I sobbed when she told me I couldn't go to the airport or their concert because she was afraid I'd get crushed by the mobs of fans, haha! I wasn't interested in screaming over them, I wanted to hear their music! I like Across the Universe too. Did you watch Idol this past week?
No denying your love and your passion for the Beatles, Gary! Enjoyed hearing you speak on the topic. It is cool that there is a younger generation discovering and enjoying their music too.
Thank you Darl! I have a cousin about 10 years younger than me, and she feels the same way about the Beatles as I do. So yes...they just keep transcending time! :)
I was brought up with hearing the Beatles on the radio all the time, I can vividly remember in 1987 when they released Seargant Peppers for the 1st time on CD for it's 20th anniversary and yes, what a great album
I was never really brought up on them, but they were always just kind of around. It must have been great being raised with them. I was raised with country and western music! LOL
This was so regional. I had to google "Alan Patridge" to see that he's a comedian...(in the UK?). Very funny quote though! I love it when somebody professes to be a fan, and then you find out they ONLY have the greatest hits.
And on an unrelated note....I've been introduced to and have been listening to a LOT of Dandy Warhols...which I know you love.
The Dandy Warhols! Good man and I can also highly recommend Alan Partridge if you get a chance to watch any of the series, although go straight to series 2
"the temperature inside this apple pie is over 1000 degrees. If i squeeze it, a jet of molten bramley apple will squirt out, could go your way could go mine, either way one of us is going down"
Great video Gary! It really is amazing that The Beatles have withstood the test of time and still touch people today. Great story about the dream. -Jim
You make me wish I had any one group that I was as passionate about as you are about the Beatles. I used to be that way about the Nylons, but I wore out on their later CD's.
I love music -- but I'm very fickle and eclectic.
The Beatles have been a favorite though -- I wore out the Red Album and didn't care for the Blue -- we had both when I was younger.
Yes! "Wearing the face that she keeps in the jar by the door..." Eleanor Rigby is so rich with imagery. So sad.
A nun talked to you about Elenor Rigby? Wow! That's just cool.
I never get tired of them. It's as if year after year, another layer of the onion that is the tapestry of their music gets exposed to me. Great stuff.
but i've always considered them overrated. *ducks*
I do think they were great musicians, but I think there are many other bands who were just as influential. I think Led Zep might be more so, for example. There is a dead ringer for Lennon in the new movie The Bank Job. It's based on actual events, and highly entertaining. Anyway...I find music, in general, as a constant in my life. Wait...are we talking about Lost? =P
Once i got done recording this and had it uploaded, i realized that I actually was speaking about the Beatles in Desmond Hume terms! It's all good.
I've never been a fan of Zepplin, but just recently have been finding them out.
I think any bad reaches a certain level of "lengendariness" (is that a word) gets put to that "Are they overrated" scrutiny. Of course, with the Beatles, I respectfully disagree with you! Great comment though!
hey, if that was for me, I just got home from a long trip, and I had to go to the other 406 vid to see if someone answered , or theorized on my question...*think of something else*
video, emulsion could confuse me, and hurt my wittle brain...
This video, while I watched the opening, I was going OMG OMG, i know these words...
amazing how we come in contact with words, poetry, books, lines, and all feel it
I have that anthology. and this book I got 'Rolling Stones 500 greatest albums of all-time' Lonely Hearts club band was the #1 album according to the book. and the Beatles had like 5 albums in the top 11, I think. crazy.
I was watching Idol as well last night and couldn't help but think how the Beatles' songs have held up spotlessly though out the years. Ringo Starr's 45 "She's 16" was my first 45 and Sgt. Pepper my first LP. I could listen to any Beatles Album over and over again still today.
Today was ALL about the Beatles for me. And i haven't listened to a lot of those albums in about a year or so. It's just amazing HOW GOOD every song is. Sigh. Good good stuff. :)
Great vlog - the love you have for the really shines thru. Yes they are classic and will be around for a very long time. They kept on redifing themselves, not to sell more albums (like some artists do) but because they grew and changed as people - just like their audience and the times did. They spoke to the eternal in us - which is why they will be eternal I guess.
Harrison Ford, did he get kicked out of the band the same time Pete Best did? Maybe they did not want to use the millennium falcon for tour transportation.
Anyway, SGT Pepper is the first album I heard too! Though I was 3/4 and it was 1984. I LOVE A Day in the life, amazing song! Also, my across the universe cd is on replay on my ipod 24/7.
BTW, I am going to Beatlefest. After begining my fiance to go with me...we are so there!
20 years ago, I divorced. In moving out, I forgot to take all my Beatles albums from my childhood. Original albums from the 60s - Please Please Me, A Hard Day's NIght, Help, Rubber Soul, Revolver, Sgt Pepper .. and on ... they all were left - forgotten. I really have not recovered ever since. CDs are fine, but just not the same. I can remember where I was when I first heard She Loves You - I was at the kitchen table eating an after school snack and the radio was on. It froze me! Amazing.
Wow...that's amazing. I know what you mean about the CDs just not being the same.
And how cool about being froze in time, hearing that song. I, oddly enough, had that moment with "We Are the World" back in the 6th grade. Wipe that smirk off your face! :P
Let It Be Naked? Sounds great. The way the original went was "produced by George Martin, over-produced by Phil Specter, and de-produced by Glynn Johns." It would be great to hear it all back in the original versions. Of course, when I first got all the original albums, they were on vinyl, and yes, I remember when they broke up... oh well, I'm old. Yes, the Idol show last night was (mostly) very good! Your excitement about the Beatles is great.
I just got the tail end of vinyl by the time I started listening to music...and that was more for the extended mixes and 12" inch stuff. Unfortunately, I started out with cassettes...maybe THE worst media ever created...next to 8-tracks.
Since this is a Beatles-related vid, I thought I'd let you know about a score I made. Actually, a friend of mine snagged a whole lot of Beatles LP's for me from a Goodwill, including foreign editions and picture discs. Yay!!
That;s a cool idea! Actually, I don't even have a record player. I'm such an MP3 guy with like 5 iPods! For the vinyl folks out there, I know this kills them to hear!
STRAWBERRY FIELDS I'm allergic and you go and bring it up! Only joking. My parents weren't big Beatles fans despite where we lived. So I wasn't weaned on it and to be honest most of it passes me by. Cheers, Lesley
I was weaned on the Beatles - you know, John, Paul, Ringo and Harrison Ford! LOL
It's so strange to hear something other than my own reality with the Beatles - especially from people who are younger and discovered them later. I was there in the 60s when they were still together so there was this cool period of history and so MUCH great music, unlike much of the manufactured pablum there is today. Them were the days when mens were mens and bands were bands!
I love hearing ppl talk about the Beatles who were there. I always feel slighted by that part of musical history. Music now days is so horrible and manufactrued..back then...it was just an incredible scene. I've been misplaced by about 20 years! LOL
The thing I find more amazing than The Beatles breaking up nearly 40 years ago is that they were only active for 10 years. To put that in perspective, that's the same as Britney Spears.
Yeah...Brits gone from Mickey Mouse Club to the nut house in that amount of time...And most ppl wouldn't even be able to name more than one or two of her hits. So sad.
Actually, that's the time from her debut single. If you include the stuff she did as a kid it's 16 years. (all trivia courtesy of Wiki) - twice the length of time between 'Love Me Do' and 'Abbey Road'.
And all we'll know her for is....Hmmm....a crappy video awards performance? Being a bad mom? Going crazy? I don't see any Abbey Road type of stuff in there!
It seems like the Beatles have been part of my life forever! I remember the first time they were on Ed Sullivan...and the rest is history! :) (And from what I have read, Paul's "dream" answer to you was pretty much "spot on", lol)
I think i was just beginning to find out about their other "influences" at the time, which blew my mind that they could create such amazing work from the experimentation.
Great update, I think you tube ate my last comment. I have The Beatles blue and red albums too - I got them for Christmas too, YAY!!!! The Beatles rock!!! Oh your dream about Paul made me laugh and the stuff about Harrison Ford too LOL. *hugs*
hey gary you know paul mccartney lived up here in brighton on the sea front right next to where i worked (except heather has that house now) i used to sea him a bit when i was working up there
I still think the best song ever written is Ave Maria, but the beatles are my favourite band too (though I know little of music- most of my time is taken up by movies).
Yeah...shows you where my mind was. (it was late though...)
I LOVE Wings! When i saw Paul in concert, a lot of his stuff with Wings (like Maybe I'm Amazed) were just as incredible to hear live as were the Beatles songs. He's really created his own legacy.
That's one of my fave Beatles songs. I can't believe it's been 40 yrs since they broke up or that there are only two of them left alive. I really feel you on this. I think Elenore Rigby is soooo deep too. The first song I learned to play on guitar by the Beatles was Across The Universe. I discovered them in high school and never looked back. Thanks for sharing this!
I don't think there are many people who don't like the Beatles; their music is just too entrancing to turn away. I know my parents really liked them (esp my mom) and they basically introdced me to it, and I thank them for it. I don't really have the number of albums you do (I actually think I only have "One"), but nevertheless I will always be a fan of the Beatles, and nothing will ever change that. The quintessential boy band that became a legend.
That's the funny thing about them...they actually were just a boy band when they started. They were part of that whole teen scene merchandizing thing...and somehow they became legendary. I think as they grew up, so did the times, and their fans...and it was the perfect timing.
The Beatles are to you what the Beach Boys are to me. My entire life my constant (make LOST refrences much?) has been litening to the poetry of Brian Wilson. Heck, my brother was named after Brian Wilson for heaven sakes.
And now in my last semester of college I'm falling in love again with the greatest allbum of all time, Pet Sounds.
Great video Gary. The Beatles are great, and Across the Universe was a terrific film. Rock on!
You know, I've just never been able to get into that copy of Pet Sounds that you gave me...i really need to give it another shot. So many ppl call it one of the best albums ever, and the Beatles say that album influenced them to make Sgt. Pepper.
You know, I've just never been able to get into that copy of Pet Sounds that you gave me...i really need to give it another shot. So many ppl call it one of the best albums ever, and the Beatles say that album influenced them to make Sgt. Pepper.
LOL, that's a funny dream! I should try and write a Beatles song on Mario Paint Composer. Actually I already have part of "Daytripper" done, but I'm more tempted to do something slower. Yesterday, "Valotte" by Julian Lennon came on and I really wanna try that one. It's kinda scary how much that song sounds like "Across The Universe" at the beginning, just more dissonant or something. Haven't watched tonight's "Idol" yet but it's on my DVR so I'm even more pumped about it now!
I have seen Ringo! Free concert at the Tatse of MN a few years ago. My kid and my mom laid in the grass and complained the entire time while I stood there in awe. Ringo was 60 something and doing jumping jacks on stage and he never slowed down. I never realized he was like Mick Jagger on stage, running all over the place. It was way too awesome!
I just loved that movie to to top of my queue on my Blockbuster, haven't seen it yet.
When the Beatles were still together my sisters and I used to jump on the bed for hours to "I Wanna Hold Your Hand". We wore my mom's album out on the old phonograph.
In 1984 my English teacher taught St. Pepper in class and made us memorize the songs. It wasn't hard to do. :D
I may be going to Las Vegas in the week between my last exam for this semester and when my summer class starts. Looks like LOVE is still going so I'm going to try and catch it while I'm there.
I wonder if that blue album was an introduction to the Beatles for a certain generation? It was kind of their first "greatest hits" album of sorts which is always a good way to get into a new/old artist.
Yes. BUt I have to admit, it wasn't until i got into their albums, like Sgt. Pepper and Abbey Road, that I appreciated their greatness. Greatest hits are good for the intro, but to me, a full on album is always better than a collection of singles.
that's interesting coz I had the same conversation with my Brother a few years ago that there a few things left that are a constant in my life and one of them was The Beetles. Nice vlog Gary, you look SO happy = )
I can relate to the "constant" you talk about. For me that's ABBA (and to a lesser extent, early stuff by Heart and Queen). Have only had abstract dreams about them, though.
(LOL @ JL's reaction to you, btw)
If Harrison Ford is the 6th Beatle, what does that make Chewbaca?
Really? Maybe only second to U2? Are we talking about the same Beatles?
stonebee87 3 years ago
Yes.
U2 is my favorite band of all time.
anakin1814 3 years ago
where did u buy that beatles frame?
LivingInThe1960s 3 years ago
Gosh man...I have no idea...I got it at a poster shop in our mall about 15 years ago! It cost me about $10!
anakin1814 3 years ago
do u still smoke?
dewtyuii 3 years ago 2
Nope. Never really did.
anakin1814 3 years ago
Great title for this video. It is almost cliche for me to say that my favorite band is the Beatles. I actually kind of look at that as a given and go to my next favorites which are U2 and Led Zeppelin. Its almost too easy to say that the Beatles are number one because they have been around so long and their songs are timeless. I saw Across the Universe on opening day and bought the extended DVD when it came out. My kids are also Beatles fans. I would love to take them to Vegas to see Love.
rmtpjt 3 years ago
I was excited to find a theater that played Across the Universe around here, as it was in very limited release. I actually bought the soundtrack a few weeks before the movie came out. I just took a chance on it, knowing that Bono did a couple tracks on it! For me, U2 doing a Beatles cover is about as good as it gets! :)
anakin1814 3 years ago
You gotta love his American accent. Coo Coo Cachoo. or is it Koo Koo Kachoo.
rmtpjt 3 years ago
Ha ha!
I giggled at Bono's acting! LOL
anakin1814 3 years ago
goo goo ga joob, lol
LivingIn1969 3 years ago
i love this song. next time i want "here comes the sun" as a spoken song from you :)
ralfonzo83 3 years ago
What about Revolution 9? LOL
anakin1814 3 years ago
In my Beatles connection I have the Blue Album, Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club, and the 1 album 27 number 1s plus a few tribute albums. Also I have Wings greatest hits and some Paul McCartney stuff, where would the world be if Lennon had not been cruelly taken away. Most of these only got in last few years when I doing my media course, The Beatles Rock and still do, music is timeless.
bedoboy 3 years ago
Thanks James! They certainly are timeless...aren't they...
anakin1814 3 years ago
That should have read collection have you ever heard of the Beatles Tribute band in Ireland the Classic Beatles.Are internationally recognised, Dublin based Beatles tribute outfit, are celebrating their tenth anniversary this year. Formelly known as the Quarrymen. They have an act authentic, energetic classic Beatles songs with all the cheeky charm of the original Fab Four. I saw them live they change custumes for the different Beatles eras. Elenor Rigby is a classic, love all types of music.
bedoboy 3 years ago
I've never heard of that group...but they sound great!
I love Elenor Rigby. Ah, look at all the lonely people...
anakin1814 3 years ago
I'm a huge Beatle fan. I remember begging my mom to let me go to the Detroit Metro airport when the Beatles first came to MI. I sobbed when she told me I couldn't go to the airport or their concert because she was afraid I'd get crushed by the mobs of fans, haha! I wasn't interested in screaming over them, I wanted to hear their music! I like Across the Universe too. Did you watch Idol this past week?
charlee2552 4 years ago
Yeah...that's what kind of spawned this post. It was a great week on American Idol! :)
anakin1814 4 years ago
No denying your love and your passion for the Beatles, Gary! Enjoyed hearing you speak on the topic. It is cool that there is a younger generation discovering and enjoying their music too.
battlebauble 4 years ago
Thank you Darl! I have a cousin about 10 years younger than me, and she feels the same way about the Beatles as I do. So yes...they just keep transcending time! :)
anakin1814 4 years ago
Beatles are great! They really are!
Great vid, Gary!
Spielbergsp 4 years ago
Thanks Michael! They are awessome! :)
anakin1814 4 years ago
I was brought up with hearing the Beatles on the radio all the time, I can vividly remember in 1987 when they released Seargant Peppers for the 1st time on CD for it's 20th anniversary and yes, what a great album
21stCenturyCat 4 years ago
I was never really brought up on them, but they were always just kind of around. It must have been great being raised with them. I was raised with country and western music! LOL
anakin1814 4 years ago
"I'd have to say my favourite Beatles Album is... 'The Best of The Beatles" - Alan Partridge
21stCenturyCat 4 years ago
This was so regional. I had to google "Alan Patridge" to see that he's a comedian...(in the UK?). Very funny quote though! I love it when somebody professes to be a fan, and then you find out they ONLY have the greatest hits.
And on an unrelated note....I've been introduced to and have been listening to a LOT of Dandy Warhols...which I know you love.
anakin1814 4 years ago
The Dandy Warhols! Good man and I can also highly recommend Alan Partridge if you get a chance to watch any of the series, although go straight to series 2
21stCenturyCat 4 years ago
I was introduced to "Thirteen Tales from Urban Bohemia" which is absolutely amazing.
I will have to do some research into Alan Patridge and see what this guy is all about.
anakin1814 4 years ago
oh, and Alan Partridge is a character played by Steve Coogan who's been in a few Hollywood films - 'Around The World in 80 Days' I think
21stCenturyCat 4 years ago
Ah---I see. Thanks! I will check him out! Thanks dude!
anakin1814 4 years ago
have you seen The Parole Officer (film) with steve coogan that film is way funny
especially the clowns pocket bit
ROCKsquareANORACK 4 years ago
Alan Partridge discussing a microwaved apple pie
"how long did you put this in for"
(lynne "eight minutes " )
"the temperature inside this apple pie is over 1000 degrees. If i squeeze it, a jet of molten bramley apple will squirt out, could go your way could go mine, either way one of us is going down"
hes so funny
ROCKsquareANORACK 4 years ago
Ha ha! I've never head of him before! Sounds funny though! :)
anakin1814 4 years ago
Never payd to much attention to the Beatles, maybe i'm missing a lot like you say but i guess it's not my thing!
f3xpgm 4 years ago
Hey man! For each their own, right? Thanks for stopping by!
(Someday you'll see the truth about the Beatles! LOL)
anakin1814 4 years ago
Great video Gary! It really is amazing that The Beatles have withstood the test of time and still touch people today. Great story about the dream. -Jim
CountryComesToTown 4 years ago
Thanks Jim!
That dream is about 15 years old, and just as vivid now as it was the night I had it! Snub! By a knight no less! LOL
anakin1814 4 years ago
You make me wish I had any one group that I was as passionate about as you are about the Beatles. I used to be that way about the Nylons, but I wore out on their later CD's.
I love music -- but I'm very fickle and eclectic.
The Beatles have been a favorite though -- I wore out the Red Album and didn't care for the Blue -- we had both when I was younger.
Yes! "Wearing the face that she keeps in the jar by the door..." Eleanor Rigby is so rich with imagery. So sad.
DanPostropheL 4 years ago
It was in 4th Grade that a Nun in Elementary School picked apart Eleanor Rigby for us, and helped us understand the imagery. :-)
All these years later, the Beatles never seem to get old, do they?
DanPostropheL 4 years ago
A nun talked to you about Elenor Rigby? Wow! That's just cool.
I never get tired of them. It's as if year after year, another layer of the onion that is the tapestry of their music gets exposed to me. Great stuff.
anakin1814 4 years ago
I have an eleanor rigby,old remix,
i know some remixes suck, but this is so awesome
kayleewyatt 4 years ago
I've got a few mixes of that song too. I think it's pretty fab actually!
anakin1814 4 years ago
Yep, Sister Carol. I got the face in a jar thing right away, because I'd seen Mom wear hers over and over again. :-)
DanPostropheL 4 years ago
Such great imagery..And I love how this lonely woman and even lonelier priest's paths finally cross...
anakin1814 4 years ago
I know you might want to smack me...
but i've always considered them overrated. *ducks*
I do think they were great musicians, but I think there are many other bands who were just as influential. I think Led Zep might be more so, for example. There is a dead ringer for Lennon in the new movie The Bank Job. It's based on actual events, and highly entertaining. Anyway...I find music, in general, as a constant in my life. Wait...are we talking about Lost? =P
JustA11en 4 years ago
Once i got done recording this and had it uploaded, i realized that I actually was speaking about the Beatles in Desmond Hume terms! It's all good.
I've never been a fan of Zepplin, but just recently have been finding them out.
I think any bad reaches a certain level of "lengendariness" (is that a word) gets put to that "Are they overrated" scrutiny. Of course, with the Beatles, I respectfully disagree with you! Great comment though!
anakin1814 4 years ago
omg, this made me think, of something else about faraday, lol
could hearing a song that so engrained in your life be your constant...
kayleewyatt 4 years ago
Ah ha! You finally caught my Lost reference!
anakin1814 4 years ago
hey, if that was for me, I just got home from a long trip, and I had to go to the other 406 vid to see if someone answered , or theorized on my question...*think of something else*
video, emulsion could confuse me, and hurt my wittle brain...
This video, while I watched the opening, I was going OMG OMG, i know these words...
amazing how we come in contact with words, poetry, books, lines, and all feel it
ooo what song am I thinking of now....
kayleewyatt 4 years ago
He roller-coaster he got early warning
He got muddy water he one mojo filter
He say "One and one and one is three"
Got to be good-looking 'cause he's so hard to see *JAKOB*
Come together right now over me
kayleewyatt 4 years ago
No comment on the things I did in my past! LOLOL
Thanks for stopping by! :)
anakin1814 4 years ago
I have that anthology. and this book I got 'Rolling Stones 500 greatest albums of all-time' Lonely Hearts club band was the #1 album according to the book. and the Beatles had like 5 albums in the top 11, I think. crazy.
POTHEAD.
johnnysmooth 4 years ago
I was watching Idol as well last night and couldn't help but think how the Beatles' songs have held up spotlessly though out the years. Ringo Starr's 45 "She's 16" was my first 45 and Sgt. Pepper my first LP. I could listen to any Beatles Album over and over again still today.
IXGertXI 4 years ago
Today was ALL about the Beatles for me. And i haven't listened to a lot of those albums in about a year or so. It's just amazing HOW GOOD every song is. Sigh. Good good stuff. :)
anakin1814 4 years ago
Great vlog - the love you have for the really shines thru. Yes they are classic and will be around for a very long time. They kept on redifing themselves, not to sell more albums (like some artists do) but because they grew and changed as people - just like their audience and the times did. They spoke to the eternal in us - which is why they will be eternal I guess.
dl737 4 years ago
Thanks Danny. Very good points.
anakin1814 4 years ago
Harrison Ford, did he get kicked out of the band the same time Pete Best did? Maybe they did not want to use the millennium falcon for tour transportation.
Anyway, SGT Pepper is the first album I heard too! Though I was 3/4 and it was 1984. I LOVE A Day in the life, amazing song! Also, my across the universe cd is on replay on my ipod 24/7.
BTW, I am going to Beatlefest. After begining my fiance to go with me...we are so there!
abbyroadme 4 years ago
Begging....I suck at spelling.
Are you going to try to see Ringo this summer?
abbyroadme 4 years ago
Hopefully Beatlefest will be in my plan book for next year!
And I think Harrison Ford was actually the 5th Beatle, Pete Best was 6th. LOL
anakin1814 4 years ago
That's cool!
Really?!? I never knew that. lol!
abbyroadme 4 years ago
LOL!
anakin1814 4 years ago
All I can imagine is John Lennon having fun with a Millenium Falcon...lol!
abbyroadme 4 years ago
He'd love it!!
anakin1814 4 years ago
I bet!
abbyroadme 4 years ago
20 years ago, I divorced. In moving out, I forgot to take all my Beatles albums from my childhood. Original albums from the 60s - Please Please Me, A Hard Day's NIght, Help, Rubber Soul, Revolver, Sgt Pepper .. and on ... they all were left - forgotten. I really have not recovered ever since. CDs are fine, but just not the same. I can remember where I was when I first heard She Loves You - I was at the kitchen table eating an after school snack and the radio was on. It froze me! Amazing.
popparoc46 4 years ago
Wow...that's amazing. I know what you mean about the CDs just not being the same.
And how cool about being froze in time, hearing that song. I, oddly enough, had that moment with "We Are the World" back in the 6th grade. Wipe that smirk off your face! :P
LOL
anakin1814 4 years ago
Lord save me.
popparoc46 4 years ago
LOL!
anakin1814 4 years ago
WonderfulVlog, Gary!
kayleewyatt 4 years ago
Thanks! :)
anakin1814 4 years ago
Mwah!!
TubeSkanke 4 years ago
How you dorin'?
anakin1814 4 years ago
Great vlog Gary. The Beatles have played a pretty big part In My Life as well, as you probably know.
I think i can feel another Beatles related vlog coming on, although i think i may have relayed my stories before. I'll have to check.
BTW I'm right with you on Let It Be (Naked) one of my faves :)
andymooseman 4 years ago
Thanks Andy! I figured you'd enjoy this one. You know how i could talk about the Fab 4 forever!
anakin1814 4 years ago
Let It Be Naked? Sounds great. The way the original went was "produced by George Martin, over-produced by Phil Specter, and de-produced by Glynn Johns." It would be great to hear it all back in the original versions. Of course, when I first got all the original albums, they were on vinyl, and yes, I remember when they broke up... oh well, I'm old. Yes, the Idol show last night was (mostly) very good! Your excitement about the Beatles is great.
kenrg 4 years ago
I just got the tail end of vinyl by the time I started listening to music...and that was more for the extended mixes and 12" inch stuff. Unfortunately, I started out with cassettes...maybe THE worst media ever created...next to 8-tracks.
I love my iPod.
anakin1814 4 years ago
Since this is a Beatles-related vid, I thought I'd let you know about a score I made. Actually, a friend of mine snagged a whole lot of Beatles LP's for me from a Goodwill, including foreign editions and picture discs. Yay!!
-- Matt
TheHappyShow 4 years ago
If you're trying to make me jealous Matt, you win! That's incredible!
I'll buy it from you for $10. And I'll throw in a new bow tie for Happy.
anakin1814 4 years ago
LOL! It's tempting, but I plan on adding the LP's to my collection. I plan on making a video showing them off, as some are really cool editions.
-- Matt
MattHawes 4 years ago
That;s a cool idea! Actually, I don't even have a record player. I'm such an MP3 guy with like 5 iPods! For the vinyl folks out there, I know this kills them to hear!
anakin1814 4 years ago
Aaargh I've been itching since 5 minutes 50 I need my antihistamine cream! Cheers, Lesley
flydarling 4 years ago
Um...cheers?
anakin1814 4 years ago
STRAWBERRY FIELDS I'm allergic and you go and bring it up! Only joking. My parents weren't big Beatles fans despite where we lived. So I wasn't weaned on it and to be honest most of it passes me by. Cheers, Lesley
flydarling 4 years ago
Oh yes! LOL
anakin1814 4 years ago
I enjoyed American Idol last nite too..My hubby is great fan of beatles..
MeLady2 4 years ago
They all did a really good job! Especially Jackizie!
anakin1814 4 years ago
Dropped a comment in passing.. The Beatles are great, I'm old enough to have been around when they were still together as a group! :)
KurtGnu 4 years ago
That's a very lucky thing to have been able to experience.
anakin1814 4 years ago
Fantastic music! Great vlog.
weeknightingale 4 years ago
Thanks!
anakin1814 4 years ago
I was weaned on the Beatles - you know, John, Paul, Ringo and Harrison Ford! LOL
It's so strange to hear something other than my own reality with the Beatles - especially from people who are younger and discovered them later. I was there in the 60s when they were still together so there was this cool period of history and so MUCH great music, unlike much of the manufactured pablum there is today. Them were the days when mens were mens and bands were bands!
xxooxx great vlog baby!
LeSaMilano 4 years ago
I love hearing ppl talk about the Beatles who were there. I always feel slighted by that part of musical history. Music now days is so horrible and manufactrued..back then...it was just an incredible scene. I've been misplaced by about 20 years! LOL
anakin1814 4 years ago
The thing I find more amazing than The Beatles breaking up nearly 40 years ago is that they were only active for 10 years. To put that in perspective, that's the same as Britney Spears.
zebidee55 4 years ago
Yeah...Brits gone from Mickey Mouse Club to the nut house in that amount of time...And most ppl wouldn't even be able to name more than one or two of her hits. So sad.
anakin1814 4 years ago
Actually, that's the time from her debut single. If you include the stuff she did as a kid it's 16 years. (all trivia courtesy of Wiki) - twice the length of time between 'Love Me Do' and 'Abbey Road'.
zebidee55 4 years ago
Oh yeah..
And all we'll know her for is....Hmmm....a crappy video awards performance? Being a bad mom? Going crazy? I don't see any Abbey Road type of stuff in there!
anakin1814 4 years ago
It seems like the Beatles have been part of my life forever! I remember the first time they were on Ed Sullivan...and the rest is history! :) (And from what I have read, Paul's "dream" answer to you was pretty much "spot on", lol)
Whits1bone 4 years ago
They really are a part of our cultural fiber.
I think i was just beginning to find out about their other "influences" at the time, which blew my mind that they could create such amazing work from the experimentation.
Good stuff! :)
anakin1814 4 years ago
Great update, I think you tube ate my last comment. I have The Beatles blue and red albums too - I got them for Christmas too, YAY!!!! The Beatles rock!!! Oh your dream about Paul made me laugh and the stuff about Harrison Ford too LOL. *hugs*
jillyloveslaptop 4 years ago
I think a lot of us got those red and blue albums! I thought it was just me! :)
anakin1814 4 years ago
hey gary you know paul mccartney lived up here in brighton on the sea front right next to where i worked (except heather has that house now) i used to sea him a bit when i was working up there
ROCKsquareANORACK 4 years ago
That would be awsome to see him!
And don't get me started on Heather. Grrr.
anakin1814 4 years ago
I still think the best song ever written is Ave Maria, but the beatles are my favourite band too (though I know little of music- most of my time is taken up by movies).
LoveCraken 4 years ago
Ave maria is definitely up there.
anakin1814 4 years ago
One of my favourite songs is also "God" by John Lennon
LoveCraken 4 years ago
Oh yeah...that's great. I like "Mother" too.
anakin1814 4 years ago
Haha
I can't believe you said "Harrison Ford"
Do you like Wings?
LoveCraken 4 years ago
Yeah...shows you where my mind was. (it was late though...)
I LOVE Wings! When i saw Paul in concert, a lot of his stuff with Wings (like Maybe I'm Amazed) were just as incredible to hear live as were the Beatles songs. He's really created his own legacy.
anakin1814 4 years ago
I bought the red and blue album one year for christmas as a present to myself.
Drstrangelove17 4 years ago
I think that was a great introduction to the band for many of us!
anakin1814 4 years ago
That's one of my fave Beatles songs. I can't believe it's been 40 yrs since they broke up or that there are only two of them left alive. I really feel you on this. I think Elenore Rigby is soooo deep too. The first song I learned to play on guitar by the Beatles was Across The Universe. I discovered them in high school and never looked back. Thanks for sharing this!
missdivinestalls 4 years ago
You are very welcome! Unfortunately I can't play guitar at all. If I could, I think Blackbird would be the first one i'd learn.
anakin1814 4 years ago
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band, we hope you will enjoy the show... we sang it in a middle school talent show.. LOL shhhh
Harrison Ford.. what about a Studabaker? babahaha :P
Is your face getting furry? Your hair looks redder..are my eyes fried?
Thank for putting this up tonight since I can't sleep. I will be awaiting something good to comment back to.
I love blackbird...I do like a Ringo solo song called Photograph... thanks for talking with me LOL
LilCav68 4 years ago
I think you need to recreate that talent show for a video!
Yeah, my hair gets redder at times...although my lighting was quite contrasty with this video for some reason.
And yeah, Photograph is cool too! :)
anakin1814 4 years ago
No recreation on your life buddy..!! When you do the 199 video, I will sing MEBBE.
Go back and look at your old videos. It's RED... LOL..
I used Photograph for the graduation slide show last year...awesome message..
LilCav68 4 years ago
Hmmm.....MEBBE? What am I missing?
anakin1814 4 years ago
Who is on first? Mebbe I will sing.. once we get that other video from you (you know what I mean)... You first, then I will sing.. :P
LilCav68 4 years ago
Oh yes...the elusive shirtless vlog! Shake it like a polaroid picture?! LOL
anakin1814 4 years ago
I think you need to recreate that talent show for a video!
Yeah, my hair gets redder at times...although my lighting was quite contrasty with this video for some reason.
And yeah, Photograph is cool too! :)
anakin1814 4 years ago
I don't think there are many people who don't like the Beatles; their music is just too entrancing to turn away. I know my parents really liked them (esp my mom) and they basically introdced me to it, and I thank them for it. I don't really have the number of albums you do (I actually think I only have "One"), but nevertheless I will always be a fan of the Beatles, and nothing will ever change that. The quintessential boy band that became a legend.
jedimaster86 4 years ago
That's the funny thing about them...they actually were just a boy band when they started. They were part of that whole teen scene merchandizing thing...and somehow they became legendary. I think as they grew up, so did the times, and their fans...and it was the perfect timing.
anakin1814 4 years ago
The Beatles are to you what the Beach Boys are to me. My entire life my constant (make LOST refrences much?) has been litening to the poetry of Brian Wilson. Heck, my brother was named after Brian Wilson for heaven sakes.
And now in my last semester of college I'm falling in love again with the greatest allbum of all time, Pet Sounds.
Great video Gary. The Beatles are great, and Across the Universe was a terrific film. Rock on!
JohnPliskin 4 years ago
You know, I've just never been able to get into that copy of Pet Sounds that you gave me...i really need to give it another shot. So many ppl call it one of the best albums ever, and the Beatles say that album influenced them to make Sgt. Pepper.
And I'm glad you got my Lost reference! LOL
anakin1814 4 years ago
You know, I've just never been able to get into that copy of Pet Sounds that you gave me...i really need to give it another shot. So many ppl call it one of the best albums ever, and the Beatles say that album influenced them to make Sgt. Pepper.
And I'm glad you got my Lost reference! LOL
anakin1814 4 years ago
LOL, that's a funny dream! I should try and write a Beatles song on Mario Paint Composer. Actually I already have part of "Daytripper" done, but I'm more tempted to do something slower. Yesterday, "Valotte" by Julian Lennon came on and I really wanna try that one. It's kinda scary how much that song sounds like "Across The Universe" at the beginning, just more dissonant or something. Haven't watched tonight's "Idol" yet but it's on my DVR so I'm even more pumped about it now!
JealousGuy 4 years ago
I've been just "eh" regarding American Idol this year, but the McCartney/Lennon theme really got me interested in the show, finally.
anakin1814 4 years ago
Living is easy with eyes closed, misunderstanding all you see
It's getting hard to be someone but it all works out, it doesn't matter much to me
Let me take you down, 'cos I'm going to Strawberry Fields
Nothing is real, and nothing to get hungabout
Strawberry Fields forever
kayleewyatt 4 years ago
Nothing is real...
anakin1814 4 years ago
my mom said it was one of the first songs I could sing, my mom said it was creepy listening to a lil kid sing this song
kayleewyatt 4 years ago
COOL!
anakin1814 4 years ago
john lennon, and the carpenters
AwkwARD
kayleewyatt 4 years ago
LOL
anakin1814 4 years ago
LOL
anakin1814 4 years ago
FORD!!! LMAO!!!
Blizzeekitty 4 years ago
Who are you calling scruffy?
anakin1814 4 years ago
I have seen Ringo! Free concert at the Tatse of MN a few years ago. My kid and my mom laid in the grass and complained the entire time while I stood there in awe. Ringo was 60 something and doing jumping jacks on stage and he never slowed down. I never realized he was like Mick Jagger on stage, running all over the place. It was way too awesome!
Blizzeekitty 4 years ago
I should try to see if Ringo is playing somewhere this summer. I think he's out promoting a new album...
anakin1814 4 years ago
I just loved that movie to to top of my queue on my Blockbuster, haven't seen it yet.
When the Beatles were still together my sisters and I used to jump on the bed for hours to "I Wanna Hold Your Hand". We wore my mom's album out on the old phonograph.
In 1984 my English teacher taught St. Pepper in class and made us memorize the songs. It wasn't hard to do. :D
Blizzeekitty 4 years ago
I meant I moved that movie to the top of my queue.
Blizzeekitty 4 years ago
I think you need to make a video of you jumping on the bed singing that song again! LOL
anakin1814 4 years ago
Oh hell, I'd break the bed! LOL!!!!
Blizzeekitty 4 years ago
LOL!!!
anakin1814 4 years ago
I may be going to Las Vegas in the week between my last exam for this semester and when my summer class starts. Looks like LOVE is still going so I'm going to try and catch it while I'm there.
Aaroncast86 4 years ago
It's a little pricey, but well worth it.
anakin1814 4 years ago
I love the Beatles! I was lucky enough to have siblings who made me listen to them when I was in the 2nd grade.
I bet in the dorm room everything was like the I Am the Walrus sequence in Across the Universe.LOL!
lebowskiwinnfield2 4 years ago
That's a good way to put it! LOL
anakin1814 4 years ago
Harrison ford LOOOOOOL
I also bought the blue one at first, how funny is that.
I wouldn't be surprised if ATU will be a cult classic in 2 years.
Ranblv 4 years ago
I wonder if that blue album was an introduction to the Beatles for a certain generation? It was kind of their first "greatest hits" album of sorts which is always a good way to get into a new/old artist.
anakin1814 4 years ago
Many artists I got to know through a collection.
in most cases its the most cost effective first purchase.
Ranblv 4 years ago
Yes. BUt I have to admit, it wasn't until i got into their albums, like Sgt. Pepper and Abbey Road, that I appreciated their greatness. Greatest hits are good for the intro, but to me, a full on album is always better than a collection of singles.
anakin1814 4 years ago
Agreed, the second part in abbey road after "here comes the sun" is their best work by far.
Ranblv 4 years ago
Agreed 200%.
I just listened to "Her Majesty" on the way home from work tonight! LOL
anakin1814 4 years ago
that's interesting coz I had the same conversation with my Brother a few years ago that there a few things left that are a constant in my life and one of them was The Beetles. Nice vlog Gary, you look SO happy = )
Pippilly 4 years ago
Thanks Pip!
I've had this discussion many times with ppl....and decade after decade, the discussion stays the same...
anakin1814 4 years ago
Yeah? Well My Grandad told this story and century after century the constant remained the same lol
Pippilly 4 years ago
How young is your grandpa? LOL
anakin1814 4 years ago
A day in the Life, hands down... My favorite song.
Woke up - got out of bed... dragged a comb across my head. Made my way downstairs and drank a cup, and looking up, I noticed I was late...
Grabbed my coat, grabbed my hat. Made the bus in seconds flat. Made my way upstairs and lit a smoke and somebody spoke and I went into a dream.
captainfury2007 4 years ago
Number 9, number 9, number 9....
anakin1814 4 years ago
Number 9, number 9, number 9....
anakin1814 4 years ago
Illegal activity?
...downloading Prince tunes off Limewire??
I can relate to the "constant" you talk about. For me that's ABBA (and to a lesser extent, early stuff by Heart and Queen). Have only had abstract dreams about them, though.
(LOL @ JL's reaction to you, btw)
If Harrison Ford is the 6th Beatle, what does that make Chewbaca?
OhCurt 4 years ago
I think Chewbaca was their stylist, in charge of the "moptop."
I could be wrong though....
anakin1814 4 years ago