Beatles- Coming to America!

A 'news item' for the late night crowd about the soon-to-arrive Beatles.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Beatles
• Lennon
• McCartney
• George
• Harrison
• Ringo
• Starr
• pop
• Parr
• commentary
• analysis

[sapphiretaurus]

Jack could mock all he liked, but even he knew, deep down, what major change in social and musical history was about to happen.

[Marvson]

And you wonder if he wanted the Beatles for his own show!

[whathoney73]

For an entire year since they first started having hits on the radio the Brits had them all to themselves. Rock n Roll may be an American invention but no one perfected it like that band from England.

[guyascott]

made in britain...

[JNagarya]

@xander7ful The screaming was in part because of being in The Beatles' presence. Anotther aspect was that they really were exciting: note how they are relaxed, and animated, and actually move around informally on stage. Everyone else to that poinnt was a straightjacketed stiff.

And it mattered that they were having fun.

[hankaaron1961]

Some 20 years later or so, Jack Parr would boast that he had the Beatles on his show before Ed Sullivan. What he would fail to mention is that it was to ridicule the band.

[noblesiner]

I've had beatlemania for almost the pass two years now. I love them so much.

[spudnick3490]

Presenter is a cunt lol

[jgstargazer]

@fab42 Me too, I remember the anticipation and excitment we had when we learned the Beatles had landed in America.

[Snotra]

Long haired bastids! :P

[fab42]

I remember this like it was yesterday...

[stephkills]

Haha that's what I said too. I think the screaming's mostly for the fun of it, like how you scream on a rollercoaster but you're not really scared? It would still be smarter for the to scream in between songs so that they could actually hear the music. I mean, that's what I would do.

[beatlesboy1998]

cause they are good

[xander7ful]

I like the Beatles but I still don't get the screaming. I feel like the girl at 1:33 holding her ears.

Jack Paar was a jerk. He mocked both Judy Garland and Oscar Levant when they were on his show because he knew they had problems. He liked to kick people when they were down.