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[lapfog_1]

1. And the young women in the video

probably around 15 years old at the time...

are now 67 years old.

[Special Prosciuto]

2. What does that matter?

My sister was there at 18 and still loves that day.

[lapfog_1]

5. Just remarking on the passage of time

I was 10 at the time, and my 15 year old cousin was NUTS for the Beatles.

I grew to like them later. Seems like only "Yesterday"

[dflprincess]

3. I know that all too well

My cousin & I saw them at Met Stadium in Bloomington, MN on August 21. My aunt dropped us off and in we went. Can you imagine letting a pair of 12 year olds go off to concert by themselves now?

I'll let you do the math on how old we are today.

[lunamagica]

28. You are so so very lucky. I'm green with envy

[H2O Man]

22. And we still

feel young when we hear these songs. The Beatles were such a huge part of our youth.

[lapfog_1]

24. yeah, I was really young, but I remember

my cousins came to visit and one was around 15 in mid-sixties. She had a copy of "Hard Days Night" which she played over and over... my dad "accidentally" left it on top of our tube amplifier and it warped the record so bad it wouldn't play anymore. My cousin was soooo mad.

[karynnj]

37. yeah --- just like me

So hard to believe that was 50 years ago - life goes fast. The Beatles wrote the soundtract for our adolesence and made a chaotic time happier. I saw them at a baseball stadium that year in Chicago. Everyone said I would not even know what they sang. Nerd that I was, I wrote the list on a notepad -- after straining to hear enough to make out the song. Auido systems have improved immensely since then!

[pamela]

4. I see Sally and Don Draper!

I've been re-watching Mad Men on Audience for the past month and today's episode was the one where Don got tickets for Sally to see the Beatles at Shea. Thanks for that video.

[msongs]

6. brian epstein probably one of the few who could actually hear them nt

[Scarsdale]

31. The Lads from Liverpool

put us on the map. I am from Liverpool. Been to the museum and store many times. Got the autographs of 3 (no Paul) at the Liverpool airport for my niece who was a regular at the Cavern. They all look so young. Brian Epstein guided them in their early careers.

[examexpo]

7. This is very painful

why all these cried..

[mr_lebowski]

15. Because they were so IN LOVE with The Beatles ...

You see this phenomenon in all sorts of video's of famous good-looking Rock and Roll performers from the late 1950's thru the 1960's ... women crying out of love and excitement for being finally getting to be physically close to their idols. They did this for Elvis Presley as well ... these girls were in LOVE and totally star-struck. Paul in particular was a major heart-throb for the ladies, due to his boyish good looks, but many, many girls at the time had HUGE crushes on every one of the four, even dorky-looking Ringo.

Welcome to DU, btw ...

[Cobalt Violet]

33. George for me!

[Special Prosciuto]

18. When were tears of hurt last shed for a rock band?

Those girls were having orgasms that led them to well, whatever.

[BigmanPigman]

8. So many changes from 1965-70 in both the Beatles and

our country/society as a whole.

[Boomerproud]

9. It does seem like it didn't really happen doesn't it.

I'm as big a fan as you can meet, but it's all so bittersweet now with the passage of time and the way the world is today.

[PufPuf23]

11. That is my thought as well. There was an innocence and blindness then.

I was 12 and living in the San Francisco Bat Area.

[mr_lebowski]

17. This is shortly before I was born (by about a year) in Oakland CA ...

IIRC the very last Beatles concert was right before I was born. Star Trek started like a month before I was born ... if you go back and look at how much 'stuff' happened in the year 1966, it's really pretty trippy. Looking back, that was one hell of a year in terms of 'happenings' ... definitely a major 'turning point' in history. And that's not just because, you know ... me.

I grew up in the Bay and lived there most of my first 41 years, aside from short stints in Hong Kong and San Luis Obispo for college. My Mom & Stepdad & Dad & half-brothers ... all still live in the East Bay. What a brilliant, brilliant place it is ... can't afford to live there anymore though. At least, not until my folks pass away and leave me a house (or two) of theirs ...

[Ken Burch]

20. You are right. It was in Candlestick Park in '66-just across the Bay from where you'd be born

n/t.

[H2O Man]

23. Except for

the one on the rooftop.

[mr_lebowski]

38. Of course ... Atop Apple (Records) Building, for filming of Let It Be ...

I LOVE LOVE LOVE that movie ... the Across The Universe, Get Back and the Spector-less Long and Winding Road performances (SO MUCH BETTER ... and I've said that since I was like 12 yo) ... being particular faves ... I think the first two were performed during the rooftop show, been a while since I seen it though.

Not really a 'concert' though ...

[shenmue]

10. I grew up in Flushing

[LudwigPastorius]

12. They played the whole concert without monitor speakers.

I doubt they heard what they were singing, and had to rely on muscle memory.

They may have gotten a little sound of the instruments from the amps they had on stage, but it's amazing that they were able to play together at all.

Three days later, in Atlanta, a local sound company set up a primitive stage monitor system and they could hear themselves during a live performance for the first time in a couple of years.

[Ohiya]

13. The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years

My wife and I recently enjoyed watching the movie "The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years" on DVD. It was made in 2016 by Ron Howard.

[gopiscrap]

25. welcome to DU

[Ohiya]

32. Thanks!

Happy to be here!

[oberliner]

14. How could the people in the upper deck hear or see anything?

With those tiny amps and nothing projected on screens.

[HockeyMom]

30. We couldn't hear anything

except screaming in the "nosebleed" seats. It didn't matter to us. The Beatles looked liked ants on stage, but we knew just being there was a part of history in the making.

I was not quite 17. My Grandma worked as a Nanny for an ABC Executive and got 2 free tickets from him.

[mr_lebowski]

16. LOVE IT!!!

I'm a HUUUUUUUGE Beatles fan, and my trivia knowledge of them would blow your mind ... and I've seen Paul a few times live over the years ..

BUT SOMEHOW, even after seeing him play (via film/video/live) with the group and solo literally 1000+ times ... it NEVER occurred to me ... that Paul is a lefty ... until JUST NOW.

That really blows my mind, man ... seriously ... such a trip that I've never noticed that. How the F*** could I have NOT noticed that in my 50 years of life?!? WOW.

Anyways thx for posting!

[PatrickforO]

19. They were the gods of Rock and Roll.

I was crazy about the Beatles then and I'm crazy about them now.

[H2O Man]

21. Recommended.

The Beatles changed the way that a generation experienced the world.

[Heartstrings]

26. I remember this so well.....

The Fab Four! Thanks for posting!

[Miles Archer]

27. Highlight of that show for me is Lennon playing the Vox with his elbow on "I'm Down."

[lunamagica]

29. Thank you! Oh, how I wish I'd been there!

BTW, Meryl Streep was at that concert. You can see her in a couple of clips.

[Hamlette]

34. I remember it was scandalous because their hair was so long!

There was so much good music during those years. I had a crush on Paul but liked the Rolling Stones more. Wish I'd seen the Beatles, I've seen the Stones a few times.

[chwaliszewski]

35. I was born in Nov '64 so couldn't attend their shows but...

my mom said she remembers becoming pregnant with me after the Ed Sullivan appearance earlier in February.

My wife and I saw Ringo here in Seattle a couple of years ago. We took our two teenage daughters to their first concert ever to go see Sir Paul. The Beatles will always remain an important part of my life as I grew up listening to them on 8 track back in the '70s.

If you ever get the chance, check out Scott Freiman's Deconstructing the Beatles movies. http://www.beatleslectures.com/

[mr_lebowski]

39. A 45 record of 'A Little Help From My Friends' was the first vinyl I owned, gift from my stepdad ...

When I was about 6, cause I loved Sgt Peppers album song so much ... also cause he didn't want me playing nicking his copies of the original releases and playing 'em on my 'suitcase' turntable, kid's one with the three colored lights behind the opaque plastic in the lid, that 'flashed' with the beat of the music ... lol ... he had a Garrard TT with Shure needle and said if I played his records w/my junky needle, then he played them, they'd sound bad and ruin his needle ...

[Bengus81]

36. Amazing too....they played KC in 64 or 65 and the tickets were $2.50...

In today's money that would be $19.53 per ticket. McCartney played here a few weeks back and tickets in decent seats were $250 to whatever the market would bear.