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chwaliszewski

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

Reply to Special Prosciuto (Original post)

Tue Aug 22, 2017, 03:44 AM

Aug 2017

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/

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This message was self-deleted by its author [View all] Special Prosciuto Aug 2017 OP

And the young women in the video lapfog_1 Aug 2017 #1

What does that matter? Special Prosciuto Aug 2017 #2

Just remarking on the passage of time lapfog_1 Aug 2017 #5

I know that all too well dflprincess Aug 2017 #3

You are so so very lucky. I'm green with envy lunamagica Aug 2017 #28

And we still H2O Man Aug 2017 #22

yeah, I was really young, but I remember lapfog_1 Aug 2017 #24

yeah --- just like me karynnj Aug 2017 #37

I see Sally and Don Draper! pamela Aug 2017 #4

brian epstein probably one of the few who could actually hear them nt msongs Aug 2017 #6

The Lads from Liverpool Scarsdale Aug 2017 #31

This is very painful examexpo Aug 2017 #7

Because they were so IN LOVE with The Beatles ... mr_lebowski Aug 2017 #15

George for me! Cobalt Violet Aug 2017 #33

When were tears of hurt last shed for a rock band? Special Prosciuto Aug 2017 #18

So many changes from 1965-70 in both the Beatles and BigmanPigman Aug 2017 #8

It does seem like it didn't really happen doesn't it. Boomerproud Aug 2017 #9

That is my thought as well. There was an innocence and blindness then. PufPuf23 Aug 2017 #11

This is shortly before I was born (by about a year) in Oakland CA ... mr_lebowski Aug 2017 #17

You are right. It was in Candlestick Park in '66-just across the Bay from where you'd be born Ken Burch Aug 2017 #20

Except for H2O Man Aug 2017 #23

Of course ... Atop Apple (Records) Building, for filming of Let It Be ... mr_lebowski Aug 2017 #38

I grew up in Flushing shenmue Aug 2017 #10

They played the whole concert without monitor speakers. LudwigPastorius Aug 2017 #12

The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years Ohiya Aug 2017 #13

welcome to DU gopiscrap Aug 2017 #25

Thanks! Ohiya Aug 2017 #32

How could the people in the upper deck hear or see anything? oberliner Aug 2017 #14

We couldn't hear anything HockeyMom Aug 2017 #30

LOVE IT!!! mr_lebowski Aug 2017 #16

They were the gods of Rock and Roll. PatrickforO Aug 2017 #19

Recommended. H2O Man Aug 2017 #21

I remember this so well..... Heartstrings Aug 2017 #26

Highlight of that show for me is Lennon playing the Vox with his elbow on "I'm Down." Miles Archer Aug 2017 #27

Thank you! Oh, how I wish I'd been there! lunamagica Aug 2017 #29

I remember it was scandalous because their hair was so long! Hamlette Aug 2017 #34

I was born in Nov '64 so couldn't attend their shows but... chwaliszewski Aug 2017 #35

A 45 record of 'A Little Help From My Friends' was the first vinyl I owned, gift from my stepdad ... mr_lebowski Aug 2017 #39

Amazing too....they played KC in 64 or 65 and the tickets were $2.50... Bengus81 Aug 2017 #36