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51 years ago today, I went to The Beatles concert. Me & Sis sat in Row J. I still have the ticket stub and some Beatle cards. Paul was magnificent. George looked at me. John was my favourite but Paul upstaged him. Ringo was quiet, except for the drums, of course.

Bummer! I was only 3 years old, and autistic, when the Beatles came to America.

I can imagine you being one of the Screaming Ones!

I started getting interested in the Beatles about 1967. I used to like the song "Ticket to Ride." Then I liked "Hello, Goodbye." Of course, I didn't understand Sergeant Pepper. I was more into their earlier songs. then.

They were a big part of my soundtrack during my early life.

Great post! Paul and George Martin are my favorites--they helped translate the band's ideas to tape.

My next door neighbor when I was growing up went to the Shea Stadium concert.

^The Shea Stadium Concert! The biggest, the best, oh there are no words ... kiss your neighbour for me ... or scream, as the mood may take you.

Even today, Paul can walk up to a mike and say "Close your eyes" and everybody goes bonkers. It's still my favourite. Its real name is All My Lovin'.

I didn't understand Sargeant Pepper either. That was where I got off the ride. In the newspaper, Paul said, "I am not a mop head." I threw down the paper. I thought, "Fine! You won't be a mop head and I won't be a Beatlemaniac." I took down the dozens of Beatles posters in my bedroom, even the ones on the ceiling.

Here's something more recent - I think it's terrific.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8OY2MK ... zm86PAXDhv

That's a neat memory. The Beatles were one of my "special interests" when I was in my teens, although of course I was a bit too young to go see them in concert. I bought all the albums, tracked down all the rarities, and made and re-made tapes with all the songs in chronological order.

I don't listen to them often nowadays, but when I do, I'm still impressed by their energy and creativity.

The Beatles are one of my two favourite bands. I would have loved to have been there with you. John Lennon's my favourite because of all the songs about peace and togetherness that he recorded.

What's the other favourite band?

Ah come on, Claradoon---you know what it is! LOL

THE KINKS!! !! !

Of course I do!! Apologies, CockneyRebel, of course I remember it's the Kinks, with that beautiful quote about Mick Avory's hands.

I remember watching the Beatle cartoons, going to see Yellow Submarine in a movie theater with only one screen, remember those and the people playing records backwards looking for more clues that "Paul Is Dead".

It is a half a century later and they still played more varied styles fantistically then most any group since. And Ringo is one cool elderly gent and just a very nice person.

I thought the Beatles cartoons were pretty stupid, for some reason.

I did like "A Hard Day's Night." I've never seen "Help!"

The Beatles were innovators in lots of ways.

I saw the cartoons once and, yes, they were stupid. If they had caught any of gestures that we knew so well, it might have been better. I saw "A Hard Day's Night in a local theatre with my cousin's entire high school class and bunch of nuns. I have the impression that we were the first in the city to see it. I have a copy of it but it's VHS.

If memory serves me, they were wrapping up the filming of "A Hard Day's Night" when when somebody mentioned that the movie needed music to open with. Paul & John went home and wrote "A Hard Day's Night" and brought it in the next day. Am I the only one that gets thrills hearing it?

It's a great song, in my opinion.

Very clever.

Supposedly Ringo once said, "It's a hard day's night."

Maybe he said "Eight Days a Week," too!