This has nothing to do with cookbooks or cooking, but I am not about to pass up celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Beatles on Ed Sullivan. I distinctly remember watching them along with 74 million other people, completely mesmerized, and completely falling in love with Paul. My seventh grade little heart was beating like crazy and I couldn’t wait to call my girlfriends after the show. Life was never the same.
I still have Beatles bubble gum cards and other items that I couldn’t find at the moment, but I did find my old 45’s and a few albums. One of my favorite memories is singing “Hey, Jude” with a pile of girls in my friend Jeanette’s car in our high school days. It was an old Impala and we had all the windows rolled down and sang at the top of our lungs. I’m surprised we didn’t get arrested for disturbing the peace.
I can’t believe the old 45’s aren’t warped and chipped from playing over and over for countless years. They made it intact through many moves. I must get a jukebox someday…
Even though I loved the Beatles and still do, there was a time when I got “mad” at them. It was the White Album. And I mean the original cover of the bloodied baby dolls. I thought it was gross and refused to buy the album. I can’t believe I actually had in my hands, an original album that now goes for six figures at auctions. Another time while living near San Francisco, I took a shopping trip over to Fisherman’s Wharf one weekend and strolled around looking at all the tables of various items sold by some hippies, and a large poster caught my eye. It was sort of hard to miss actually; it was a full length photo of a naked John Lennon and Yoko Ono just standing there smiling. Wonder what that would sell for now. I will have to be content with my bubble gum cards.
How I wish I had seen them in concert together, or gone to Liverpool in its heyday. But it’s still possible to see Paul and Ringo, and I could easily go to Liverpool. Did you know that Beatle tourism in Liverpool brings in about $665 million per year? Even though the boys left Liverpool, the city never let go of their favorite sons. I’ll never let go of them either.
My favorite song? “In My Life.” What’s yours?
Beatles forever…
In My Life is a favorite here, too. We had wanted it for our first dance wedding song, but the band refused to learn how to play it
Why wouldn’t they want to learn such a popular song? What did you have instead?
I loved the boys from Liverpool. At first, I thought Paul was my true Beatles love. But turns out, it was George.
I was lucky enough to see them in person at the Indiana State Fair in 1964. One of my best memories from my teen years. My husband and I saw Ringo and his band at the Ryman in Nashville a couple of years ago, and I felt like that 14-year-old Beatle-loving girl again. It was his 72nd birthday, so sort of a combination birthday party/concert.
“Here Comes the Sun” is my favorite song, with “In My Life” a close second. I also love “Lady Madonna” for obvious reasons. I was sure they wrote it for me.
I can’t even imagine what it must have been like to see them in 1964; and then to see Ringo again decades later. Beyond cool. I think they did write Lady Madonna for you..