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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-09-09 09:58 PM
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Did any DU'ers watch The Beatles live 45 years ago? (tomorrow)
Edited on Mon Feb-09-09 10:03 PM by underpants
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nini Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-09-09 10:05 PM
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1. Yep.. If I remember correctly you could barely hear them over the screaming
:-)
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MichiganVote Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-09-09 10:10 PM
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2. You betcha' :)
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mth44sc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-09-09 10:10 PM
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3. I did n/t
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likesmountains 52 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-09-09 10:11 PM
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4. I did...and my parents would not let me go see them live at Red Rocks because
Edited on Mon Feb-09-09 10:12 PM by likesmountains 52
the tickets were....$6! Oh my...1964
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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-09-09 10:32 PM
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6. Speaking of money
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x8501020

the answer is $2,400. Safe to say it was good for publicity though
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no name no slogan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-09-09 11:09 PM
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7. That was six months pay for a working person back then
Not too bad a deal for one appearance by a relatively unknown band at the time.
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conscious evolution Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-09-09 10:29 PM
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5. Yes,but
I was only an infant at the time.
My parents told me years later that I saw it with them.
Frankly,I don't remember it myself.
However,the first song I can remember hearing was Hard Days Night and the first TV show I remember was the Beatles cartoon show.
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tigereye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-09-09 11:10 PM
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8. yes, but I don't think I really knew what I was seeing


we tended to watch Sullivan regularly. Wow I feel old looking at that picture!
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FarLeftRage Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-09-09 11:12 PM
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9. Yes....
I was less than a month away from sixth b-day.
And still to this very day, I get an occasional "All My Loving" ear worm!!
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Oeditpus Rex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-09-09 11:21 PM
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10. I dunno if it was their first Sullivan appearance
But, yeah, I remember seein' 'em and thinkin', "What's all the fuss about?" :shrug:



My neighbor went to their final concert.
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Digit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-10-09 03:29 AM
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21. I saw it on Ed Sullivan
Yep, I ended up purchasing Beatle Boots, a Beatle Sweatshirt, Beatle Albums and John Lennon's book (which a friend swiped).

Good times, good times.....
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Kat45 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-09-09 11:28 PM
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11. Yup. I was a little kid then.
I watched it and I loved the Beatles.
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txwhitedove Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-09-09 11:40 PM
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12. Oh yes! My two BFF's got to sleep over so we could watch it together.
:hi:
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RushIsRot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-09-09 11:52 PM
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13. Hands up. I did! On a blurry black and white TV.
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Left Is Write Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-10-09 12:02 AM
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14. That would have been extremely difficult for me, as I didn't make my appearance until 1966.
:D
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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-10-09 12:03 AM
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15. I sure did!
I was living in a private dorm in college, and our lounge was crammed full! I was lucky and had gotten one of the couch places...

It was amazing!

All these shrieking girls!

The Ed Sullivan Show...

I'll never forget it!
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elleng Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-10-09 12:07 AM
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16. On Sullivan?
Sure, with college roommates.

We NOW sing, 'When I'm 64!!!'
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csziggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-10-09 12:46 AM
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17. Yes, though I was not all that impressed
I thought their music was simplistic and could not stand all the screaming. It wasn't until the 70s that I began to like their music.
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emilyg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-10-09 12:51 AM
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18. Yes.
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DFW Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-10-09 02:00 AM
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19. If that was on Ed Sullivan, I sure did
Makes me feel VERY ancient!
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Whoa_Nelly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-10-09 02:07 AM
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20. Sure did!
I was in a swoon over Paul!

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Drunken Girlfriend Donating Member (310 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-10-09 05:00 AM
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22. The Beatles
No,because I have only been alive for 30 yrs.lol

But I am a huge Beatles fan,and listen to a local station,
Q107,and this station has been doing a Beatles marathon for weeks now,
to celebrate their 45 yrs in music.

Here's a link to the online station,if anyone wants to check it out.
http://www.q107.com/
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peacefreak Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-10-09 07:30 AM
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23. Yeah yeah yeah
I was 12 years old. I was glued to the tv set. A couple days later I went out & bought Meet the Beatles for $2.98 at G Fox & Co.
The next time they were on I got my father's Wollensack reel to reel & taped them. Boy, I wish I still had those tapes!
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RebelOne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-10-09 07:40 AM
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24. Yup, sure did on black and white TV.n/t
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dembotoz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-10-09 10:18 AM
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25. yea and i did not understand what the big deal was
I was like 10 at the time, and i had to sort of grow into them.

But

I do remember watching it.
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Tuesday Afternoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-10-09 10:26 AM
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26. oh. yeah
:bounce:
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TommyO Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-10-09 10:46 AM
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27. I'll have to ask my mother later today
I was just a bun in the oven at the time.
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alsame Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-10-09 11:36 AM
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28. Me! I was 5 years old. And I've loved them ever since. n/t
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1gobluedem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-10-09 11:43 AM
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29. I did
It was the night before my fourth birthday. My parents let us stay up to watch because they thought it would be historic. We were just excited that we got to stay up and had no idea what we were watching. When the Beatles ran onstage all the girls screamed so my sister and I did too; thinking that's what we were supposed to do.
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book lady Donating Member (378 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-10-09 12:19 PM
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30. I did...
Milwaukee Arena
September 4, 1964
lower parquet
$5.50
:)
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Bake Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-10-09 12:29 PM
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31. Yes I did! Even tried to take photos off the TV ...
It was groovy.

Bake
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Parche Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-10-09 01:25 PM
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32. run fetus run
i was only 8months in my own bedwomb.......:woohoo: :hi:
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