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I rented one of the Beatles Anthology DVDs. The song Free As a Bird is so haunting, John's voice especially so pure and lovely. I wish that John and George had lived to be much older, so we could still hear new music from them.

'scuse me...just lurking late at night...

i miss the beatles too. i was 6 or 7 when the first single came out and can still hear it playing on my sisters Dansette record player.
'I wanna hold your hand'
...anyway, just thought i'd drop by and say hi.

alec.

Hi there. At least we have what the Beatles did record saved for posterity! But I was thinking about how Lennon was only 40 when he died - I am almost 40 myself. How many great songs went unsung because he was killed. It is so sad. But I love to listen to my Beatle CDs, all the time.

Do you remember "Yes, It Is"? The one that goes "Please don't wear red tonight?" Beautiful song, but I only have is on vinyl, and no stereo anymore!

i must admit that john was the least favourite beatle for me...perhaps unjustly, i held him and yoko responsible for the break-up of the band. Having grown up with their music, the split was hard to take.

As for 'yes it is' the words 'please don't wear red tonight' ring a distant bell but can you give me some more lyrics please?
i'm sure its not on any of the cd's that i have, and the vinyls are long gone i'm afraid.

alec.

I love the beatles too.
Wore out the 45's, then the albulms , then tapes.

Glad I have them on CD now

I missed the Beatles most of my childhood. Even though I was born in 1965, I grew up in a household where that rock music was considered corrupting. I love the Beatles now. I still resent that I was denied what I now consider to be a part of the most basic cultural education. Listening to them now makes me cry if I'm not on meds cause I get so sad about this. Now I own Abbey Road on CD and St Pepper on vinyl. I would buy more but I can never decide when I'm at the record store.

"Please don't wear red tonight. This is what he said tonight. For red is the color that my baby wore, and what's more, it's true, yes it is, it's true"

and "...but it's my pride, yes it is, oh yes it is"

Not very profound lyrics I know, but it had a certain melancholy which I like.

You know I can't remember which of the Beatles wrote it, in fact it may have been one they didn't write, just covered. Can't remember which album either, just that it was an early one.

Does anyone remember in one of the Dirk Gently books, Douglas Adams constructs an entire conversation out of Beatles songs, LOL? Stuff like "Wait. It won't be long. Let it be."

Aww, Hellbound, what a shame, to be denied the Beatles. I was born in 1965 too, so I was too little to experience them first hand. But I can remember singing along with "Octopus's Garden" and "Yellow Submarine" with gusto at a very early age. And as I grew I devoured my older siblings vinyl records. You know Hellbound, it's never too late to have a happy childhood -- go by your local library and check out everything Beatley you can get your hands on. Then you will know whether you want to buy any others. Nothing so good should ever make you feel sad!

More info on Yes It Is. It was the flip side to Ticket to Ride. And it was a Lennon/McCartney song. John, Paul, and George all sing in harmony on it.

Library, good idea JEllen. I can to to the website and request things from here. I know my local branch doesn't have much.

The impact the Beatles had on our generation cannot be overstated.Either you were a part of it, or you weren`t.Iremembered the lyrics as if I`d heard them yesterday,not 35 yrs. ago~

I was a little too young (and too sheltered by my parents) to get much out of them first time round. (I was born in 1954 and remember clearly where I was when "Twist and Shout" first came out in 1963).

My husband however, had, at the last count, some 48 records, counting all the solo albums of each of the four and various compendiums. We now have all of that on CD as well. (The last count was probably about 15 years ago).

My second son, who has played lots of Beatles music on guitar and even has book of versions for the violin, says he doesn't like them. I can accept this attitude, as he really knows their music well and knows a lot about music in general, but I don't think anyone can *not* like *all* of them and all of their songs, as there is so much variety in their repertoire.

Strangely enough, personally, I can take them or leave them, although it did take me ten years to recover from John Lennon's death and most of the songs bring back very strong memories. But as a teenager I was more into swooning over people like the Walker Brothers (to look at) and spending every Sunday afternoon with John Peel and more avant garde music (to listen to). The early Beatles tunes were too simple for my taste.

Having said that, I probably know most songs off by heart, certainly from Abbey Road and Sergeant Pepper, and from the White Album.

So I don't miss them, getting back to the subject in question - I am happy with what they left us.

Their personalities were very much part of their charisma..I`d be shocked if many of today`s bands even try to banter.