1964
’The Beatles sweep through the great US cities, drawing tens of thousands to airports for the merest glimpse.
They play for no more than half an hour per concert. A Hard Days Night has guaranteed them star status in the cinema and they laughed their way through Help! in Technicolour. Paul dreams that he has written Yesterday – and has. They are the first band to play a baseball stadium, Shea in New York, breaking records for crowd fever, numbers and good cheer. Oh, and they go to Buckingham Palace to receive medals from the Queen and, by now, more or less accept it as their due. They are, however, as happy and polite as can be.
’Wherever they went, they brought Beatlemania with them. They couldn’t help it; it was a form of real love. George would say many years later that the world used them as an excuse to go mad and then blamed it on the Beatles, but there is a parallel theory that it was time for the world to go that sort of mad – get down a bit, loosen up, and like Uncle John in Long Tall Sally, have some fun tonight. The crowd scenes are awesome and, in retrospect awful. How did no-one get killed?...
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thomasandfriends on 14th Mar 10:
“the beatles shal honor everyone for as long as they shal live lol!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
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beatlemania09 on 2nd Mar 10:
“Out of the hundreds of interviews The Beatles had, one of the best I think is when a reporter asked The Beatles, "People are saying that you're trying to be like Elvis with your music". And Ringo, while shaking his hair and pointing is finger out like Elvis said, "That's not true! That's not true!"”
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beatlesfan28 on 22nd Feb 10:
“paul rocks and my favorite of 1964 was i wanna hold your hand it rocks!”
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123JOHN on 19th Feb 10:
“I love a hard days night, "MISTA MISTA CAN WE HAVE OUR BALL BACK?!" hilarious!
PS they r GEORGEous!” -
sgtpepperharddaysnight1009 on 15th Feb 10:
“I do to but i`m 13”
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Beatles Girl on 13th Feb 10:
“i agree 100% w/ marydean:) on my history book it says:" 1964:the beatles rock band has it's 1st american tour" i was like awesome and showed everyone....but of course they didn't care:( sooo sad AAAAHHHH!!!!!!GEORGEous George is lookin' in the camera*faints and lil sis has 2 push enter*”
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TheMaccaForever on 5th Feb 10:
“George said the cutest stuff. Hahaha. Paulie is, and always will be, my favorite <3.”
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paul#1 fan on 4th Feb 10:
“paul is #1!!!!!!”
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pearl31st on 3rd Feb 10:
“my fav. is paul! :D”
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theBeatlezandME on 26th Jan 10:
“gosh jonh looks so cute with his shaggy hair :)”
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