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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BEATLES/LBP on 2nd Sep 10:
“i like this year cuz i thats when they came to usa the home of rock and roll and pour ringo looks like hes been put in the back and not inportant”
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lennonismyguy on 24th Aug 10:
“hey can anybody help me figure something out? i have a handout thing that i got at an antique store that says: The Beatles first us concert performance, at the washington sports arena, washington D.C, feb. 11, 1964, what concert is this?
thanks guys! PEACE!”
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alsks on 22nd Aug 10:
“RINGOOOOOOOOOOO!”
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PaulMccartneyGigi531 on 20th Aug 10:
“Is it very old for me to love the Beatles? I am just 14 years old!!!
Anyway, they are the greatest band in the world.” -
IracheCorn on 17th Aug 10:
“OMG look at Paul!!! isn't that the se***iest face???! I love him a lot!!!! I wasn't born in the 40's so I could be with The Beatles at the 60's and be of their age hahaha too complicated LOL <3”
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Rachel84663 on 14th Aug 10:
“PAUL IS MINE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
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arod on 3rd Aug 10:
“my favorite year”
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iheartspaul(: on 29th Jul 10:
“paul<3”
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Mrs.Paul McCartney on 21st Jul 10:
“Oh my goodness!! Paul's face is soo adorable in this picture!! Love you!!”
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MarthamyDear98 on 21st Jul 10:
“love pauls hair cut thier and his face hehe”
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