Beatlemania!

[JakeGittes]

I’ve spoken of this elsewhere…

The Majestic Music Appreciation Thread

My turn. When I was a kid, my aunt gave me a bunch of singles, and when we got home I sat on my bedroom floor in front of a little cheap record player. I remember it was red, probably looked something like this. [s-l500] Anyway, I played one platter after the other, but I can’t tell you what they were because they failed to leave an impression. But there’s one, just one… I slide this 45 onto the player without looking at it, gently placed needle to groove, and “KAPOW!” when I heard those not…

The Beatles weren’t just a band I liked, something I listened to, they were, aside from my parents, the most important, life-changing element in my life. Growing up, I knew I was looking for something, I just didn’t know what it was until I found them. Then it was like, “Oh yeah, I want this, I want to do this too”

The music was the soundtrack to my life, it’s been with me every day since I discovered it. My lists of favorite songs, favorite band, favorite albums, all topped by the Beatles. The books, the movies, I have it all, love it all.