OK Boomers CNN has a special The Sixties: The British Invasion on now

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Recommended!

The Sixties: The British Invasion : The Beatles launch a music revolution that influences virtually every aspect of modern American life

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1. I saw it last night and thought it was very well done.

It was disconcerting to see all of those musicians looking so young and gorgeous. The music was just so good then...

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2. I was such a diehard Beatles fan I wanted nothing to do with other Brit bands

especially not those unkempt Rolling Stones and their singer's stupid dance steps.

Fortunately, I was only nine, and my musical tastes matured along with me.


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3. My mom was convinced Mick Jagger was very, very bad

So I had to like the Beatles officially but I really liked the Stones more.

When the Beatles played the first time on Ed Sullivan it caused such a stir that the next day at elementary school that my neighbor pulled her shirt off in front of the other kids, we were maybe 7 at the time.

I still love all of it to this day.

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5. The morning after, I told my mother I wanted a guitar for Christmas

because I was going to be Paul McCartney when I grew up. Been playing ever since!


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4. the beatles were just like justin bieber....except they had talent lol nt

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6. It was only by watching old footage

that I learned that Frank Sinatra and Elvis also elicited the kind of response The Beatles did.


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7. Without Dave Davies there is no metal , no punk, no alternative ...

That is all ....

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8. the very first Beatles record played on US radio station

A DJ in Columbus--I think--played "I Wanna Hold Your Hand" and the young lady who brought it over introduced it on-air. It was supposedly the first time a Beatles song was played for an American radio audience.

Think about it; back then someone had to physically bring a record with them on their trip across the Atlantic in order for that to have happen. I was a military kid living in England at the time, we all bought records, and returned to the states with them.