Somebody has to post it: Ladies and Gentlemen, The Beatles!

[Faygo Kid]

I was a young teen in Detroit, then. Can you imagine 1964, The Beatles and Motown, too? I have been blessed, and DU is part of that. Enjoy.

[madrchsod]

1. i remember where i was when wls in chicago played the first beatles record.

i`m not sure if you got wlac nashville tennessee up there in motown. that radio station influenced a lot of musicians in the upper midwest and into canada. clear channel 50,000 watts of southern soul music.

[BodieTown]

2. He Went for F-A-Y-G-O-O-O...

I was a very young kid in St Clair Shores (Detroit) when this was broadcast, and I vaguely remember what a HUGE night that was on TV. Everybody was talking about it.

Shortly after it aired, Beatlemania hit all the stores. I remember going to Robert Hall's and seeing a display of Beatle wigs, guitars, etc...all the stuff that is worth a fortune today, if in mint condition.

You will get an appreciation of the Beatles' genius harmonies by watching a few of the videos by this guy, Galeazzo Frudua, on YouTube:

He is a Beatles expert and master of their vocals.

[Gman]

3. Somewhere on YouTube is a video of how to play

The first "clang" chord of Hard Days Night. Took a while to figure out but it's cool.

http://www.openculture.com/2011/12/guitarist_randy_bachman_demystifies_the_opening_chord_of_a_hard_days_night.html

[BodieTown]

4. That Is Fairly Awesome Stuff

I never had this kind of appreciation for The Beatles until I started listening to these kinds of clips.

Makes you wonder what planet the Fab Four really came from, because they seemed so utterly perfect.

[Gman]

5. Interesting that you used the phrase "utterly perfect"

as it made me think then I realized that, at the time, everyone else was measured against the Beatles. I know I did it because there was, and never will be a group as good. And I still feel that way 50 years later.

When Panic At The Disco started imitating the Beatles, I broke my daughter's heart when I told her, no, not even close.

[progressoid]

8. Great!

[Gman]

9. LOL! That is too cool!

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[MrMickeysMom]

12. I loved that...

I never left Beatlemania… I appreciate the vocals.

(too bad I can't make the first on left handed!)

[1monster]

6. We love you, Beatles... oh yes we do

[Merlot]

7. Those seats were wasted on the boys in the audience!

This was fun, loved Ringo dancing!

[Swede Atlanta]

10. Wonderful compilation.....

Two things amaze me.......

(1) The negative reaction from the "establishment"
If you compare the hate and violence of today's rap with the innocuous "love" of the Beatles there is no comparison. Where is the contemporary outrage at the hate and violence of today's black rap?

(2) The reaction of the young women
I guess they were in that age where a girl was still supposed to be a virgin when she married and before the sexual revolution. If you look at them so many of them were like biting nails. I am so glad we have moved beyond that period.

[Boomerproud]

11. Yes, they were treated rudely at a reception at the British embassy in Washington

and the standing joke between them was when the American press would ask the question "Which one are you?" they'd give fake names.