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Was your first meaningful exposure to Beatles' music this track?



Mine was! 

Posted - June 25, 2021
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  • 17619
    No, it was about holding your hand. ;)  I enjoyed the whole video though. 
      June 26, 2021 1:22 AM MDT
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  • 16835
    My mother was 19 when the Beatles came to Australia. Not a screaming fan, but was buying the albums, so I grew up listening to them. The one I remember most clearly is this one, probably because of its repetitive nature.

    This post was edited by Slartibartfast at June 27, 2021 4:24 PM MDT
      June 26, 2021 2:08 AM MDT
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  • 10052
    My Mom was also a fan of the non-screaming variety, but my dad despised them - not a single Beatles album in my home growing up. After this song was released and I showed interest, my mom played songs on the piano. I got exposure to Paul McCartney through his popular duets (Ebony and Ivory, Say, Say, Say) and especially with this solo track: 





    I've become the same as my mom was in regards to The Beatles; a fan of the non-screaming variety. This post was edited by SavvyAnsley at June 26, 2021 9:00 PM MDT
      June 26, 2021 10:10 AM MDT
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  • 44652
    No, this one was.

      June 26, 2021 9:26 AM MDT
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  • 2219
    Surely that was one of the later ones. 
      June 27, 2021 2:36 AM MDT
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  • 44652
    Yes, but prior to that, I wasn't inspired. Sgt P., to me, was the album that changed R&R forever. And don't call me Surely.
      June 27, 2021 9:05 AM MDT
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  • 2219
    I agree: it was a complete change of direction, 
      June 27, 2021 1:03 PM MDT
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  • 23647


    I lol-ed at "It's an entirely different kind of flying" -- ha! I've only seen the movie two times or so. VERY funny movie, though for me!
      June 27, 2021 5:08 PM MDT
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  • 11159
    No my first meaningful exposure to them was when I heard that Yoko Ono broke them up because that lead  to them going their seperat ways and  Ringo Star showing the World that he was the talented one. Cheers and happy weekend!
      June 26, 2021 9:57 AM MDT
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  • 16835
    Yoko wasn't the reason, arguments over money were.
    The death of their manager, Brian Epstein, was the beginning of the end. Brian had handled the finances. After his death, The Beatles formed Apple Records - but they just weren't businessmen and the venture was haemorrhaging money. Their contempt for "the establishment" led to them hiring their "friends" rather than anyone with business nous, and said friends proceeded to rob them blind. It was John's unilateral decision to hire Alan Klein as manager that finally did it for Paul (and it cost him a mint to get free of Klein).
      June 26, 2021 5:35 PM MDT
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  • 581
    No.  It was "The Beatles Yellow Submarine".
      June 26, 2021 2:38 PM MDT
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  • 2219
    The arabs use the words "We all live in a tangerine Machine". 
      June 27, 2021 1:01 PM MDT
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  • 23647
    Not that one.  :)


    My parents had some Beatles albums - - as a young boy, this song always saddened me. It's the only Beatles song that really pulled me in, stopped me.



    "Eleanor Rigby"



     
    This post was edited by WelbyQuentin at June 27, 2021 2:29 PM MDT
      June 26, 2021 8:59 PM MDT
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  • 10052
    I've heard it, but never listened before. Sad, yes. 

    I think what drew and draws so many people to them is that so many of their songs are about that universal thing that we all really do need in our lives. 


      June 27, 2021 3:01 PM MDT
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  • 23647
    Yes..

    I admit that I'm not a huge fan of their music in general but I enjoy a lot of their stuff.
    My favorite is "Come Together" -- I find it really unique as a song and, to me, it sounds nothing like any of their other songs that I know.  :)


      June 27, 2021 5:13 PM MDT
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  • 53526

     

      No. I’ve never had any meaningful exposure to their music, their fame, their cultism, their hype, nothing about them whatsoever. I’m a non-fan, probably the most ardent one who ever lived. 

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      June 26, 2021 9:48 PM MDT
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  • 10052
    It sounds like your exposure to their fame, 'cultism' and hype has prevented you from any meaningful exposure to their music, maybe. 

    I'm reminded of the time I said something about not being interested in "romantic love" because I didn't want to screw up my overall contented existence and you replied that with that attitude there was no chance of my ever getting screwed (or something to that effect). 




    This post was edited by SavvyAnsley at June 27, 2021 3:56 PM MDT
      June 27, 2021 2:47 PM MDT
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  • 44652
    He was still a whippersnapper. .
      June 27, 2021 3:35 PM MDT
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  • 10052
    Who was still a whippersnapper?
      June 27, 2021 3:37 PM MDT
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  • 44652
    Randy.
      June 27, 2021 3:37 PM MDT
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  • 10052
    I don't think I was even born when they broke up! No excuse. 
      June 27, 2021 3:42 PM MDT
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  • 44652
    I spent my teen years listening to them. I was not too fond of their earlier stuff.
      June 27, 2021 3:47 PM MDT
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  • 10052
    I listened to them as a teen in the 80s! 

    Timeless music, I think. 

    I remember that "We Can Work it Out" was one of my favorites. 
      June 27, 2021 3:54 PM MDT
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  • 44652
    I heard one about six months ago I had NEVER heard before. It sucked. It must have been a very early one.
      June 27, 2021 3:56 PM MDT
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