Beatles were on Ed Sullivan forty-five years ago today. Where were you?

[PlanetBev]

I was 13 years old, sitting in front of the TV, screaming.

[47of74]

1. About 12 years before me.

[Earth_First]

6. 16 here...

[ceile]

64. me too n/t

[K Gardner]

2. I was younger, but still sitting in front of the TV crying, LOL !

[barbtries]

3. 8 years old, watching

remember how they put up that "sorry girls, he's married" sign next to john?

[TheUnspeakable]

61. i was 8, too-i remember that sign...

i was obsessed with them ever since-still listen to them somtimes.It's funny they showed all their names like that (with the sign). Every memory I have of the Beatles is a happy one. There's always been a connection(for me) to JFK's death and the gloom felt by the country and then four months later the absolute joy of the Beatles. Yesterday, I went with my nieces and my great niece and nephew to see a Beatles tribute band. My nieces and recalled how I taught them all the Beatle songs and they love them to this day. Now we're on the third generation of Beatlemaniacs!!

[Solly Mack]

4. I was 7 days old

So I was in Atlanta getting burped... and people were making some truly stupid faces at me.

[bdamomma]

20. ooooh, solly

:hug: you missed it!!!

[Solly Mack]

24. Awww

Thanks! :)

[flakey_foont]

5. I was 10

watching with my family...

[dflprincess]

138. I was also 10

I wanted to watch the "Wonderful World of Disney", but my mom insisted that we watch Ed Sullivan because she wanted to see what all the fuss was about.

It took me a few more months, but I eventually developed a serious case of Beatlemania that I have never completely recovered from.

[flakey_foont]

161. and then

for the next several months,...or even a few years, it seemed like nearly every week there was another Brit act on ..with (for the time at least) long hair, ...Herman's Hermits, Dave Clark 5, Gerry and the Pacemakers, Peter and Gordon, Freddie and the Dreamers,,,etc...

ah, the nostalgia

[devilgrrl]

7. I wasn't a twinkle in dad's eye yet.

That happened a few months later.

[RaleighNCDUer]

8. Asleep in bed, it being well after midnight on the base in Germany

where my father was stationed.

[jobycom]

9. Busy trying to get daddy to meet mommie.

[RethugAssKicker]

10. I was watching Romper Room

[bdamomma]

11. oh wow, I was only 9 yrs. old, probably sitting in front of the TV too.

[MuseRider]

12. My little 5th grade butt

was planted in front of the TV feeling all giddy and wondering what THAT was all about lol. I remember my father sitting there shaking his head at all the excitement. He looked at them and laughed and told me to forget about them they would be off the scene in a couple of months :).

I was never the same after the Beatles evolved over the years. Music truly became my life.

[mwdem]

134. Hey, Muse! I was doing the same thing, at 12.

Music wasn't the same for me either after that night. :hi:

[Mrs. Overall]

13. Crawling around in diapers, but I'm sure the TV was on since I had two teenage siblings at the time.

[Canuckistanian]

14. In my jammies, probably in bed

I never saw that many Ed Sullivan shows at 5 years old, but I sure knew who the Beatles were.

My wife says that her parents let her stay up to watch it, because it was a historical event.

[livetohike]

15. At home in the suburbs of Pittsburgh

I was 12 years old, sitting on the floor in front of the TV and screaming :-). We never missed the Ed Sullivan Show. I can still remember my Dad talking about their long hair and how they looked like girls :eyes:

[mariema]

77. Exactly the same story

I was 11, going to be 12 in a few days. I was so excited I was trembling. My Dad wanted to turn to a different station but my Mom convinced him not to. Thanks Mom.

[LuckyLib]

126. 15, glued to the TV. My Dad couldn't believe their hair. I thought it was wonderful. I knew then

that this was big.

[MiniMe]

16. I was watching

[monmouth]

17. I was in high school, thought they were cute. Elvis was on the way

out, thank Gawd...Not an Elvis fan very much.

[eleny]

18. 17 and watching

[Donnachaidh]

19. that's what always annoyed me about Beatle's fans

Went to see Help in the theatre with my Mom, and the place was filled with screaming girls. WTF is the purpose of screaming at a movie? Or a TV screen?

[PlanetBev]

47. At that age, your hormones are running your life

I guess at 13, screaming replaced fucking. I remember screaming at A Hard Days Night, and thinking to myself, "Why the hell can't I stop screaming?"

[kenny blankenship]

54. What's the purpose of screaming during orgasm?

I'm sure I don't know, and modern science has not ventured an answer. But speaking intuitively, it seems clear the first situation has something to do--training, preparation, developing lung power--with the second.

[IADEMO2004]

21. Link

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7756999545272736794

[TheUnspeakable]

81. thanks for the link!

[Tikki]

22. I was sitting on the living room rug...right in front...

of the TV that night.

The Ed Sullivan Show...my mom went into the kitchen both times they appeared.
Years later she told me that many of the parents debated at her work
whether or not to let their young ones watch the show....most agreed it was
harmless fun.


Tikki

[mnhtnbb]

23. I was 13 years old, too, sitting on the floor in front of the TV, in heaven.

[Arugula Latte]

25. Two years from birth.

[Lucian]

26. I wasn't even thought of 45 years ago.

Hell, my mom and dad were way too young to have me at that time.

[Captain Hilts]

27. Four years old and in front of the TV.

[Mari333]

28. I dont think my dad let me watch it

I was around 12, and everytime I saw the pix of the fab four I would scream. I was an idiot.

[Webster Green]

29. 16 and watching in awe..

My parents were completely freaked out. :hippie:

[immoderate]

62. I was 16 too, watching with condescention...

I only listened to jazz at the time. Then I saw "A Hard Day's Night" and that made me a believer. "Wanna Hold Your Hand" didn't do it for me. Ah, but "All My Lovin'" and then most especially "We Can Work It Out," with its shift in time signature, impressed the hell out of me.

--imm

[elocs]

30. I was 11 year old and watching on our old b&w tv.

That January I had been at a friend's house, upstairs playing with his electric train, when he told me his mom had bought him an album by some group called "The Beatles". I really was not into music or records, but after listening to "Meet The Beatles" it was ZAP!!!. The next day I dragged my friend across town to buy "I Wanna Hold Your Hand" and my life was changed forever. I can't believe that I'm 56 now and 2 of The Beatles are dead.

[Faygo Kid]

31. 12 years old and jumping up and down on my bed.

I was no little guy, either. Lucky I didn't break it.

[Karenina]

32. I was a year older than you, doing the same.

My mom was certain I'd taken leave of my senses...

[jwirr]

33. I cannot remember where I was at but I remember watching them

with my younger sister who was about your age. We loved them.

[MineralMan]

34. Sitting in front of the TV set, listening to my father say,

"Those boys should get a haircut."

[EFerrari]

45. I watched with my mom, her brother and my grandmother

and they called the Beatles "the hairy guys" in Spanish but, they all liked them, too. :)

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

35. In the marines and probably drunk.

[EFerrari]

44. LOL

[graywarrior]

36. I was 13 and was in MANIA!

My father was horrified.

[KansDem]

37. Listening to my Boots Randolph records.

Sorry, I wasn't a fan of the "Fab Four."

[11 Bravo]

38. I was 13, as well, sitting in the family living room. (But I didn't scream.)

[Butch350]

39. The sixties were Fab...

I was 14 and watching the show with my dad, even my dad was a big Beatles fan. YEAH, YEAH, YEAH!!

[PlanetBev]

40. I got to see them twice in concert

Couldn't get tickets for 1964, but got to see them at the Hollywood Bowl in '65 and Dodger Stadium in '66.

Can't believe it's half a lifetime ago.

[Butch350]

51. I saw their concert at Busch Stadium in St Louis. Ticket $5.00

It was raining that day and John Lennon made the remark we're gonna do "Love Me Do" it we don't
get electrocuted first.

[karynnj]

98. I saw them twice in Chicago

The first time, I actually wrote down the songs sung on a little notepad, because my parents said I wouldn't be able to hear them over the screams - the second time I remember we were all standing on the chairs at the International Amphitheater. Both were pure joy and a huge feeling of community.

[peace13]

41. 6 years old and watching. nt

[Blue_In_AK]

42. I was 16, sitting in front of the TV, not screaming,

but immensely enjoying the show. :)

[slackmaster]

43. I was six, watched it on TV, amused

With my family.

[helderheid]

46. not a twinkle in my mommy's eye yet

[calico1]

48. I was 5, almost 6. I wasn't screaming but

I do recall thinking they were fascinating looking with the hair. And I remember the girls in the audience screaming their heads off which I thought was kinda strange. My two older sisters did get it more than me.

At the time my uncle (mom's younger brother) was staying with us while he went to NYU. I don't remember where my parents were but he was babysitting us. He came into the living room at one point and said something like "okay time for bed" and shut the set off. Well, my two sisters just about had a meltdown. I figured I should join in too so I started whining too. After a couple of minutes or so he turned the set back on. So we finished watching. Still a clear memory even though I was still very little.

[AnneD]

49. Watching.....

really enjoying the music. Laughing at all the screaming girls, ignoring my Dad's dumb jokes, and wondering what I always did when I watched the Ed Sullivan Show.......did I do my home work this weekend.... CRIPES!!!!, got to get it done after this. I was 9 and very practical

[greenbird]

50. My stepfather

wouldn't let me watch. Their hair, you know. I missed it. I've never gotten over it.

[KatieW]

52. I was 5 and wondering what all the fuss was about some beatles being on TV.

I actually thought all the fuss was over some bugs. LOL

[azmouse]

53. Probably playing with a doll. I was 2 yo.

[sinkingfeeling]

55. In front of the TV, swearing my love for Paul!! Then got to see them live in Cincinnati.

[Kahuna]

56. I was in front of my TV, watching..

:) On edit: I was ten.

[CatholicEdHead]

57. Waiting around for another 14 years

[Lint Head]

58. Me too. But I wasn't screaming. Being male I had this tingly

feeling rush all through my body with the revelation that I was going to be a musician. I was soooooo excited waiting for them to come on. We had a black and white TV and my mom asked, "Are they wearing helmets?"

[zeemike]

59. I was 20 and watched it on TV at a Naval base in Texas

And wondered what they did that made the girls go wild.

[TahitiNut]

72. I was 20 and in college in Mobile, AL -- getting over JFK's assassination and dealing with Jim Crow

At the time, I was a mostly folk music fan and didn't really think that much of the "British Invasion."

[williesgirl]

60. 18 yrs old and watching, loving every minute of it!

[ljm2002]

63. At my grandparents' house...

...I must have been 15. My mom, my brother and me went over to my grandparents' house all 3 weekends that the Beatles were on Ed Sullivan, to watch them on the big TV.

My grandfather loved the Beatles -- not for the same reasons I did, of course. He loved them because they were working-class boys who had made it.

I of course was just getting primed for the culture wars, not that I knew it at the time. :-)

[cherokeeprogressive]

65. Probably in bed with a bottle. I was 2. n/t

[Mad_Dem_X]

66. Two years and nine months from being born.

Wish I could have witnessed that, though.

[dixiegrrrrl]

67. My bones creak just realizing this.

In 1983, my youngest son, then 15, asked me:

"MoM, were you alive when the Beatles came to this country?"

I am still shaking my head over that one.

I guess he coulda said "dinosaurs"

[polmaven]

68. Ditto!

Age and all.....My heart beats faster just THINKING about it!

[FLyellowdog]

69. Celebrating my 18th birthday!!!

:party:

[bunkerbuster1]

70. Too young to remember it well...

but I sure remember the buzz among my older siblings.

[quiller4]

71. I, too, was a screaming 13 year old glued to my parents set. n/t

[lazyriver]

73. About 9 years away from being born. My mother was 15 and

had to beg my grandparents to let her watch it. She was a total Beatles freak and I still get a kick out of hearing her tell the story about that first TV appearance. It must have been pretty cool to see the exact moment when a cultural revolution began.

[Warpy]

74. I tuned in and turned the sound down

because I couldn't hear anything but a bunch of sexually repressed teenyboppers screeching. I wondered what the fuss was all about since I'd heard the records and didn't think there was that much to them.

There was a blond kid with glasses in the audience who reflected my opinion accurately.

Three years later, they were worth listening to. The bubble gum stuff wasn't, so it was just as well the shrieks of repressed libido drowned it out.

[vaberella]

75. I wasn't born and my mother wasn't even thinking of getting married. 17 years before me. n/t

[RebelOne]

76. I was in the middle of a nasty divorce. n/t

[flygal]

78. I love the Beattles - discovered them in the late 70s when I was 10

You are so lucky to have seen it live. Did you hear This American Life and the story of the comedy duo performing that night? It's hilarious. Mitzy McCall was the woman but I forget the man.

[verges]

125. Charlie Brill.

Frank Gorshin was also on that night.

[thatwentwell]

79. In the Bardo, I 'spose...nothing but a notion

:bounce:

[babydollhead]

80. in utero, gestating.

[DiehardLiberal]

82. I was 15 and they changed my life.

I sat transfixed in front of the tv and still remember the magical feeling they gave me. I grew up in So Cal and was lucky enough to see all 4 concerts in LA. I never screamed as I didn't want to miss a second, but remember crying afterward. Unrequited love! I went to England for the first time in 1967 and that was the beginning many trips there since. I always say that England is my most enduring love. The Beatles affected my politics, sense of humor - and self - and I still want to marry Paul... :loveya:

They make me happy and I'm so grateful to have experienced the Beatles in all their glory. Thanks, Guys!!

[spanone]

83. watching

[louis-t]

84. 7 years old and fascinated.

I remember the teenage neighbor girl coming over and saying "The Beatles are coming!" She combed our hair down onto our foreheads. Mom heard the buzz and bought us the album. I still have it.

[annabanana]

85. . . . . exactly the same as you!. . . . . . n/t

[Dukkha]

86. Dead

[carlyhippy]

87. I was a newborn, lying in front of the TV, screaming haha

They and the Beach Boys are my favorite groups.
Carly

[catchnrelease]

88. 13..in front of tv...mesmerized

The second week they were on, I got to have a couple of girlfriends from school over to watch. I remember that we were in the family room with the door closed, and my Mom opened the door to see what the heck was going on. If we were all right. It was just the beginning....



Did get to see them at the Hollywood Bowl, but sadly, you literally could not hear a word that they sang due to the screaming of the fans.

[Kalyke]

89. Nowhere.

I wasn't born, yet.

[shanti]

90. probably

in my jammies, getting ready for bed (at age 7).

[DearAbby]

91. I was 9 years old

And oooo'ing and awwww'ing in front of the small black and white portable sylvania Tv, While my Dad made remarks about their hair, their suits, and the "noise".

[Iggo]

92. I was 2.

Mom says I watched it with her and grandma. I'll take mom's word for it.

[karynnj]

93. I can use cut and paste

I was 13 years old, sitting in front of the TV, but not screaming. I had heard of the Beatles the year before, because I had a British pen pal (from Plymouth) who had written about them and was quite surprised I had not heard of them. Then around December 1963, the Chicago Tribune had a photo of them and mentioned that they were big stars in England. Though I didn't scream, I did have my watch set on Liverpool time for about a half year.

[all.of.me]

94. 10 & screaming in front of the tv. :)

[Lugnut]

95. Glued to the teevee.

I was 18 years old and a rabid Beatles fan.

[Vinca]

96. I remember it well and I was doing the same thing,

then racing to the telephone between appearances to chat with my little Beatlemaniac friends. Dumb as we were, it was really, really fun.

[Joe Fields]

97. In front of the family t.v., watching them.

My family never missed watching Ed Sullivan. I was eight years old, and will never forget it.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

99. 12 years old and enjoying them!

[budkin]

100. I was living another life somewhere that I can't remember

I may have actually died on that day... it escapes me.

[Scout]

101. i was 4 years old ... came screaming, naked and wet, out of the bathtub

when i heard them start to play.

my 16 year old sister was a huge fan, i got it from her.

[pot luck]

102. Neither my parents or I were born yet.

[orleans]

103. i was probably sitting in my pjs watching them with my family. n/t

[TrogL]

104. Down the hall, wondering what all the screaming was about

I was only allowed to watch Ed Sullivan if the muppets or the plate spinning act was on.

[verges]

128. I was only allowed to stay up for Topo Gigio! nt

[WI_DEM]

105. In my mother's belly.

[specimenfred1984]

106. Long-haired hippies!

Their hair is halfway over their ears!

[bikebloke]

107. I was 8, and remember watching it.

At one point as the cameras were panning from Beatle to Beatle, when they reached John, they flashed a subtitle saying something like: Sorry girls, he's married.

[EraOfResponsibility]

108. I was swimming in my daddy's sack

:)

[chelsea0011]

109. Right in front of the TV. It was one of those never forget moments.

[Mz Pip]

110. Me, too

It was on an old black and white TV with a rabbit ears antenna. I was a freshman in high school.

I was so much older then; I'm younger than that now.

[surrealAmerican]

111. Either toddling around the apartment or sleeping in a crib.

I was less than a year old. I didn't know who they were until I saw Yellow Submarine when I was 5.

[Flying Dream Blues]

112. First grade...and we all had our favorite Beatle we were "in love" with! nt

[lpbk2713]

113. I was in my living room ...

... trying to figure out 'what's wrong with all those girls?' .

[Toasterlad]

114. Gestating and Scheming

As the music from the TV reverberated through my mother's womb, I remember thinking, "Silly world...you ain't seen NOTHIN' yet. Just wait til June!"

[Bucky]

115. Poopin my diapers in New Orleans

Lord, those were the days...

[librechik]

116. I was 12 and falling in love for the first time

with Paul!

[MrSlayer]

117. I wasn't even a twinkle in my father's eye.

I wasn't born until years later.

[Terri S]

118. I was 12

Sitting about 2 inches from the tv giggling like a - well, like a 12 year old. Lord, I remember this more clearly than some things that happened last week (even the "sorry girls, he's married".) :)

[Elwood P Dowd]

119. I was 15 and watching "The Shoe" with my parents.

We had a small black & white Zenith TV. That, a small GE close-and-play phonograph, and my little Zenith transistor radio were my home entertainment system. We were only allowed to watch a couple of hours of TV each day. Except for American Bandstand on weekday afternoons, we kids were usually stuck with what the parents wanted to watch. They always watched The Ed Sullivan Shoe.

[Stinky The Clown]

120. I was watchin' 'em

[rosesaylavee]

121. Sitting in my livingroom wondering what had happened

to my sister. And being amazed at how very very long their hair looked.

Age 5.

[glitch]

122. Out playing in the snow :) nt

[Skittles]

123. England

was very used to seeing the Beatles on TV :)

[pacalo]

124. I was 12 but I didn't care for their music much. At that time, I liked Motown.

I didn't go ga-ga until I saw the Rolling Stones, whose music I liked right away.

[Cronopio]

127. Either in my crib or getting my diapers changed ...

... while wondering why my Aunt Linda was screaming in front of the TV. She was a total Beatlemaniac.

[lumberjack_jeff]

129. In my playpen. Crafting my master plan for world domination. n/t

[starroute]

130. I missed the first week

Because I was a college freshmen and college students didn't do that sort of foolishness.

Of course, by the second week the word had gotten around, and the dorm living room was SRO. Somehow the world had changed between one Sunday and the next.

[Liberal In Texas]

131. Watching it live. I was 14. I thought they were great. n/t

[KakistocracyHater]

132. not around

at least not in my body, I prefer the Monkees anyway, what's the difference? If the Beatles were SO great why aren't they available online? Lip service...

[TheUnspeakable]

133. i'm kicking because it WAS a cultural revolution..

if someone doesn't get that, they are ignorant. Thanks for posting this, PlanetBev!

[deutsey]

135. In utero. n/t

[goclark]

136. I was watching and loving them

There music was/is awesome!

[guruoo]

137. I was 8, and still have the TV I watched it on

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7756999545272736794

[Foolacious]

139. I missed it :-(

but I saw their appearance a few weeks later ... or so I'm informed. I only remember seeing them on TV during a multi-family get-together. I remember them, in particular, playing Twist and Shout. I was five and thought they were pretty good. The adults were busy making snide comments but my sister, 10 years old, was absolutely captivated.

[FatDave]

140. Unborn for 6 more years

No biggie though, I much much much prefer the stuff from Rubber Soul and on.

[Raine]

141. Watching it

at my grandparents house. :bounce: :-)

[nadinbrzezinski]

142. Not born yet? Not even in the planning stage

:-)

Boy hope that does not make you feel too old...

[gblady]

143. I was 15....

sitting in front of the TV and swooning!

[5thGenDemocrat]

144. About 18 inches from where I am right now

At the family house in Saginaw, Michigan.
John
Thought it was pretty cool that the 'rents wanted to see it as much as us five kids did.
Eight years old at the time myself.

[screembloodymurder]

145. I was wishing Steve Allen was still on tv.

;)

[TexasObserver]

146. Church.

Hey, it wasn't my idea.

Besides, we didn't get Ed Sullivan on our one channel of TV.

[ourbluenation]

147. 3.5 months old w/ my adopted family, presumably wrapped in a blankie in my

new mama's arms.

[GeorgeGist]

148. Sitting in my parents den ...

watching my 12 year old sister screaming. She got to see them live in Chicago in 1965.

[HooptieWagon]

149. I was 7, sitting in front of the black and white TV,

and complaining to my parents that I couldn't hear the music because of all the screaming teenage girls. :P

[misanthrope]

150. Asleep in my crib**nm

**

[roody]

151. If it was on Sunday night, I had to go to church.

I was a big fan, but my dad considered it a sin.

[Crabby Appleton]

152. Yes, I was 14 and had been playing acoustic guitar for 2 years

I decided to get an electric guitar; I'd been thinking about it for awhile. I started playing bass guitar then, and a few years later in Germany bought a Hofner bass like Paul's. The Beatles provided the soundtrack of my youth.

[Rhiannon12866]

153. My mother called me out to the TV, made me watch, said it was historic.

She was sure right, but at the time, I was young enough that I had no clue, but I do remember... :-)

[Le Taz Hot]

154. Planted in front of the T.V.

falling hopelessly in love with Paul McCartney forever more -- same as millions of other girls. I was 8. I remember the next day at school, EVERYBODY, including the teachers, were talking about it. To this day the man makes me swoon. I don't care if he is in his 60's, he's still purdy.

[kwassa]

155. I watched the screaming girls disdainfully. Could barely hear the Beatles.

I was a far more mature and sophisticated 12-year old.

I didn't become a fan until I was given "Rubber Soul" as a birthday present. It is still a great record.

[Bennyboy]

156. SEX!

The first time I ever heard them, I was being babysat by a girl about 8 yrs my elder, Rachel Self. I was about 8 at the time. She had just received her drivers license and we were driving along the road, myself, rachel and a couple of my friends. we were listening to the radio and all of a sudden Rachel SHH'd us all and turned the radio as loud as it would go.

She started singing along and by the time the song was over she had to pull the car to the side of the road. She was apoplectic.

My parents never listened to music, so I was a sheltered kid. I had no idea that music could have that effect on people. ESPECIALLY GIRLS!

Later that week, Rachel again babysat us on a Sunday evening. I really liked that because I could watch one the forbidden shows in our house, The Ed Sullivan show. My parents hated The Ed Sullivan show, rock and roll and just about everything so we never ever got to watch it.

A bunch of Rachel's friends came over to watch the show with her. Teenage girls all over the place. they all sat eagerly for the Beatles. I can't tell you when they came on in the show but when they finally did come on it was pandemonium. the girls all screamed fainted and swooned. I had never seen anyone act this way. These girls were flipping out. No longer were they demure girls, but they were freaking animals! All they talked about the rest of the night was The Beatles and who they were going to marry. Who was going to do what to whom and the pros and cons for each member of the band.

All I knew was, this music really got these girls going, going like nothing else. It changed them. It made their little teenage panties wet and I think it was the first time I was aware of sex.

I also knew that I wanted to be a Beatle. or something like one. Just like every teenage or pre-teen in America.

So we bought Beatle boots. we pegged our pants. We all begged our parents to buy us guitars.(Mine would only allow me to play a pedal steel, it was not a Rock and Roll instrument). We bought Beatle wigs.

Suddenly everything that we had been taught and told by our parents was wrong. Totally wrong. Here were these mop topped kids, having fun, pranking on everything in society and we loved it. Our parents hated it. Some passionately. Mine would not let me see the films (I had to sneak out my window, put on my pegged pants, wig and boots stashed in the bushes and meet up with my friends the night they opened). My parents did not let me have any of their music or wear any of the clothes. My dad was always "They are laughing all the way to the bank" and all that.

Of course that just made me rebel even more. No longer could my parents tell me what to do, what to wear, what to listen to. i was going to do it no matter what and there was nothing they could do about it.

It became a constant battle. I wanted to play music. I wanted to see music. They caught me sneaking out to go see the Beatles at Candlestick park and grounded me forever. It made no difference that I did not have tickets, I was going anyway.

[FatDave]

165. Great story.

Do you still rock the pedal steel?

[Bennyboy]

167. No, that was too country for my tastes.....

Wasn't until I was a lot older that i got the steel, thanks to jerry garcia. Not a guitar player at all, just never got it. Drums, now that is a whole nother thing....

[DainBramaged]

157. I was 12, doing the same thing you were doing

and I never liked the Beatles, never. I was a Pink Floyd kind of guy (still am).

[ProfessorGAC]

158. I Must Have Been Sitting Next To You

I was sitting on the floor waiting too! I was younger than that. (I was going on 8.)

But, i still remember it.
GAC

[dropkickpa]

159. my dads balls

[Tennessee Gal]

160. I was watching.

And have been a Beatles fan ever since.

[NNN0LHI]

162. I seen the Beatles at Comiskey Park in Chicago, August 20, 1965 when I was ten

[schmuls]

163. I was 13 years old too, sitting in front of the tv, going nuts

[cherish44]

164. I wish I had been there to watch it

I vividly remember when John Lennon died. I was 13 and had been a rabid Beatle fan for a couple of years...John was the "weird" one to me back then but OH I cried for days, my friends thought I was nuts. (I still get a little teary-eyed when I hear "Starting Over") I'm still a huge Beatle fan, I've seen Paul McCartney 4 times (Chicago twice, St. Louis once and London once) He's the ultimate showman, I've seen even the most lukewarm fans walk away from one of his concerts just awe struck...

[TheManInTheMac]

166. In the womb.n/t

[KatyaR]

168. I was 6 years old and right where you were.

Wow, that was a long, long time ago . . . .

[kohodog]

169. Shit I'm old

10 at the time. My father came to breakfast the next morning wearing a Beatle wig he was given at a party. So far ago. They were so innocent and so Bad.

[Misskittycat]

170. Same here. Just turned 13. Screaming. Parents Watching In Horror.