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29 July 2011
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Hello. I am a writer and a first generation Beatles fan. I have lived in the USA for most of my life, but I was born near Liverpool, and I have followed The Beatles since the beginning. Here are two pieces that I have written about the Fab Four:
1.50pm
10 May 2011
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Well……..
I'm Third(/Fourth, don't know which) Generation fan, so I have nothing to say.
Poor me.
My Music Blog.
One and one don't make two
One and one make one.
8.24pm
26 July 2011
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My first memories of The Beatles….
I remember being a kid growing up in Chatham, Ontario — within earshot of Detroit — and my older sisters were always listening to the music of the day — which was Motown, Paul Anka (grimaces), the Beach Boys , a nun who sang and a whole bunch of Bobby’s.. and of course Elvis. One day, around Christmas 1963, my oldest sister brought home this album that she was all excited about, and said “boy, I’m going to play this until I wear out my needle!!” So I looked at it and said “what’s so great about these guys?? They all look like Moe from the Three Stooges — they’re not smiling and you can only see half their faces…. what’s the big deal??”
So she put it on and suddenly out of the speakers came “It Won’t Be Long YEAH (yeah) YEAH (yeah) YEAH (yeah)…” and a whole bunch of other songs that sounded like nothing I’d ever heard on the radio before… and by the time they sang about Money being what they wanted, I was hooked…. and remain so unto this very day.
Canadians were a bit ahead of the Americans in catching Beatlemania back then, but man oh man was it ever about to strike our neighbours south of the border! Within weeks of that first hearing, Beatlemusic was about all that was coming out of the radio, and was all anyone was talking about at school. Those were the days!
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GOOD MORNING!
GOOD MORNING!!
GOOD MORNING!!!
11.59pm
26 March 2011
Offline I'm Third(/Fourth, don't know which) Generation fan, so I have nothing to say.
How do you know which generation you're from? 
12.56am
9 June 2010
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IMDeWalrus said:
One day, around Christmas 1963, my oldest sister brought home this album that she was all excited about, and said “boy, I'm going to play this until I wear out my needle!” So I looked at it and said “what's so great about these guys?? They all look like Moe from the Three Stooges — they're not smiling and you can only see half their faces…. what's the big deal??”
So she put it on and suddenly out of the speakers came “IT WON'T BE LONG YEAH (yeah) YEAH (yeah) YEAH (yeah)…” and a whole bunch of other songs that sounded like nothing I'd ever heard on the radio before… and by the time they sang about Money being what they wanted, I was hooked…. and remain so unto this very day.
Wow, great story! I'm only 16, so I'm definitely not first-generation. My mom was born in 1965, and her parents don't like the Beatles, so we became hardcore Beatles fans at about the same time. She had heard about them, of course, but we really got into the Beatles when the 9/9/9 remasters came out.
If I seem to act unkind, it's only me, it's not my mind that is confusing things.
4.04am
25 November 2010
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NEW MEMBER!!!!
Well……..
I'm Third(/Fourth, don't know which) Generation fan, so I have nothing to say.
Poor me.
Interesting! I supposed I might be a third generation fan, as my dad was born in 1947, and you know, I bet he was one of those high school boys that didn't understand what the fuss was all about…HOWEVER, he did own the White Album , Magical Mystery Tour and Abbey Road .
A friend of mine born in 1958 was the one who introduced me to the rest of their music. She told me her memories of the Beatles Ed Sullivan performance were only asking herself “Why are they all screaming?” Ah, 4 year olds!
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