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12.48pm
27 December 2012
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And his dad remarking yeah’s in She Loves You as Americanisms which I infer, he does not like. Old music as in Honey Pie which is one nice track, both the album and the anthology version.
I just listened to some solo-career albums of John, funny to hear that one of his tracks sounds like granny s**t music like Crippled Inside . Personally I could only handle a few of his solo-career songs well it’s understood that I am a Paul fan but in my ears I noticed that the songs sound too similar, it must be because of Phil Spector, the band, or the double-tracked John’s voice or even maybe I was used to Paul’s variety. No offence meant. But I do like some of his tracks like Watching The Wheels ,Jealous Guy , Instant Karma and a few others.
9.45pm
6 December 2012
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Didn’t Paul’s dad want them to change it to “She loves you, yes, yes, yes”?
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8.09am
27 December 2012
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Yep that’s what he wanted, that would even be a more different song and a different world together.
12.26pm
3 May 2012
Offline This reminds me, in my school diary, on Monday’s date I wrote the lyrics to ‘SLY’, and when I turned the page over it said:
(Mr McCartney) – Why do you have to use Americanisms and say yeah, yeah, yeah? What can’t you just say yes, yes, yes?
(Paul) – Not quite the same, dad.
I read a quote by Paul once, and I must have written it down. I’d forgotten so it cheered my boring maths class up 
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2.26pm
8 May 2013
Offline Hello
Although I’ m 25 right now I first became a Beatlefan when I was 10. How and why? well, it’ s something that I’ m still trying to figure out in a way. My brothers had the “Oldies but goldies” cassette. I liked it but I never gave it much attention, and I remember the first song I liked in my life was Paul McCartney ‘ s “We all stand together” (I was 4 or 5 and I asked “What is this? sounds really good!”). Due to a Full House episode where The Beach Boys were invited guests I became interested in them and in 60′ s music. One night in 1998 I watched the Beach Boys movie (that was pretty bad) and then I went to sleep. My father started watching the movie Imagine , that came right after it. I was trying to sleep but I got hooked up on the movie, like hypnotized in a way, half dreaming half awake and seeing half of the Tv from where I was. I think I felt some sort of spiritual connection with the Beatles and John Lennon ‘ s music that night because after that day I became obsessed with them. All I listened to then was the Beatles and other 60′ s bands related to them, I started singing their songs in school (and my classmates liked it and asked me to sing), I made a website (that sadly I could never put online, I had it all complete in my computer, it was pretty cool for it’ s time, you would click on an album, then a song, and you would get the lyrics, a moving bar with the story of the song and a midi track in the background), and I even participated in a Beatles radio show. All this between ages 10 and 13.
After 13 I chilled out from the Beatles and started listening to other types of music. I barely listened to them during that time. Recently I’ m becoming interested in them again since I realized their music is the only music that resonates with me, puts me in a good mood when I feel blocked and takes me back to my roots.
7.42pm
1 November 2012
Offline Thanks Spectre, that was very interesting. Just want everyone who has participated to know, I’ve been reading along, and I find it all fascinating. Ideally what would be cool is to develop a video documentary that interviews young Beatles fans — say, ages 12 to 29 (as long as the 29 year old began to get hooked in his teens and not only just last year).
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1.22am
6 December 2012
Offline Funny Paper said
Thanks Spectre, that was very interesting. Just want everyone who has participated to know, I’ve been reading along, and I find it all fascinating. Ideally what would be cool is to develop a video documentary that interviews young Beatles fans — say, ages 12 to 29 (as long as the 29 year old began to get hooked in his teens and not only just last year).
It should start at 10! *coughBeatlesintheBloodcough*
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4.37am
22 March 2013
Offline Well I’m 18 yo. And my story is quite simple, I always overheard “The Beatles” as the greatest band ever, as popular as christ and so on.
I was 15 when I told myself, “f**k it, listen to one album and find out what the great fuzz is all about” (I used to listen to pop acts back in the day like Kylie Minogue, Björk etc.) And I listened to Sgt Pepper’s (maybe not the best choice) it scared the s**t out of me, but the start of the reprise was just magic to me, and from that day I’ve been in an incredible quest discovering all the masterpieces that the Greatest and BEST band of all time made. Pink Floyd may be my favorite band, but the Beatles just, they live inside me, I carry them anywhere I go, it’s like they’re my family, they support me when I’m sad, celebrate with me when I’m not, (I probably sound like a virgin by now, so I’ll leave it there…)
8.12am
1 November 2012
Offline Egroeg Evoli said
Funny Paper said
Thanks Spectre, that was very interesting. Just want everyone who has participated to know, I’ve been reading along, and I find it all fascinating. Ideally what would be cool is to develop a video documentary that interviews young Beatles fans — say, ages 12 to 29 (as long as the 29 year old began to get hooked in his teens and not only just last year).
It should start at 10! *coughBeatlesintheBloodcough*
Wow, I didn’t know there was a 10 year old here! But that occurs to me — obviously, there shouldn’t be a lower age limit, because the whole point is how singular it is for younger people to be fans of an old band from nearly the middle of the last century.
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8.18am
1 November 2012
Offline From nearly all the stories I’ve read on this thread now (including the latest, Fernando), I’m struck by the seeming absence of any peer pressure or generational issues or cultural impediments — it’s like none of these factors were even in play at all. It’s like a young person in 1990, 1995, or 2000, or 2005, or 2010 just decides one day to sample the Beatles like a person decides to pick a cherry from a tree in a public park full of different fruit trees.
I would have thought there would have been stories that highlighted more a sense of how the individual kid actually felt like he had to go against the grain and/or go to great lengths to find them, etc.
I have a feeling, though, that it would be entirely different for a 15 year old today to decide to become, say, a Sinatra fan (even a Nancy Sinatra fan!).
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9.47am
3 May 2012
Offline ^ Do you mean that you’re surprised that we aren’t under more pressure to not be Beatles fans (in this instance)?
If so, I wouldn’t say I’m under peer pressure, as such, but there is a lot of things said like ”she’s a bit weird, she likes old bands”. Even off my own friends, never mind the rest! It’s frustrating sometimes, but I’ve learnt to just ignore them. I am in love with one of the best bands there have ever been, and ever will be. It’s their loss if they aren’t, not mine.
Moving along in our God given ways, safety is sat by the fire/Sanctuary from these feverish smiles, left with a mark on the door.
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3.17pm
1 November 2012
Offline fabfouremily said
^ Do you mean that you’re surprised that we aren’t under more pressure to not be Beatles fans (in this instance)?If so, I wouldn’t say I’m under peer pressure, as such, but there is a lot of things said like ”she’s a bit weird, she likes old bands”. Even off my own friends, never mind the rest! It’s frustrating sometimes, but I’ve learnt to just ignore them. I am in love with one of the best bands there have ever been, and ever will be. It’s their loss if they aren’t, not mine.
Yes to your initial question — but as for your second paragraph, I’m more thinking of the process that led you up to your first discovery of the Beatles — whether any social, cultural, or just practical “road blocks” were in the way (one practical road block would be the lack of easy availability due to more current music being prominently displayed and available and promoted — which then also becomes a cultural factor).
From all the descriptions so far (unless I missed a few details), it seems that one can conclude that for a young person in the 90s through to now, it is easy to 1) be referred to the Beatles, and 2) to find the Beatles. It’s almost like it’s not terribly much more difficult than glomming on to (did “glomming on to” become uncool 15 minutes ago?
) Justin Bieber or something. My impression is like the kid is at a carnival or at a big megastore. Sure, there are giant signs and lights flashing over at the Beeb section. But all the kid has to do to get to the Beatles is take one left turn, and go down one aisle, and there they are. Perhaps it’s because our surrounding pop culture and its music industry has made the Beatles continually easy to be available and even promoted.
The only issue seems to be whether the kid becomes hooked to the Beatles after that point; and peer pressure after that seems to be a factor, but rather minimal.
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7.27pm
22 March 2013
Offline Funny Paper said
From nearly all the stories I’ve read on this thread now (including the latest, Fernando), I’m struck by the seeming absence of any peer pressure or generational issues or cultural impediments — it’s like none of these factors were even in play at all. It’s like a young person in 1990, 1995, or 2000, or 2005, or 2010 just decides one day to sample the Beatles like a person decides to pick a cherry from a tree in a public park full of different fruit trees.I would have thought there would have been stories that highlighted more a sense of how the individual kid actually felt like he had to go against the grain and/or go to great lengths to find them, etc.
I have a feeling, though, that it would be entirely different for a 15 year old today to decide to become, say, a Sinatra fan (even a Nancy Sinatra fan!).
I get you man, and IT IS a factor, (I always get the “he’s a dirty hippie, he likes old music, weirdo, old man in a youngling’s body, etc.”
But it ain’t something I can’t handdle, I love being different from the rest and not liking the shitty music that all kids listen nowadays, so I couldn’t care less.
7.28pm
22 March 2013
Offline Fernando_Gongora said
Funny Paper said
From nearly all the stories I’ve read on this thread now (including the latest, Fernando), I’m struck by the seeming absence of any peer pressure or generational issues or cultural impediments — it’s like none of these factors were even in play at all. It’s like a young person in 1990, 1995, or 2000, or 2005, or 2010 just decides one day to sample the Beatles like a person decides to pick a cherry from a tree in a public park full of different fruit trees.I would have thought there would have been stories that highlighted more a sense of how the individual kid actually felt like he had to go against the grain and/or go to great lengths to find them, etc.
I have a feeling, though, that it would be entirely different for a 15 year old today to decide to become, say, a Sinatra fan (even a Nancy Sinatra fan!).
I get you man, and IT IS a factor, (I always get the “he’s a dirty hippie, he likes old music, weirdo, old man in a youngling’s body, etc.” But it ain’t something I can’t handdle, I love being different from the rest and not liking the shitty music that all kids listen nowadays, so I couldn’t care less.
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12.27am
1 November 2012
Offline Fernando_Gongora said
I get you man, and IT IS a factor, (I always get the “he’s a dirty hippie, he likes old music, weirdo, old man in a youngling’s body, etc.” But it ain’t something I can’t handdle, I love being different from the rest and not liking the shitty music that all kids listen nowadays, so I couldn’t care less.
That’s more of what I was thinking; but it’s surprising how few of the responders above noted this as a major factor. Probably the majority of kids these days are not fans of the Beatles, but a few may “respect” them but not really listen to them much. That’s why I think young Beatles fans in the last decade or two are special — they’re going against the grain.
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12.32am
1 November 2012
Offline Thanks nowhereland!
I don’t know why these stories interest me so, but I find them fascinating like excerpts from a novel or something. The phenomenon itself intrigues me, and I’m still trying to explain it in my head. All the responses so far have helped in one way, but also vaguely confused me in another way (maybe because I was expecting some kind of logical pattern of discovery — like a 12 year old kid in 1999 is looking for his or her teddy bear in a trunk in the attic, and finds a White Album , then puts it on the turntable that happens to be up there too…).
From most of the stories so far above, the initial acquaintence with the Beatles seems rather uneventful and easy, almost accidental (but not without serendipity); rather than some arduous journey…
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3.42pm
3 May 2012
Offline ^^^ About the ”arduous journey”, I’ll say that people have much more access to music now. I listened to a Beatles compilation album and within a month I’d listened to all of their songs at least once (most more), and all of their albums all the way through a couple more later. That’s something that us younger people here should be very grateful for. I was talking to my mom the other day and she said that when she was younger, she bought all The Jam singles, albums, etc because she loved them. But she also loved The Who. And for that reason, every time either one bought something new out (or if she came across an ”old” record, in the Who’s case), she had to decide whether to buy it or wait for the other band. That’s something I don’t have to face, luckily, as all the music I could ever want is online (and of course because I like very few active bands/artists). Listening to music online isn’t the way I like to do it most of the time, but I’m definitely glad that it’s there for when I do.
Moving along in our God given ways, safety is sat by the fire/Sanctuary from these feverish smiles, left with a mark on the door.
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5.11pm
1 November 2012
Offline I recall a day probably in the early 1970s; I was still a teenager, hadn’t yet discovered the Beatles, but I had become a fan of Ram , then of the McCartney solo album — and when Wings Wild Life came out not much later, I was excited to buy it. One problem: the bass on the opening song, “Mumbo”, was so jolting and furious, it kept bouncing the needle on my turntable. So I took the album and walked a few blocks to the record store where I bought it. The pretty woman who must have been in her early 30s but quite attractive to my shy teenage sensibilities took me into one of their booths they had where customers could listen to records before purchasing them, and she put the album on their turntable. I still recall her smile when she heard Paul screaming the opening lines of “Mumbo”, indicating she was a fan. At any rate, she told me all I had to do was adjust the weight of the needle-arm, which I didn’t know about.
No ipods, no computers, no CDs, not even any MTV — not even any real music magazines to speak of outside of Rolling Stone and Downbeat. If I hadn’t accidentally heard Ram on a farm in the summer of 1970 (my second time on a farm in all my life, being a city boy), my musical education may well have been retarded for many years.
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3.32pm
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Funny Paper sent out an announcement stating
I notice there are quite a few members here who are under 20. This brings up a question I’ve had for some time: how exactly did you become a Beatles fan? What was the process? Did a peer in your same age group recommend you listen to the Beatles? Did you accidentally hear a Beatles song one day? Did an older person, maybe a person in your family (older sibling, aunt, uncle, parent, GRANDparent, GREATGRANDparent) put on a record one day while you were in earshot?
What interests me specifically are two things:
1) what was the very first encounter you had with the Beatles — how old were you, how did it happen?
2) why did the Beatles resonate so much with you that you decided they were special and not just like any other band? (again, I’m referring to initially when you first began to realize you liked the Beatles — I’m not so much talking about your present thoughts about it).
) put on a record one day while you were in earshot?@Pineapple Records
So, okay, here goes. I had always heard about the Beatles– who hasn’t? They were that British rock band who took over the world a long time ago and are really famous. And one of the members had a funny name that sounded like– Linen, or something. And dad might have played Abbey Road a bit too, though I don’t remember much.
(As an aside– my dad brainwashed me with George’s last album when I was very small. I knew it was by someone named George Harrison who was… a bit weird, by most accounts… but I didn’t really make the connection to that British rock band.)
I didn’t really like rock-n-roll when I was younger, so much younger than today; I liked what is known as New Age (but only when other names fail to specify).
UNTIL . . . .
(Question one)
when I was about eight or so, I somehow discovered the Yellow Submarine Songtrack — through my dad, to whom I owe nearly all my musical education. It wasn’t long before I raided the family CD book for any and all Beatles albums I could find– Sgt Pepper , MMT, White Album , and Abbey Road .
(Question two)
It’s simple really. The thing about the Beatles was, I enjoyed their music, whereas I didn’t any of the others. And there was something about those four lads (once I learned their names– ‘Hey Dad, which one was the drummer again? Was it Paul McCartney ?’ seriously, I did say something like that once) that I just had to find out more about them. My granddad had the silver Beatles Anthology book, which I spent many an hour while at their house poring over (till I got to the page with the Two Virgins cover, which scarred my mind for life– poor nine-year-old me).
Funny Paper later sent the following follow-up
>snip>1) Do you consider yourselves in any way “different” from your peers your age, because of your special love of the Beatles, while they seem to be indifferent to the Beatles or only casually like them so-so?
2) If yes to 1, why do you think some people, like you, were so deeply touched by the Beatles, yet others (maybe the slim majority?) seem untouched? Why this difference? I realize this second question is kind of philosophical and maybe asking for sociological or psychological speculation, but I’d be interested in your thoughts anyway.
<snip>
1) Yes. My friends respect the Beatles– none of them are blind enough to dislike them, thankfully– but they aren’t obsessive. Hence, my presence here. 
2) I think it mostly has to do with musical taste. My friends are all as weird as I am and none of us mind a bit… they just aren’t Beatlemaniacs. I’ve tried, really, but… *sigh* you can’t always win…
It’s also hard to get past the Beatles legend, which is as big as Strawberry Fields (it goes on as far as the eye can see), and find your way to the [insert positive adjective here] music behind it.
That was a bit long…. 
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