Favourite Videos

[IKnowALittle]

Well, my first choice isn't going to be a surprise.
I believe this is the only video of Hank that isn't a kinescope.
It's truncated, but one of my favourite songs.
Lots of good memories, but also opens up some wounds.

I know most of the guys here think I'm a goober.
That's ok, at least I'm an urban goober.

This is the song that changed the world.
When Paul stepped up to the mic and sang "close your eyes", everything changed.
February 9, 1964. Ed Sullivan.
Best video I could find.

A short version, but it's a lot better.

 

[toothace]

I prefer Raisinettes

 

[Mixstar]

Ringo is still getting away trying to drum, I saw a clip of him in the studio a few days ago - he's not the best. Poor old Pete Best.

 

[Shawn@PRS]

Ringo is still getting away trying to drum, I saw a clip of him in the studio a few days ago - he's not the best. Poor old Pete Best.

I don't know. He isn't the most technically proficient player, but as a lefty playing on a righty kit, he has his own thing going on.

 

[alantig]

One of my favorite bands, and one of my favorite performances of theirs. Tearing it up!

 

[bodia]

One of my favorite bands, and one of my favorite performances of theirs. Tearing it up!

I LOVE these guys! LOVE, LOVE, LOVE!

 

[alantig]

I LOVE these guys! LOVE, LOVE, LOVE!

I've seen them like six times - enough that they recognize me and my buddy. We drove to Philly last year (5.5 hours) to see them, and my wife texted me and said, "Do you think they wish their groupies weren't two fat guys?"

First saw them open for the Who. They came out in the suits and did the handshake, and my buddy said, "Oh, this should be interesting." By the end of the first verse, I said, "Yeah - we're buying this CD." They came off the front of the stage and walked through the crowd to do a meet & greet. Totally impressed by their attitude and personalities.

 

[bodia]

I've seen them like six times - enough that they recognize me and my buddy. We drove to Philly last year (5.5 hours) to see them, and my wife texted me and said, "Do you think they wish their groupies weren't two fat guys?"

First saw them open for the Who. They came out in the suits and did the handshake, and my buddy said, "Oh, this should be interesting." By the end of the first verse, I said, "Yeah - we're buying this CD." They came off the front of the stage and walked through the crowd to do a meet & greet. Totally impressed by their attitude and personalities.

Yep, same here. The Mrs and I saw them open for the The Who. Totally floored me. Unfortunately, that is the only time I've seen them.

 

[IKnowALittle]

I'm not suggesting that you should love or hate The Beatles.
All I'm sayin' is that they changed everything in a way that had never happened before and likely will never happen again.
Just reality.

I just don't get people that don't "get" that ... particularly musicians.
There really isn't any argument.

 

[Alan Manning]

I can dig that. Someone was going to do it and it happened to be them!

 

[rugerpc]

Here's the thing. If you didn't live through it, experience it as it happened and watch the changes happen, it is never going to have the same impact and importance. I feel that this is true for all things.

People can tell me about war like the civil war, WWI, WWII, or the Korean war, but if you didn't serve during them, or even live through them as a civilian, you're not going to have the same perspective.

I was raised on the Beatles. But anyone born after 1970 or so isn't going to appreciate them the way I do. Their experiences aren't tied to the music like mine are.

So, I'm just saying you might keep that in mind when you are shaking your head because the Beatles aren't a core music influence for a millennial. What seems obvious for some is just history or a footnote for others.

 

[alantig]

What rugerpc said. I was too young for the Beatles or Hendrix. I can understand and appreciate what they've meant to music, but I can never really feel the full impact that their emergence had on the music world because I was too young to pay attention to it. The same applies for Eddie Van Halen for younger people.