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I thoroughly enjoyed the 50th anniversary of the Beatles this past
Sunday. Sadly there were only a few that still had long hair.
And yes even though the Beatles had relatively short hair in 1964
it was very controversial at the time.
I found it intesting that Stevie Wonder still had long hair even
though his hairline has receeded alot.
Sadly I never got to see the Beatles live in concert, but my wife
was at their concert in Boston Garden.
But compared to those of us who ultimately grew our hair longer the
Beatles never really had hair that was that long. By the 70s my hair was waist length, by the 80s my hair was knee length, by comparison the Beatles only had hair that was a little past shoulder length.
BTW, George Harrison died of cancer, there were a number of
reports remembering the Beatles where they claimed John Lennon
and George Harrison died after being shot. John Lennon did die
of a gunshot, George Harrison was shot but died years later
of cancer. I'm not sure what shows that claim was on but
I wanted to set the record straight on this.
It was a great show!
I was caught off guard by my emotional reaction to it. I was very pleased with Maroon 5 performance and the band that did "Revolution". However, I was displeased with Katy Perry's performance of "Yesterday". I enjoyed the story about "Let it Be". I did not know the context of that song and it was powerful to hear it. I remember at the time, being a non-Catholic, my mother did not like the reference to "Mother Mary" in the song- thinking it was a reference to the mother of Jesus... but come to find out, according to the show on Sunday, it was a reference to Paul's mother, Mary - which made it seem all the more interesting to me.
Yes, it was a great show - It was great to see Ringo do his numbers and see how much Yoko Ono enjoyed herself... It was a great tribute to these last two remaining living legends of our generation!
I enjoyed all the acts they had covering the Beatles. I especially enjoyed the part with Paul and Ringo talking to Letterman about their long hair.
I especially enjoyed the part with Johnny Depp, reminded me
of the Dark Shadows movie where he (Barnabss) wakes up in 1970.
All in all it was an enjoyable show with lots of enoyable acts.
I was dissappointed with how few guys still had long hair.
I found it especially appropriate that "Here comes the sun" was
performed since it has been an exceptioanlly long cold lonely winter. The coldest winter we've had in like 25 years.
I thought George was stabbed when he was assaulted at his estate Friar Park?
peace,
jonalbear
You're right, he was stabbed by an intruder.
