After casting around unsuccessfully for something new to be fannish about, I've migrated back to my old fannish state, my original fandom, my earliest days fandom, from before I knew what fandom was. The act I've known for all these years… it's a bit alarming, how much I'm in love with the Beatles all over again. Except this time from the
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My friends and I used to spend our time talking abut The Beatles, listening to The Beatles, reading about The Beatles, dreaming about The Beatles.
My boys are 20 and 23. Just the other day I was trying to imagine them as part of a world wide phenononom with millions of girls screaming after them. I could not.
The book looks fascinating. I'll have to reserve it from my library. I've already ordered my copy of the BBC vol. 2 album.
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It's really amazing to me that those four boys emerged as un-monstrous as they did. I mean, yeah, there was bad behavior throughout, and some serious egos, but for the most part, I truly believe that they ended (and are carrying on) as they began - as fundamentally decent people. I saw a recent clip of Paul McCartney being swarmed by famous people (that's a level of celebrity that's truly astonishing - he's the one that the superstars fanboy/girl), and it struck me… he's been dealing with this nonstop for 50 years. Celebrity hit when they were in their late teens/early 20s and it never went away.
I've already ordered my copy of the BBC vol. 2 album.
Me too! Can't wait - I loved the first one.
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I loved the first BBC album too! I strongly believe you can tell a lot about a band by listening to them do covers. So that was both fascinating and proved what I had always known - they were just a damn good band.
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But by George, I saw the Boys in concert.
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In HS I knew someone who had seen their last concert at Shea Stadium in NYC. He actually rushed the field after and pried up a bit of sod which he had preserved in a case. I wonder if he still has it?
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I know Shea had to be completely resodded afterwards.
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