Which Beatles song was the first one you ever heard?

[Marcus]

She Loves You

[Dave The Rave]

On Tuesday, April 21, 2015 at 9:48:48 AM UTC-4, Marcus wrote:
> She Loves You

Same here. Blew my brother and me away on radio. First 45 we (brothers have to share) ever owned. Swan black label, still have it. Grooves burnt out from hundreds of plays (first day of ownership!)

Dave The Rave

[P-Dub]

On Tuesday, April 21, 2015 at 9:48:48 AM UTC-4, Marcus wrote:
> She Loves You

I was 7 years old, and playing Lego's (yes they had them in '67), and my friend put on a 45 on the record player. He played the song 'Strawberry Fields Forever', which was the 'B' side of Penny Lane.

I listened to this song, and I was mesmerized. I was already playing piano at that point, and was being groomed to be a classical pianist. I may have even heard the Beatles before, but I didn't notice.

But this song blew my mind. I listened to Penny Lane, and kinda liked it. But it was SFF that caught my attention.

I asked my friend to put it on again, and we listened to it about 5 times.

When I got home that night, I bugged my mom, and she eventually bought me Magical Mystery Tour.

These events changed my life. I am still playing Beatles music in several bands, and solo.

P-Dub: Beatle crazed nut since '67.

[Eric Ramon]

On Tuesday, April 21, 2015 at 6:48:48 AM UTC-7, Marcus wrote:
> She Loves You

I Want to Hold Your Hand.

I'd seen tiny little articles for a few months, in the New York Times, about riots in England so I knew they existed.

Then late one night, with the transistor under my pillow, this song came on. I went shivery and thought "this *must* be them!" The DJ did not announce the song or identify it after he played it. Listened again the next night, hoping it would come on and it did. Oo-ee!!

[Marcus]

I know that record well, my sister and I bought it the day The Beatles landed at JFK...2/7/64.

[BlackMonk]

The first one I remember hearing is A Hard Day's Night, on the Beatles
cartoon, which I just happened to find one day when I was three or four
and could never find again.

[RGrimes]

This is one of my favorite stories to tell that points out the power of The
Beatles above and beyond the mania that swept the world in 1964. My dad in the
early sixties managed a radio station (WGOK) in Mobile, Alabama and I was able
to get all of the records that were sent to the station as promotional copies.
As a result, I had so many records that I was notorious among my friends for
playing only a small part of even the biggest hits much to their chagrin. I
couldn't play them all the way through after all because I had so many to go
through and time just wouldn't permit. One day, however, and I only realized
the full implications after THEY became the heroes of the world's youth and
most adults for that matter, I put on a new Vee Jay release, "Please, Please
Me" by The Beattles (it was misspelled on the label) and found myself listening
to the whole song! It quickly became a song I could not stop playing! Why
wasn't this song a hit I asked myself. Even the flip side (I believe it was
"Thank You, Girl") was played over and over and LOVED! Then, I received another
Vee Jay release "From Me to You" and again, although it was not a hit I found
it irresistible and it too was played start to finish ALL THE TIME! Only later
did I come to realize that this Beatlemania was not something people joined
into because it was cool to be a part of the mob scene phenomena of it all, but
something that was not to be resisted because it was tangibly, magically, great
stuff to be reckoned with! Therefore, it is with pride that I look back at how
they were Fab with me even before they released Meet the Beatles! Of course,
afterwards they re-released these Vee Jay singles and the world knew what I had
discovered as a 14 year old boy!

[mcbassguitar]

like many Americans - all my lovin

[Marcus]

What a great story...reminds me of a guy I met who was in England during early 1963 UK Beatlemania and he brought home "Please Please Me" and played it for his friends in the USA upon his return, a good 6-9 months before the Ed Sullivan show. His friends loved it.

[blackpo...@gmail.com]

On Tuesday, April 21, 2015 at 9:48:48 AM UTC-4, Marcus wrote:
> She Loves You

Kennedy was shot and soon the Beatles wanted to hold our hands...that transition was a good one and seemingly timed as if scripted...we sure could use that today..

[Kaili]

Which Kennedy needs to be shot?

[zippl...@gmail.com]

On Tuesday, April 21, 2015 at 8:48:48 AM UTC-5, Marcus wrote:
> She Loves You

Twist And Shout at a skating rink in late 1963.

[Kaili]

On Tuesday, April 21, 2015 at 9:48:48 AM UTC-4, Marcus wrote:
> She Loves You

My recollection is that it was The Night Before. In fact, I played that song for my son the day I brought him home from the hospital.

[zippl...@gmail.com]

On Tuesday, April 21, 2015 at 3:12:49 PM UTC-5, RGrimes wrote:
> This is one of my favorite stories to tell that points out the power of The
> Beatles above and beyond the mania that swept the world in 1964. My dad in the
> early sixties managed a radio station (WGOK) in Mobile, Alabama and I was able
> to get all of the records that were sent to the station as promotional copies.

Me too, with my dad.

> As a result, I had so many records that I was notorious among my friends for
> playing only a small part of even the biggest hits much to their chagrin. I
> couldn't play them all the way through after all because I had so many to go
> through and time just wouldn't permit.

Oh come on, Robert.

One day, however, and I only realized
> the full implications after THEY became the heroes of the world's youth and
> most adults for that matter, I put on a new Vee Jay release, "Please, Please
> Me" by The Beattles (it was misspelled on the label) and found myself listening
> to the whole song! It quickly became a song I could not stop playing!

Oh no! I don't care for that when it comes on the radio.

Why
> wasn't this song a hit I asked myself. Even the flip side (I believe it was
> "Thank You, Girl") was played over and over and LOVED!

It was? Another awful song.

Then, I received another
> Vee Jay release "From Me to You" and again, although it was not a hit I found
> it irresistible and it too was played start to finish ALL THE TIME!

I found it irresistible no times. Not one time. Not any. None!!!!

Only later
> did I come to realize that this Beatlemania was not something people joined
> into because it was cool to be a part of the mob scene phenomena of it all, but
> something that was not to be resisted because it was tangibly, magically, great
> stuff to be reckoned with! Therefore, it is with pride that I look back at how
> they were Fab with me even before they released Meet the Beatles! Of course,
> afterwards they re-released these Vee Jay singles and the world knew what I had
> discovered as a 14 year old boy!

They broke up when I was 14, and you know what I mean!

[zippl...@gmail.com]

On Tuesday, April 21, 2015 at 4:06:40 PM UTC-5, blackpo...@gmail.com wrote:
> On Tuesday, April 21, 2015 at 9:48:48 AM UTC-4, Marcus wrote:
> > She Loves You
>
> Kennedy was shot and soon the Beatles wanted to hold our hands..

Not mine.

:-)

[topazgalaxy]

On Tuesday, April 21, 2015 at 4:12:49 PM UTC-4, RGrimes wrote:

That is a great story and I must ask. IIRC it was at least one radio station in Alabama that asked Beatles fans to burn their records after John Lennon gave that interview where he allegedly said that the Beatles were more popular than Jesus. (a statement that was taken totally out of context)
What happened at your Dad's radio station with that mess?

IIRC the records burnings occurred in the Bible Belt.

[Nil]

On 21 Apr 2015, Marcus <marc...@yahoo.com> wrote in
rec.music.beatles:

> She Loves You

I went to a "carnival" at my grade school. It was more for the parents
than the kids, I think. One thing they had there was called the
"Cakewalk" - kind of a cross between musical chairs and bingo. For 5
cents or whatever, a kid would walk around a circle with numbers
painted on the ground while they played a record. When the record
stopped, they'd call out a number and whoever was standing on that
number won a cake or pie that had been baked by one of the parents. One
of the records they were playing was "I Want to Hold Your Hand". I
spent all my pennies and I think I won a chocolate cupcake. But That
Song! I couldn't get it out of my head, and I hung around there for
hours just so I could hear it again and again. I was hooked.

Later I discovered that a neighbor, a girl a year or two older, had a
collection of 45s, including some Beatles. I would beg her to let me
hear them. She would, but she'd make me listen to some Rolling Stones
first.

[blackpo...@gmail.com]

The Beatles made us smile and dance again after Dallas...for me they were that powerful, music wise...we could use some smiles today with the world in a mess...but "music" today cannot do the job..

[Eric Ramon]

On Tuesday, April 21, 2015 at 4:36:37 PM UTC-7, blackpo...@gmail.com wrote:

>
> The Beatles made us smile and dance again after Dallas...for me they were that powerful, music wise...we could use some smiles today with the world in a mess...but "music" today cannot do the job..

I don't recall ever making that association. I was a little put off by it when I first read it because those were two separate events. I've also read that the British thing that made everyone want something like Beatlemania was the Profumo scandal.

I doubt either one had anything at all to do with the Beatles' popularity. I know that I was over any sadness or anger about Kennedy before I heard the Beatles. They did not snap me out being depressed, just like I bet British kids didn't bother making a connection between the Beatles and Profumo.

I liked Kennedy a lot but by mid-December I was madder and sadder about Bobby Vinton and the Singing Nun than anything else.

[blackpo...@gmail.com]

I have always put the Dallas horror and the Beatles invasion together..one good one bad I suppose.....I have no idea what the hits of the day were after 911...those Beatle boys just burned into my memory bank...

Vinton..Singing Nun Agree!

[Marcus]

On Tuesday, April 21, 2015 at 8:01:42 PM UTC-4, Eric Ramon wrote:

I feel the same way. Within a year or so of The Beatles impact on America, a psychiatrist came up with the "Beatles rescued teens from sadness over Kennedy depression". I find it hard to believe, but just like many things, the more that explanation was repeated the more people believed it. Never made any sense to me.

[blackpo...@gmail.com]

Understand what you're saying but if I may...those school days I remember was of bombing drills, neighbors building bomb shelters, Cuban blockades and JFK's head being blown apart on TV.....Then The Beatles arrived and it was nice to feel good, through music..but that's just my take...right or wrong

[RichL]

"Marcus" <marc...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:fb2ea12a-5c5f-4031...@googlegroups.com...
> She Loves You

I can't be sure about this, but I think it was "From Me To You". Some time
in November '63.

[Sid Bonfire]

On Tuesday, April 21, 2015 at 9:48:48 AM UTC-4, Marcus wrote:
> She Loves You

"From Me to You" sung by Del Shannon in August 1963 on 1050 CHUM Toronto. Del toured with the Beatles in 1963 and liked one of their songs and recorded it.

[Kaili]

On Tuesday, April 21, 2015 at 6:16:46 PM UTC-4, poisoned rose wrote:
> Laurie Anderson/O Superman

Now this one I can set the scene for -- I was sitting on the floor in my parents' house watching the late great Night Flight on USA, when this video came on. I believe it preceded New Wave Theater.

[Kaili]

On Wednesday, April 22, 2015 at 1:41:12 AM UTC-4, poisoned rose wrote:

> I always heard people raving about Night Flight, but I never had cable
> TV when I was younger so I only caught little bits of it here and there
> at friends' places.
>
> Saw New Wave Theater a couple of times, but just had trouble finding it.
> Whenever I saw it, it was by "accident."

Night Flight was fantastic. At any given time you could see anything; interview shows hosted by Lisa Robinson, cartoons, Three Stooges, Reggae Sunsplash, Subgenius videos, etc. It's where I first saw Fantastic Planet. I still mourn USA's decision.

Here's some samples:

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x12v832_usa-night-flight-disk-1-part-1_tv

[evert...@gmail.com]

Yellow Submarine - Revolver 1966. Good song, :)

[Marcus]

OK. I'm sure that you and other kids felt that way, not trying to diminish your experience. Speaking for myself only, it was the music that did it for me only.

[blackpo...@gmail.com]

Understood my friend....of course, then in '66 I was drafted...and Beatles music took on a whole different meaning for me..they had seemed to be a guide, music wise, from beginning to end...so glad my young days included the Fab Four....

[Eric Ramon]

I wonder if the age difference had anything to do with it. If you were drafted in '66 then you're older than Marcus and I. Perhaps Dallas stayed with you longer. If so (and this might be an interesting counter-hypothesis) the Beatles didn't relieve the gloom of the kids as much as the gloom of the older teenagers.

[blackpo...@gmail.com]

I remember watching President Kennedy on B&W TV...a nighttime speech on the blockade of Cuba with our ships...Russian ships were on their way, with missiles I believe...we all watched silent believing the end was near...naive yes but at the time, very real. After the Kennedy assassination...listening to The Beatles "I Want To Hold Your Hand" was comforting...even though our parents had fingers in their ears :-) When you think of Nam and Sgt Peppers...the two didn't mix well..but there they were, The Fab Four seeing soldiers through their fears...add a bit of Pot or Hash and those Four musicians became gods....I'm 68 now...but the memory of those days are as bright as yesterday...

[blackpo...@gmail.com]

Even wrote and sang a feeble tune after 911 for Lennon..
http:picosong.com/Xf6y/

[Marcus]

You could be right on that. I was 15 going on 16 for most of 1966, last part of my sophomore year and first part of my junior year in college. I didn't become eligible for the draft until 1968. "Kids" a few years older than me were about 15 or 16 when JFK was shot. They may have been more emotionally attached than me at age 13 (although that assassination remains one of the scariest and saddest experiences of my life). However, what I remember mostly is that boys, who were in their mid-to-late teens when The Beatles arrived in the USA for the first time, weren't that crazy about them. at least where I grew up, in the very early years of Beatlemania in the USA, boys that age thought the band was mostly for girls to scream about. Again, I grew up under the influence of NYC, so maybe that situation wasn't the same all over.

[blackpo...@gmail.com]

NY raised myself....and we were jealous as hell...but in snuck in a Beatle comb over when no one was looking :-)

[Marcus]

On Wednesday, April 22, 2015 at 2:44:51 PM UTC-4, blackpo...@gmail.com wrote:

>> > > > OK. I'm sure that you and other kids felt that way, not trying to diminish your experience. Speaking for myself only, it was the music that did it for me only.
> > >
> > > Understood my friend....of course, then in '66 I was drafted...and Beatles music took on a whole different meaning for me..they had seemed to be a guide, music wise, from beginning to end...so glad my young days included the Fab Four....
> >
> > I wonder if the age difference had anything to do with it. If you were drafted in '66 then you're older than Marcus and I. Perhaps Dallas stayed with you longer. If so (and this might be an interesting counter-hypothesis) the Beatles didn't relieve the gloom of the kids as much as the gloom of the older teenagers.
>
> I remember watching President Kennedy on B&W TV...a nighttime speech on the blockade of Cuba with our ships...Russian ships were on their way, with missiles I believe...we all watched silent believing the end was near...naive yes but at the time, very real. After the Kennedy assassination...listening to The Beatles "I Want To Hold Your Hand" was comforting...even though our parents had fingers in their ears :-) When you think of Nam and Sgt Peppers...the two didn't mix well..but there they were, The Fab Four seeing soldiers through their fears...add a bit of Pot or Hash and those Four musicians became gods....I'm 68 now...but the memory of those days are as bright as yesterday...

I'm 3 years younger than you (will be 65 this year). I can see your point about people your age might have been more affected, personally, about the Cuban Missile crisis etc. However, I was a nerdy history-loving kid from about age 9 on. I was very much aware of the missile crisis, although I don't recall thinking the world was gonna end. I remember Adlai Stevenson calling out the Soviet Union at the UN. That was on crazy weekend (reminds me of another crazy weekend when 3 Mile Island occurred). I was member of an after school club in 8th grade(which was when JFK was killed) called "The International Relations Club." So, I may have been a bit more aware of what was going on in the world than your average 13 year old in 1963. I was terrified by the thought of a nuclear war...still am.

A lot of guys who went to Nam used Rock music as a comfort and inspiration. The Beatles and the Stones as well as Dylan. A lot of Vets cite the Doors' music as their favorite music when they were there.

On a lighter note. In the early 70s I worked with a guy, a few years older than me, who volunteered to go back to the war a second time, for the purpose of scoring good pot and contraband stereo equipment to bring back to the States and sell it. I guess it takes all kinds.

[Marcus]

On Wednesday, April 22, 2015 at 8:22:13 PM UTC-4, Marcus wrote:

> "You could be right on that. I was 15 going on 16 for most of 1966, last part of my sophomore year and first part of my junior year in college."

Whoops, that should have been "high school" in the sentence above, not "college".

[Marcus]

Exactly, NYC guys your age were into the Four Seasons...not that sissy Beatles stuff. ;-)

My best friend is age 70, born and raised in Brooklyn, heavily into Doo-Wop and Elvis. He couldn't stand The Beatles until he met me and upon hearing me rave about them and playing their music to him, he began to like their music. I wouldn't call him a Beatlemaniac, but he appreciates them and their role in Rock history much more than when they were together as a group.

[blackpo...@gmail.com]

..and full circle my friend..whatever The Beatles did, (back when you had to put in a quarter to make a call)..they turned the page...each new release was akin to today's latest gadget to hit the shops....I'm glad I was there and I thank them for being part of growing up...I've listened and enjoyed much music over the years...Those Beatle boys got into the ears and under the skin. I do thank you for the conversation...

[Marcus]

On Wednesday, April 22, 2015 at 9:01:56 PM UTC-4, blackpo...@gmail.com wrote:
>>
> ..and full circle my friend..whatever The Beatles did, (back when you had to put in a quarter to make a call)..they turned the page...each new release was akin to today's latest gadget to hit the shops....I'm glad I was there and I thank them for being part of growing up...I've listened and enjoyed much music over the years...Those Beatle boys got into the ears and under the skin. I do thank you for the conversation...

And I thank you as well...good to read your words once again.

[RichL]

<blackpo...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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I'm in between you two age-wise. By 1966, the doo-wop acts (and Elvis) were
essentially forgotten where I grew up (northeastern MA). You were a Beatles
guy or a Stones guy. But when I took a trip to Albany NY it was almost like
a time warp. Guys still wore their hair slicked back. The soul groups were
big there too, not so much in MA.

[blackpo...@gmail.com]

>
> I'm in between you two age-wise. By 1966, the doo-wop acts (and Elvis) were
> essentially forgotten where I grew up (northeastern MA). You were a Beatles
> guy or a Stones guy. But when I took a trip to Albany NY it was almost like
> a time warp. Guys still wore their hair slicked back. The soul groups were
> big there too, not so much in MA

There was a tug of war in NY...hair, music...but I for one was glad the British invasion challenged the music, keeping in mind their music was inspired by ours..Fun stuff back then and I'm afraid I don't know who is who anymore at the top of the charts..not an age thing, just a ho hum attitude...

[RichL]

<blackpo...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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Well, any more the charts are pretty meaningless. Pablum for the masses.
The good stuff (and there IS good stuff) is in the crevasses - promoted and
distributed online, mainly.

One of my kids is a music producer/recording engineer. One of the
recordings he did a few years back was just certified platinum by the RIAA.
Thing is, it has never received commercial airplay. It was all done pretty
much through the 'net.

[zippl...@gmail.com]

Same with me and it was silly to hide under our desks for those bombing drills,
and line up against the wall. Hiding under every desk wouldn't help.

[zippl...@gmail.com]

I would love to hear it, Rich.

[hislop]

On 21/04/2015 11:48 PM, Marcus wrote:
> She Loves You
>

My memories of the 60s are soupy. Music was heard from over heard
radios from older brothers.
All My Loving strikes a chord of memory though.

[WillyShears]

I like your song very much. It sounded heartfelt.


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[gj]

On Wed, 22 Apr 2015 20:07:09 -0700 (PDT), zippl...@gmail.com wrote:

>Same with me and it was silly to hide under our desks for those bombing drills,
>and line up against the wall. Hiding under every desk wouldn't help.

It wasn't for your safety, it was to make it easier to locate the
bodies.

-GJ 2.0

[Marcus]

On Thursday, April 23, 2015 at 9:25:43 AM UTC-4, gj wrote:

> On Wed, 22 Apr 2015 20:07:09 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
>
> >Same with me and it was silly to hide under our desks for those bombing drills,
> >and line up against the wall. Hiding under every desk wouldn't help.
>
> It wasn't for your safety, it was to make it easier to locate the
> bodies.
>
> -GJ 2.0

except the bodies would be vaporized.

Yes, I know, not a pleasant thought.

I don't remember participating in the duck-and-cover under the desk drills, but I remember (circa 1957) lining up against the wall drills. IIRC, the latter drills were in anticipation of hydrogen bombs.

There was a great, funny, yet scary documentary made about the early days of nuclear testing and the government's reaction to it, vis a vis keeping the public safe. It's called "The Atomic Café". Came out in the early 80s.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Atomic_Cafe

[Marcus]

On Wednesday, April 22, 2015 at 10:41:50 PM UTC-4, blackpo...@gmail.com wrote:
> >
Fun stuff back then and I'm afraid I don't know who is who anymore at the top of the charts..not an age thing, just a ho hum attitude...

I can identify.

[zippl...@gmail.com]

I really like this song but in my opinion, it should be re-recorded. Please don't
take my words wrong. It sort of sounds like it's coming out of a small speaker
of the 60's. Is that how you want it to sound?

[zippl...@gmail.com]

We've previously had this discussion and no one brought it up. Makes sense.

[zippl...@gmail.com]

You can get a subscription to Rhapsody for about 100 dollars a year, and go
through tons of artists that sound like the 60's. Hear full length songs.

[zippl...@gmail.com]

On Thursday, April 23, 2015 at 8:46:47 AM UTC-5, Marcus wrote:

These guys are described as a trippy Simon & Garfunkel, Marcus. Not this
song so much. They sure got their vocals. Check out their other songs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HI3-Esu62zI

[gj]

On Thu, 23 Apr 2015 06:45:12 -0700 (PDT), Marcus <marc...@yahoo.com>
wrote:

>On Thursday, April 23, 2015 at 9:25:43 AM UTC-4, gj wrote:
>> On Wed, 22 Apr 2015 20:07:09 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
>>
>> >Same with me and it was silly to hide under our desks for those bombing drills,
>> >and line up against the wall. Hiding under every desk wouldn't help.
>>
>> It wasn't for your safety, it was to make it easier to locate the
>> bodies.
>>
>> -GJ 2.0
>
>except the bodies would be vaporized.

Only if you were near ground zero.

>
>Yes, I know, not a pleasant thought.
>
>I don't remember participating in the duck-and-cover under the desk drills, but I remember (circa 1957) lining up against the wall drills. IIRC, the latter drills were in anticipation of hydrogen bombs.

We had more tornado drills than anything, but I recall a few nuclear
drills. The teachers were pretty honest about how it was a waste of
time.

-GJ 2.0

[zippl...@gmail.com]

On Thursday, April 23, 2015 at 1:46:52 PM UTC-5, poisoned rose wrote:

> zippl...@gmail.com wrote:
>
> > These guys are described as a trippy Simon & Garfunkel, Marcus.
>

> > You can get a subscription to Rhapsody for about 100 dollars a year,
> > and go through tons of artists that sound like the 60's.
>

> Rhapsody's "If you like this, then try this" system has warped your ear.

> You are so rigidly locked into this idea of seeking "new" acts who just
> sound like clones of familiar acts you already like. That won't take you
> very far.

You get to listen to full length songs from "any era" if you want to. I just told
Marcus about the 60's because the music is there if you look hard enough, and
it's probably the era he loves the most? If it was just a place that had bands that sound like 60's music, I would agree with you.

[zippl...@gmail.com]

On Thursday, April 23, 2015 at 1:46:52 PM UTC-5, poisoned rose wrote:
> zippl...@gmail.com wrote:
>

> > These guys are described as a trippy Simon & Garfunkel, Marcus.
>

> > You can get a subscription to Rhapsody for about 100 dollars a year,
> > and go through tons of artists that sound like the 60's.
>
> Rhapsody's "If you like this, then try this" system has warped your ear.

Yeah, we'll forget the times (not) that you helped me find Lennon, Harrison
and 60's type music with the line you wrote above. I do really appreciate it, Eric.
Just give me a song of any era that is melodic and I'll probably love it, but
it depends on the song. What's on your mind you'd like me to listen to?

[zippl...@gmail.com]

On Thursday, April 23, 2015 at 1:46:52 PM UTC-5, poisoned rose wrote:
> zippl...@gmail.com wrote:
>

> > These guys are described as a trippy Simon & Garfunkel, Marcus.
>

> > You can get a subscription to Rhapsody for about 100 dollars a year,
> > and go through tons of artists that sound like the 60's.
>
> Rhapsody's "If you like this, then try this" system has warped your ear.

> You are so rigidly locked into this idea of seeking "new" acts who just
> sound like clones of familiar acts you already like. That won't take you
> very far.

"The Mother Hips" isn't bad.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smmDsfPKKPM

[WillyShears]

How 'zabout chillin' with some early 70s
Herbie. I went thru a period of listening
to almost nothing but Jazz Fusion.
This was one of the anthems, "Butterfly".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knbmKDUYDXc
Willy

[RichL]

<zippl...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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Here ya go, Jeff:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcNiKCmWdYE

[zippl...@gmail.com]

Sounds good, Willer. Had no idea you liked jazz fusion.

[zippl...@gmail.com]

Thanks, Rich. Sounds good. I swear I came across this video yesterday.
My setting on the computer is on auto play.

[WillyShears]

Oh yeah. One of my favorite genres.
I just hope nobody confuses Jazz Fusion
with so called Smooth Jazz, for which I
have no use. Bores the snot out of me.
The Kenny G type sound. That's not Jazz.

[hislop]

On 22/04/2015 12:41 AM, P-Dub wrote:

> On Tuesday, April 21, 2015 at 9:48:48 AM UTC-4, Marcus wrote:
>> She Loves You
>

> I was 7 years old, and playing Lego's (yes they had them in '67), and my friend put on a 45 on the record player. He played the song 'Strawberry Fields Forever', which was the 'B' side of Penny Lane.
>
> I listened to this song, and I was mesmerized. I was already playing piano at that point, and was being groomed to be a classical pianist. I may have even heard the Beatles before, but I didn't notice.
>
> But this song blew my mind. I listened to Penny Lane, and kinda liked it. But it was SFF that caught my attention.
>
> I asked my friend to put it on again, and we listened to it about 5 times.
>
> When I got home that night, I bugged my mom, and she eventually bought me Magical Mystery Tour.
>
> These events changed my life. I am still playing Beatles music in several bands, and solo.
>
> P-Dub: Beatle crazed nut since '67.
>

When I played the single of SFF which I found within a record collection
in the 70s, I was convinced it was playing too slow.
And now I think it was actually slowed down so it could match in the edit.

[zippl...@gmail.com]

Do you like the Jeff Lober fusion, and the album with the song "Reflections"
on it? That's my favorite by him. Don't like his solo arrangement of this song.

[Marcus]

They definitely sound like early S & G.

Jeff, I know these Swedish folks aren't a new band, The Sound Track of Our Lives (T.S.T.O.O.L), and they split up a few years ago, but I have a friend who is crazy about them...always sends me links to their songs. They do send very 60s to me.

Here's one of their songs:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DgyeIm2CQ4

[Tim]

On Tuesday, April 21, 2015 at 2:10:17 PM UTC-7, Kaili wrote:

> On Tuesday, April 21, 2015 at 5:06:40 PM UTC-4, blackpo...@gmail.com wrote:
> > On Tuesday, April 21, 2015 at 9:48:48 AM UTC-4, Marcus wrote:
> > > She Loves You
> >

> > Kennedy was shot and soon the Beatles wanted to hold our hands...that transition was a good one and seemingly timed as if scripted...we sure could use that today..
>
> Which Kennedy needs to be shot?

I find it amazing that JFK Airport got it's new name so soon after the President was killed.
It also seems Cape Canaveral also held Kennedy's name for some time, directly after his demise, only to be changed back to Canaveral later on, IIRC.

I can't recall clearly if I first heard She Loves You, or I want to hold your hand, first or second, since we (my friends and I) got our hands on both songs at the same time.

[zippl...@gmail.com]

Marcus, I have to agree with you.

[Fattuchus]

On Tuesday, April 21, 2015 at 9:48:48 AM UTC-4, Marcus wrote:
> She Loves You

I cannot recall, but it was probably She Loves You or I Want to Hold Your Hand.