Right, first off a couple of things. Number one, strictly speaking they were The Beatles, so it might be argued they, and countless other snazzy pop combos, should fit in at the letter T. Well not on this blog they don't, so save your breath, I'm not arguing about it.
Secondly, and this is where I might fall out with all sorts of people, I don't really like the Beatles. It's not that I can't stand the sound of them, but they just don't get me going. But that is not what this series of postings is about. It's about memories arising from music.
For the Beatles the memory is of me being aged about six or seven and charging round a small department store called Dawsons in Whitstable singing/bellowing She Loves You, which as some of you will recall, includes the chance to chant "Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!" The strange thing about this is that She Loves You was a major chart success in 1963 which was several years before my family moved to the Kent town of Whitstable. I can only conclude that I liked the Beatles enough in those days to commit some of their songs to my youthful memory.
Anyway, not a big fan of the Beatles, who were "just a band", and here's a song to show that.
Also-rans: James Brown performing Get Up Offa That Thing. Reason: I'd quite like this played at my funeral and when I've told people that, they've laughed, which makes me smile. So it's a strangely happy memory. I'd also like Bare Necessities from Disney's Jungle Book cartoon played at my funeral, but we can talk about that later, much later.
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I can picture it! I found The Beatles as a teen in the 1980s Mid-West USA, so my repetitive squawking of their songs wouldn't have been as cute.
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I don't think cute is a word that ever got used in connection with my singing.
DeleteYou planted that song in my head until I read your A post - now it's Dancing Queen. Not sure which is worse.
ReplyDeleteI think it helps to have irritating songs on some sort of rotation to avoid going completely nuts.
DeleteI don't understand The Beatles fuss either. Their music is okay, but they don't rock my world or anything. But who am I? I'm still going to KISS concerts. :)
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I love how certain songs can trigger certain memories. My A to Z posts are all about music too.
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The Beatles has so many different kinds of songs, that I can say I really liked one (Imagine), but didn't even know they made another. Funny song about "Just a Band."
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I hear you - while I like The Beatles - I don't love them. But in terms of memory, song is the best kind to get a boost of them flowing in.
ReplyDeleteI am glad to see that I am no the only one who enjoyed the Beatles music but did not understand the extreme hype. I like this idea of music each day, finding things I haven't listened to in awhile. Of course now I have Dancing Queen going through my mind.
ReplyDeleteFor the record, the words "a," "an," and "the" do not count at the beginning of book titles when alphabetizing so they shouldn't count for band names either. LOL
ReplyDeleteI am also not a big Beatles' fan, but I do like Bare Necessities. I would love to know why you want that at your funeral.
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Your first paragraph is very useful to know, thank you. As for Bare Necessities, I like its message of appreciation of the simple things in life.
DeleteI kinda like the Beatles, if I need something mellow(er) for the day. Otherwise, they're not quite my style.
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