5th Post

Along with heart melting songs like "I Want to Hold Your Hand", the Beatles wrote deep and sometimes controversial tunes. A favorite, "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds" was thought to be about getting high because the abbreviations of the song are in fact, "LSD". Not only that, but the song itself has some pretty loopy lyrics. My favorite verse being; "Newspaper taxis appear on the shore, waiting to take you away. Climb in the back with your head in the clouds, and you're gone." Lennon defended the words by saying his son Julian had drawn a picture and when he asked him what it was he replied "Lucy in the sky with diamonds" Some doubt the validity of that story...you choose what you believe.

4th Post

The Beatles consisted of Paul McCartney(bass guitar and vocals),John Lennon(rhythm guitar and vocals), Ringo Starr(drums and vocals) and George Harrison(lead guitar and vocals). Together they created sounds much different from the norm. They broke out the electric guitar while Ringo banged on the signature drums. Perhaps most of all, they wrote genuine, hypnotic lyrics.

3rd Post

The Beatles planned to make an appearance on "The Ed Sullivan Show", do a few concerts and head back home across the pond. However, their debut on the show launched the beginnings of Beatlemania. On the show they played 5 hit songs: "All My Loving","Till There Was You","She Loves You","I Saw Her Standing There" and "I Want to Hold Your Hand". A recorded 73 million people watched the show and in those moments, privileged viewers became Beatles fans for life. They fell in love with the boys from Liverpool and only wanted more. And so began the mass hysteria for the British chaps. =)

2nd Post

Before the Beatles landed in America, the people were used to the rock n' roll era; or so they thought. The U.S. was accustomed to the sounds of Carl Perkins, Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash and Jimi Hendrix. Some, such as Elvis, mixed in a little bit of country and R&B. Rock n' Roll quickly became a genre of music praised by thousands of fans across the nation. But, however adored these artists were, none can truly compare to the Beatles. When the Beatles came to America on February 7, 1964, music junkies everywhere were swept into the psychedelic aura.

1st Post

This whole blogging business will be about the Beatles and what made them such a hit band. I'm going to write about how things were before they invaded the U.S., what happened when they came over and what style they had that was so different from the norm. I'll also write about certain lyrics such as the controversial ones to 'Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds' (aka LSD) and the deep meanings to others such as 'A Day in the Life'.