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What does it take to be a die hard Beatles fan?

I am the first to admit that I am a Beatles fan. And might even say that I am die hard. A recent film and recent album has me questioning the latter.

Peter Jackson's film "Get Back" and the 2022 "de-mixed" release of "Revolver" were both somewhat over the top for even a long time Beatles fan.

I had difficulty getting through both the film and the album.

Yes, it was pretty cool to get an inside look at the prep for the famous rooftop concert. But it became tedious to listen to all the "bla bla" in the studio and the endless fiddling of non Beatles songs.

Not to mention all that time "practicing" in the studio to come up with 3 or 4 songs.

And it was cool to hear the de-mixed versions of Revolver material, but 63 tracks with much relatively meaningless stuff took me 2 days to get through. 

I certainly can appreciate the attraction to the behind the scenes things.

But neither the film or the album gave me much insight into who these guys are were/are.

The film was especially disappointing.

 

 

mglik
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1111art
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To answer the OP's question...when I found myself purchasing a couple of original 35mm slides of them in their heyday. What the hell do I need those for? They do look pretty good though, once I fixed them up in Photoshop. I guess I just wanted something unique that no one else owned.

I remember (having seen them on Ed Sullivan), buying 'meet the beatles', growing out my bangs (which I had to comb back whenever my parents were around). Whenever I left the house the first thing I'd do it fling my bangs down over my forehead...heaven forbid!

below are links to those photos I mention.

https://ibb.co/0fWkTgM
https://ibb.co/W2rL9cD

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1111art
123 posts
 

To answer the OP's question...when I found myself purchasing a couple of original 35mm slides of them in their heyday. What the hell do I need those for? They do look pretty good though, once I fixed them up in Photoshop. I guess I just wanted something unique that no one else owned.

I remember (having seen them on Ed Sullivan), buying 'meet the beatles', growing out my bangs (which I had to comb back whenever my parents were around). Whenever I left the house the first thing I'd do it fling my bangs down over my forehead...heaven forbid!

 

https://ibb.co/0fWkTgM
https://ibb.co/W2rL9cD

edcyn
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Putting "Revolution No. 9" on auto-repeat.

vonhelmholtz
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One night in the early 70’s I walked down to the Berkeley Tower Records and bought one each of all of the stocked Beatle albums.  I still have them, but haven’t really listened to them in decades.  I’ll have to pull a few and give them a listen.

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waytoomuchstuff
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A while back I invited my 18-year-old grandson over to listen to music.

Right off he said: “I don’t get The Beatles.”

i was visibly shaken, and it took a few moments to recover and remind myself that I love my grandson more than I love the Beatles.

Guess that makes me a die hard Beatles fan?

fyi- 60 minutes later he “got” The Beatles.

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