Thanks, Mark. A lot of the credit goes to my son Michael who actually knows way more about the Beatles than I did. He got me going on this. Glad you liked it.
The biggest Beatles fan I ever knew was one of my students. She was barely old enough to remember 9/11 but she knew the Beatles discography better than me, and I grew up listening to them. When she graduated she told me she was scared about starting college and then she came into my office to meet me as her advisor and she saw my mousepad made to look like the Sgt. pepper drum head. "I knew everything would be ok then." she told me.
Great story about the mousepad. My son Michael plays drums and guitar and in a pinch, keyboards, and knows a lot about the history of electric guitars and amplification and recording techniques and got me going on this subject by saying anyone who thinks the Beatles are overrated doesn't understand how many musicians were and still are copying something they did.
In 2014 I made a very short day trip to Liverpool to do some research in a maritime library there. I had an hour to kill before my train left so I ran into the museum next to the library. Of course they had Beatles stuff! One of the products they had on display that was sold with the Beatles on it was a can (sorry, a "tin") of talcum powder. Here is a link to one being sold online. Only $500!
Okay, after four installments on the lads from Liverpool, I’ve got to break my silence: Brilliant!
Thanks, Mark. A lot of the credit goes to my son Michael who actually knows way more about the Beatles than I did. He got me going on this. Glad you liked it.
The biggest Beatles fan I ever knew was one of my students. She was barely old enough to remember 9/11 but she knew the Beatles discography better than me, and I grew up listening to them. When she graduated she told me she was scared about starting college and then she came into my office to meet me as her advisor and she saw my mousepad made to look like the Sgt. pepper drum head. "I knew everything would be ok then." she told me.
Great story about the mousepad. My son Michael plays drums and guitar and in a pinch, keyboards, and knows a lot about the history of electric guitars and amplification and recording techniques and got me going on this subject by saying anyone who thinks the Beatles are overrated doesn't understand how many musicians were and still are copying something they did.
In 2014 I made a very short day trip to Liverpool to do some research in a maritime library there. I had an hour to kill before my train left so I ran into the museum next to the library. Of course they had Beatles stuff! One of the products they had on display that was sold with the Beatles on it was a can (sorry, a "tin") of talcum powder. Here is a link to one being sold online. Only $500!
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