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HockeyMom

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12. Watched and went to Shea Stadium to see them
Sat Feb 9, 2013, 08:15 PM
Feb 2013

Actually, I could see the people in the planes flying over better than the "boys". IMPOSSIBLE to hear them besides. Ah, memories. I was 16.

Sitting about 4 inches from the TV MuseRider Feb 2013 #1
Same here! nt Mojorabbit Feb 2013 #56
Oh, yes, I was! Glorfindel Feb 2013 #2
Gosh that was the first time I ever heard of the Beatles or seen them. I remember southernyankeebelle Feb 2013 #51
I was 12 too. Etched in my brain. Warren Stupidity Feb 2013 #3
No, I was watching with great amusement Warpy Feb 2013 #4
And sucking on a lemon, no doubt. Faygo Kid Feb 2013 #7
No, I just wasn't a lightweight Warpy Feb 2013 #9
bad management??????????? Botany Feb 2013 #25
Oh man, that was one of the things I was thinking about while watching that night. calimary Feb 2013 #50
How do you know what was going on in that kid's head? Stargleamer Feb 2013 #32
Yummy, Yummy, Yummy was definitely bubblegum Art_from_Ark Feb 2013 #61
I was only 5 yrs old 49 yrs ago. But when I was 7 or 8 Santa brought me a Beatles sweatshirt :) Tx4obama Feb 2013 #5
I've been a fan, ever since Siwsan Feb 2013 #6
yes, it tickled me so much because of my Mom OKNancy Feb 2013 #8
Yes, yes. I was 12 too, and 2 girlfriends came to spend the night and watch Beatles with me. txwhitedove Feb 2013 #10
I missed the first show Trajan Feb 2013 #11
Watched and went to Shea Stadium to see them HockeyMom Feb 2013 #12
I have a bootleg album of that concert. Still Blue in PDX Feb 2013 #105
I was 7. HooptieWagon Feb 2013 #13
Was also 7 Freddie Feb 2013 #63
You guys are old; I was only 6. Martin Eden Feb 2013 #65
I was 7 as well independentpiney Feb 2013 #73
Remembering Mom complaining about their long hair! MiniMe Feb 2013 #14
nope. wasn't born yet. nt. naaman fletcher Feb 2013 #15
Yes and still my parents wouldn't turn whistler162 Feb 2013 #16
I was! 1gobluedem Feb 2013 #17
I was in Europe, and the Beatles were already well known over there. MADem Feb 2013 #18
Forty-nine years ago, I was seven going on eight and I remember being irritated 1monster Feb 2013 #19
nah...i was too stoned to move madrchsod Feb 2013 #20
Has it really been 49 years? Curmudgeoness Feb 2013 #21
yep...... dhill926 Feb 2013 #22
I was 13 aint_no_life_nowhere Feb 2013 #23
Thanks for the memories. mountain grammy Feb 2013 #45
Surfin' Bird by The Trashmen. jonthebru Feb 2013 #54
Cashing their Family Guy royalty checks? Brother Buzz Feb 2013 #93
Not really... Isoldeblue Feb 2013 #24
Given that the Doors and Cream weren't even around in Feb. 1964 Stargleamer Feb 2013 #30
Well goody for you - PFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFT! Isoldeblue Feb 2013 #34
like 4 years and those bands wilt the stilt Feb 2013 #48
Loser? Isoldeblue Feb 2013 #91
Honestly, I am 61 wilt the stilt Feb 2013 #97
I implied nothing Isoldeblue Feb 2013 #98
the reason why everyone dissed you wilt the stilt Feb 2013 #99
Not really, if you reread my initial post Isoldeblue Feb 2013 #102
whatever wilt the stilt Feb 2013 #103
I wasn't "dissed" (who says that anymore?) Isoldeblue Feb 2013 #106
The Stones didn't break in America thucythucy Feb 2013 #66
The A&R guy's name was Dick Rowe... rdmtimp Feb 2013 #75
Wasn't he the guy who told Brian Epstein thucythucy Feb 2013 #81
I think these youngsters might really have a future geefloyd46 Feb 2013 #26
Oh Yeah. And I was an old 18 year old college freshman. I remember hearing the maddiemom Feb 2013 #27
P.S. The Stones came along shortly thereafter and were far more hardass, but maddiemom Feb 2013 #31
Strangely enough it was my mom who insisted we watch Ed Sullivan that night dflprincess Feb 2013 #28
I sure do remember. I was 17 and a bunch of us met up at.. Little Star Feb 2013 #29
OMG was it really 49 years ago?? KauaiK Feb 2013 #33
Thanks for posting that davidpdx Feb 2013 #35
Being heavily into Motown at that time, Special Prosciuto Feb 2013 #36
With my sister and Godot51 Feb 2013 #37
I was 8 and... MarianJack Feb 2013 #38
OMG yes! xxqqqzme Feb 2013 #39
Yes, right there watching The Ed Sullivan Show with my sister .. she was the Beatle nut .. YOHABLO Feb 2013 #40
My 18 month old dtr. happily danced to them in front of our TV in Sacramento. Divernan Feb 2013 #41
I've seen Paul in concert 9 times Freddie Feb 2013 #64
I was nine and I bounced off the walls rocktivity Feb 2013 #42
I was a senior in high school Blue_In_AK Feb 2013 #43
Yes... Seems like yesterday! karmaqueen Feb 2013 #44
Elvis gyrating his pelvis to rock-n-roll, I get. Reno Master Feb 2013 #59
Thanks! cate94 Feb 2013 #46
I was ten. Fifth grade. Sat transfixed! calimary Feb 2013 #47
Oh crap! Another reminder how old I am Useless in FL Feb 2013 #49
I was nine years old, I remember it well. Mr.Bill Feb 2013 #52
Oh yeah!!! Manifestor_of_Light Feb 2013 #53
Still something I will never forget! Gman Feb 2013 #55
I certainly remember everybody talking about it, It seemed like the biggest thing ever Douglas Carpenter Feb 2013 #57
My neighbor Tammy and I were 6 Fedaykin Feb 2013 #58
Like you, I was also 12yo at the time. I don't think I was a "jumper," though---not my personality. Reno Master Feb 2013 #60
Three days before my 8th birthday. malthaussen Feb 2013 #62
I was really young and I didn't realize that the avebury Feb 2013 #67
Sadly, I was a geek/nerd something like that from a very young age...... tpsbmam Feb 2013 #68
That is very cool about the picture with your dad MuseRider Feb 2013 #69
Believe me, I do! That and a few others.... tpsbmam Feb 2013 #70
Cool story. Faygo Kid Feb 2013 #82
Thank you for sharing that! MuseRider Feb 2013 #86
I was still crawling. I couldn't jump up & down to it till YouTube. Bucky Feb 2013 #71
I was 8, LOL catbyte Feb 2013 #72
I was forced to watch them! S.A.M Feb 2013 #74
OMG, yes--I was six years old!!! KatyaR Feb 2013 #76
I was wiggling a lot. intheflow Feb 2013 #77
My first experience with SEX! Bennyboy Feb 2013 #78
Fun story. Faygo Kid Feb 2013 #85
I was only 3 at that time, but I love the Beatles. Blanks Feb 2013 #79
I watched too tibbiit Feb 2013 #80
Yes. In my highchair. RevStPatrick Feb 2013 #83
I was 8, and do remember it! Lifelong Protester Feb 2013 #84
Yes! I was 4, and glued to the tv. Thus began a lifelong love of music. Hun Joro Feb 2013 #87
Dunno... can an early 2nd trimester fetus "jump?" eShirl Feb 2013 #88
My eldest sure did when I went to see the movie "Tommy" at the theater. Still Blue in PDX Feb 2013 #108
This tune by the British group The Hollies reached no. 2 in the U.K in Feb. 1964 aint_no_life_nowhere Feb 2013 #89
Loved the Hollies. Every morning . . . Faygo Kid Feb 2013 #90
They had quite a string of hits aint_no_life_nowhere Feb 2013 #92
No. I wasn't even the proverbial twinkle in my daddy's eye. MrSlayer Feb 2013 #94
I may have been . . . markpkessinger Feb 2013 #95
I remember see that on MTV classics. aikoaiko Feb 2013 #96
I was in Indonesia, no TV bitchkitty Feb 2013 #100
Naah...I saw them on the Ed Sullivan show and shrugged my shoulders... KansDem Feb 2013 #101
Nope robertkdem1965_h89 Feb 2013 #104
I'll never forget it. Still Blue in PDX Feb 2013 #107
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