My son, who is 15, has just began to engage in Beatlemania.

[NNadir]

He just went out and bought "Seargent Pepper's"

He walks around all day singing "We were talking, about the rooms behind your mind..."

Should I be concerned?

[Orrex]

1. Tell him to steer clear of the Sgt. Pepper movie, and he should be all right.

[NNadir]

2. I didn't even know there was a Sgt. Pepper's movie.

After his mid-terms I have agreed to watch "Help."

If I recall correctly, although it was a very different time in my life when I last saw it, Yellow Submarine was pretty good though.

Am I right about that?

[Orrex]

4. Yellow Submarine is terrific

Hard Day's Night is also excellent.

The Sgt. Pepper's movie has basically nothing to do with The Beatles and may actually be the first harbinger of the apocalypse.

[Arugula Latte]

8. BeeGees, Peter Frampton, Aerosmith and Steve Martin, circa 1979

I remember it well.

[WCGreen]

37. Hard Day's Night is a masterpiece....

[surrealAmerican]

12. It's pretty good, but ...

"Hard Day's Night" is by far their best movie.

[Taverner]

16. Sgt Pepper the movie is excellent if understood in context

Robert Stigwood's magnum Cocaine Opus

[Orrex]

33. I'll go as far as "comprehensible," but I can't agree to "excellent."

[MiddleFingerMom]

3. Easily fixed.

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I think you can still find de-certified back-room exorcists
among some of the more elderly Roman Catholic priests.
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[FunkyLeprechaun]

22. It's weird to see George that young

I met him and his son. George was one of the nicest celebrity guys I met. Dhani went to school with my sister so I would see him often!

[Maccagirl]

The unnamed lad is a friend of Paul's cousin Ian

The photo was taken in the livingroom of Paul's Auntie Gin's house at Ian's wedding reception by Paul's brother Mike.

[Yavin4]

36. The Lesson Here Is Let Your Cousins Play At Your Wedding

They may be the next Beatles.

[edbermac]

5. You should be concerned, those aren't Beatle lyrics.

Sounds like Harrison's Within You Without You. Play it over and over again until he gets it right!



We were talking about the space between us all
And the people who hide themselves behind a wall of illusion
Never glimpse the truth, then it's far too late, when they pass away
We were talking about the love we all could share
When we find it, to try our best to hold it there with our love
With our love, we could save the world, if they only knew

Try to realise it's all within yourself
No one else can make you change
And to see you're really only very small
And life flows on within you and without you

We were talking about the love that's gone so cold
And the people who gain the world and lose their soul
They don't know, they can't see, are you one of them?

When you've seen beyond yourself then you may find
Peace of mind is waiting there
And the time will come when you see we're all one
And life flows on within you and without you

[NNadir]

7. You mean George Harrison wasn't one of the Beatles?

I never knew that.

You learn something every day.

[Orrex]

10. And wasn't that song on one of The Beatles' albums?

Hmm... which one was it, again?

[gratuitous]

6. Probably not much to worry about

But it's an arresting thought to remember that when the Beatles broke up, and had written, played and recorded all that wonderful music, Paul and John were 29. Twenty-fucking-nine.

[Drunken Irishman]

9. Yes.

Now he'll start liking other overrated stuff like Republicans, Playstation 3 and House.

[Cant trust em]

14. I'll slap you.

The Beatles are the best band ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[guitar man]

11. cool

Does he have a turntable? Searching flea markets and used record shops for old vinyl is great fun :)

[pintobean]

13. That's great.

When my daughter was 14, she was listening to absolute crap. We heard "Here Comes The Sun" in the car one night. She said that she knew the song from school and liked it. When we got home, I loaned her "Abbey Road". That was it. A Beatles fan to the max. That was 6 years ago, and she's still hooked. Her and my tastes differ, but she got off the screaming crap.

[Cant trust em]

15. You should just be happy that your son has good taste.

I didn't really engage in the Beatles until I was 21 in college. I was listening to rap before that. I can barely even imagine my musical tastes before the Beatles.

[oregonjen]

17. Beatles Rockband has brought the Beatles back into our house

That was the catalyst to him learning real drums from his dad and having great jam sessions. We now have a drum set and electric guitar that gets used daily.

[Cant trust em]

18. I love Beatles Rock Band

It combines two things that I love, The Beatles and video games. How could I go wrong?

I'll download every song that they ever make available.

[Captain Hilts]

32. Any parent would be thrilled to have their kid interested in classical music!

[Lavender Brown]

19. I watched the Beatles Anthology TV special when I was that age

and then wanted everything Beatles. :)

[Cant trust em]

21. A Beatles fan AND a Harry Potter fan?

Bestill my heart.

[Lavender Brown]

23. I doubt this is a rare combo

at least among Anglophiles. :)

[TommyO]

20. If you ever get a chance to see The Fab Faux, take your son to a show

They recreate the Beatles' music as found on the albums, including strings, backing vocals, the whole shebang.

http://www.thefabfaux.com/

The Fab Faux are without a doubt the most musically satisfying Beatles tribute band on the scene today. Boasting the high visibility of TV star/musicians Will Lee from The Late Show with David Letterman and Jimmy Vivino from Late Night with Conan O'Brien; five strong lead vocalists (including Rich Pagano, Frank Agnello, Jack Petruzzelli) and a commitment to the accurate reproduction of The Beatles' repertoire; this is the band to see if you want to know what it might have been like if The Beatles toured behind their later albums (with a healthy portion of the early guitar-based stuff that most tribute bands play.) Imagine hearing complex material like "Strawberry Fields Forever", "I Am the Walrus", and "Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite", performed in complete part-perfect renditions; or such harmony-driven songs as "Because", "Nowhere Man", and "Paperback Writer", reproduced not only note-for-note, but with extra vocalists available to achieve a double-tracked effect!

[oregonjen]

24. Have you seen Rain?

http://raintribute.com/

They just came through Portland and my son and husband went to see them. Great sound and the audience had a blast.

[LibDemAlways]

25. My 16-year-old daughter was required to do an extensive report on

a non-US born historical figure for World History class last spring. She chose George Harrison and put together a kick-ass 12 minute video presentation. The teacher loved it. Turns out he plays drums in a Beatles tribute band. The kids loved it too - everyone agreed they learned a lot and came away with an appreciation not only for the Beatles but George's post-Beatles legacy, particularly the Concert for Bangladesh. While she was working on the project, George was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in front of Capitol Records. I took her to the star unveiling ceremony, and she was thrilled to see his widow, son, and Paul McCartney in the flesh. (Hell of a lot of fun for me too.)

[NNadir]

27. When he was 12, the school assigned my son to do a report on, gulp, the Rolling Stones.

Mostly when you research those guys, there's all this stuff about sex DRUGS (and then more drugs, and then some drugs) and a little Rock and Roll.

I tried to focus the conversation on Brian Jones's music - he being the only real musician in that group - but it was difficult, especially because well, glup, Brian is sort of, um, dead from, well, um, drugs.

It did give me an opportunity to discuss http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/7/22/221351/414/538/550686">embalming technology though, since Keith Richards has been pre-embalmed since the mid 1970's.

[rurallib]

28. Who can forget Keith Richards saying he snorted his dad's ashes

a couple years ago?

[NNadir]

34. Richards, from what I understand, denies the story now, but his problem is that it's

consistent with the fact that he probably has no idea what (or who) he's snorted over the years.

I would say that the report my son had to do (I think it was sixth grade) was useful in generating a coversation about drug use though.

That was a good thing.

My son comes home and discusses pot use in his High School, and I am relieved that he can discuss it with me and am assured that he is not a participant.

[MiddleFingerMom]

30. Rolling Stones will be the reason I go to Hell.

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Early-to-midteens, I played organ for some of our church services. During
the week, I would go into the church to practice on this ENORMOUS gorgeous
major pipe organ with this unbelievably rich sound.
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When I thought no one else was in the church, I would play Stones' songs,
all the while convinced that I might very well go to Hell as a result, but
not giving a damn (so to speak) because it sounded (and WAS) so cool.
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I REALLY identified with "You Can't Always Get What You Want" at the funeral
in "The Big Chill".
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[pintobean]

26. Here's something that's a lot of fun

The largest Beatles festival in the world in Louisville, KY - Abbey Road on the River. We've gone twice and it's a blast.

http://www.abbeyroadontheriver.com/

[Withywindle]

29. I'm 40, and I've had the same all-time favorite album since I was 14

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It came out two years before I did. I came to it in '83 because of reading Dad's old rock magazines, and it was never exactly top-of-the-pops at the time.

(It's less unknown now, just because of so many generations of fans going, SHIT, ROCK CRITICS ARE RIGHT SOMETIMES!!)

The sex, drugs, and danger was a huge part of the appeal. That's WHY rock'n'roll works - take those aspects out and you have bubblegum pop. But the loveliness and power of the music are what carries the appeal into adulthood even after you've been there/done that with the stuff that was "forbidden" when you were a kid.

[Captain Hilts]

31. That's VERY exciting! Has he a favorite Beatle yet?

[pink-o]

35. Look, Guys. I'm a 55 year old woman, and bought Rubber Soul when it was first released

for $1.99. My whole childhood was defined by the Beatles (even tho I loved the Stones way better) and they were always associated with us Boomers. When the 60s ended, so did the Beatles, and the conventional wisdom of the day was that they were generational and that was that.

But really since the mid-90s and the release of "1", more and more kids have loved them. I now truly believe that The Beatles will go down in history as equals to Mozart, Brahms and Beethoven. Their songs are classic and timeless, they appeal on so many levels. Even if you think Paul was fluffy and John was angry, just give a listen to "Eleanor Rigby" (Paul) or "In my Life" (John). Two masterpieces that succeed almost viscerally.

So be happy that the kids like the same music we grew up with. I can't imagine listening to my mom's generation of performers like that. Nothing wrong with Glenn Miller and Frank Sinatra, but they just don't speak to me.

OTOH, I prefer Pearl Jam, Live, Green Day, Linkin Park and The Killers to the music from my childhood.

[WCGreen]

38. That was my first Beatle Album as well...

[dysfunctional press]

39. don't worry- he'll outgrow it.

most people do.

[NNadir]

40. He'll have to outgrow it for the weekend. Midterms are next week.

In that school they do some stuff I didn't see until my university math classes, and I consider that I went to a very good high school.

It's studying all weekend, and no music.