The Beatles - I Want To Hold Your Hand | Opera Singer Reacts LIVE

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[@MichaelLopez-dn6gg]

You should watch "Cotton Fields" by Playing for Change.

[@GusBudiSan]

'An elegy' from burgerkil , one off killchestra album

[@warrenhughes911]

Bob Dylan.. Bob turned the BEATLES onto WEED..(true story)

[@joelwahlstrom8035]

❤❤❤

[@josephscally6270]

This single performance was life changing for millions of teenagers. I was one of them.

[@bumperu]

This was live and my family watched. My mother and dad watched with stern facial expressions while my 15 year old sister was grooving and loving these guys. I was 10 years old and had to make a decision. Go with my parents or sister? Needless to say I followed my sister into the rock and roll world and the rest is history!!!!

[@yesterdayproductions1019]

100% live. The TV people on the Sullivan show were not used to anything like the Beatles. Paul's microphone was twice as loud as John. The guitar amps were off to the side of the stage. A fabulous very melodic song that literally exploded all over America.

[@LeChaunce]

And the sound was messed up because the cleaning woman cleaned the mixing board and messed up all the settings mere hours before the performance after they'd been set during rehearsals. Fortunately the rehearsals were also taped for the third Ed Sullivan performance, so we do have a performance from that day where the levels were set properly.

[@mercurywoodrose]

The public reaction to their music was unprecedented in all of human history

[@Greenlion781]

This recording is totally real, people were losing their minds. Nobody had seen anything like this at the time.

[@fishboy91]

Their fans went crazy anytime they saw them...on stage, at the airports, going in and out of hotels and restaurants. It was Beatlemania.....Biggest band on the planet at the time.

[@ZebZanko]

Attempting to watch and listen to any Beatles movie...(A Hard Day's Night and "HELP").. when they were released in a movie theater was impossible. The screaming never ceased.

[@gaetanomaximus8650]

The Beatles were, are, and will always remain gods.

[@gypsyluv1118]

It was so organic and human and REAL!! Even the mics weren't perfect which made the whole thing WONDERFUL!!

[@rogershore3128]

There never will be another group like The Beatles. They were a one off......

[@stevemd6488]

There's the Beatles, then there's everyone else

[@alonenjersey]

@@stevemd6488 You got that right!!

[@mgonzales56]

Feb. 9, 1964, 73 million people watched The Beatles perform live on The Ed Sullivan Show. His studio held 500 people, they got 50,000 requests for tickets. The crowd did go crazy while The Beatles performed, and so did the whole world. Everyone was Beatles crazy. I was 7 years old at the time, and my siblings and I have loved The Beatles since that night the we all crowded around the TV set and watched them. The world was never the same.

[@trixiebella]

Classic Band, song, and TV performance... it's a hit. And yes the Beatles got that wild response everywhere they went!

[@gaetanomaximus8650]

I went to a Paul McCartney concert in 2017, and STILL there were teenage girls standing up in the audience screaming.

[@sleepingwolf_8]

I remember this performance as so many others. It just shows how many people watched the Ed Sullivan show and how he became so important for introducing talent to the US audience. Didn't matter if you were black or white, male or female if you were talented, he gave you a chance. And if he put you on the air.. you had a good chance of "making it" Thank you for the reaction.

[@Barb5001]

Some falsely think that "The Beatles" were some sort of an overnight" sensation. Fact i,s they honed there craft in bars for a few years in the UK and Germany before ever becoming famous.

[@ZebZanko]

I was 12 years old and watched the Beatles on Ed Sullivan when this program was aired. People were going nuts during the Beatles performance. Unless one lived through the Beatles early era one simply can't understand the hysteria they generated at the time. The Beatles influenced culture, fashion, hair styles, music, the music video, and are perhaps responsible for selling a zillion guitars and drum sets. All of this accomplished before any of the band members were 30 yrs old. Nobody except maybe Elvis had more impact on music than the Beatles. The following week my uncle took me to a music shop to look at guitars. All my Dad could say watching the show was "Look at that hair"!!! The Beatles movies are a hoot too...."Help"....."A Hard Days Night" fun stuff, with great music.

[@gaetanomaximus8650]

I was 10. My brothers, and everyone i knew or knew of in our neighborhood were all glued to the TV. 70 million viewers... in 1964!!!

[@larrybremer4930]

Elvis was great and was one of the first white acts to successfully adopt performing songs of genres that would typically be performed by Black artists. He helped make it possible for labels like Motown to be accepted to wide appeal. Similarly you had acts like Buddy Holly who further created the sound of Rock and Roll with a band that was a small, self contained unit producing its own original songs and who highly influenced the Beatles music (in fact the name "The Beatles" was in homage to "The Crickets" which was the name of Buddy Holly's band). The Beatles contribution was experimentation both musically and using the studio itself as an instrument to be leveraged with layer multi track recording techniques, the first use of intentional distortion by literally cutting holes in a speaker cone and overdriving a preamp, and later plugging the guitars and bass directly into the console rather than recording the amplifier over a microphone. You also cannot overlook the contributions of the Beach Boys with Brian Wilson being equally inventive and experimental with the music, instrumentation, and the studio equipment itself to get the result he wanted. All four deserve fairly equal credit as the trail blazers of every artist since but the Beatles were surely the most pioneering and experimental in where they took pop music in their short career.

[@brucefelger4015]

The screaming didn't get better, eventually they had to stop doing live concerts because they couldn't hear their own music, and didn't think anyone else could either.

[@TangoEliott]

They were tired of touring, too. They felt like prisoners, and the incident in the Phillipines was the final straw.

[@romans52345-cy3tq]

Bullshit

[@dilvenbacamante5423]

Thats idiot thinking u know they stop touring the manager suspended any touring concert to secure their lives

[@reneblom2160]

@@romans52345-cy3tq It was George who finally had enough of the constant screaming during their concert tours, and said: "Guys, I'm not doing this any more!". What's with the "bullshit", by the way? Simply trolling?

[@romans52345-cy3tq]

@@reneblom2160 That's correct

[@johnniekight1879]

When I went to see them in "A Hard Days Night" the babes in the theater were screaming their heads off even though it was a movie.

[@Richard2003]

I know I was 11 and the screaming was so loud. I couldn't hear the movie.

[@chrispswann6825]

The Beatles did a German version of this song because they used to do a lot of concerts in Germany. For Beatles fans it's worth listening to just as a curiosity.

[@NightBazaar]

I have those songs on a 45 rpm Swan label.

[@steelers6titles]

"Komm, Gib Mir Deine Hand".

[@bluetopguitar1104]

My cousins daughter married a guy from Germany. My sister put the German version of this song and "she loves you" on the DJs playlist. It was really fun.

[@jimmoffat3599]

If you know this little about the Beatles and this song and the Beatles on Ed Sullivan, your parents failed you epically

[@roberthudson1959]

MR is only 24 or 25, so it is very possible that her parents weren't even born when this performance took place, and a lot of people have no sense of history. In about 1990, I took a class on the sociology of rock. An overlong discussion ensued on which band was the most influential in history. When it was my turn, I said, "You are overthinking this. John, Paul, George, and Ringo made up what band?" When the room answered in unison, I simply said "QED."

[@rparret]

The Beatles did a concert at Shea Stadium in NYC, and the cheering was so load, they had trouble hearing their own cues. Such was their popularity in the 60s. My sister was absolutely in love with Paul McCartney.

[@HeidiDenoble]

This was the song, along with She Loves You, that put the Beatles on their way.

[@sourisvoleur4854]

She loves you was such a groundbreaker, with a guy telling another guy that his girl still loved him. There wasn't any other song in rock and roll like that.

[@steelers6titles]

We wrote a lot of stuff together, one on one, eyeball to eyeball. Like in 'I Want to Hold Your Hand,' I remember when we got the chord that made the song. We were in Jane Asher's house, downstairs in the cellar playing on the piano at the same time. And we had, 'Oh you-u-u/ got that something ...' And Paul hits this chord and I turn to him and say, 'That's it!' I said, 'Do that again!' In those days, we really used to absolutely write like that-both playing into each other's noses. --J. Lennon, 1980

[@leftcoaster67]

Paul is on the left, George is in the centre, John is on lead on the right. Ringo is on drums. Don't look at the hair, look at the faces, and the instruments. Paul is distinctive because he plays the bass "backwards" with his left hand. All were geniuses.

[@mikenolan8044]

The Beatles were something new, arriving in the midst of deep doldrums in American ‘white’ rock and roll. They were not just talented, they were radical. But without being so far out as to be a turnoff. The long but still neat hair, the suits but with no lapels. And the music, the playing, the great sexy harmonies and the implied physicality of some of the lyrics all added up to teen female hysteria. You really had to be there to understand how much of an impact the Beatles had. But it was huge.

[@gypsyluv1118]

I NEVER GET TIRED OF THE BEATLES. THE BEST BAND OF ALL TIME!!

[@colinpovey7923]

This was THE performance that started the British Invasion. It literally changed the world. Many Americans had heard The Beatles on radio, this was the first time most of us (yes, I saw it live, I was 9) ever saw the Beatles. I mean, 60 plus years ago, and The Beatles are still the largest record selling group, of every type of music, in history, and they only existed for 7 years. The closest competitors sold fewer records, but lasted at least 3 TIMES as long.

[@mlong1958]

This was live and the audience you see is live as well. This was the beginnings of Beatlemania.

[@halweiss8671]

In the U.S. It started in England the previous year.

[@bradsullivan2495]

Capitol Records could have released the Beatles' songs 6-10 months earlier, but one of the big shots felt that British bands never make it in America. When he saw what the sales for their first few albums were in England, he changed his mind.

[@sourisvoleur4854]

Capitol first fumbled the Beatles, then f*cked them over.

[@jmweed1861]

This Appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show, February 9, 1964 and this Song in particular CHANGED Not Only Popular Music, but also Social Culture in Political Beliefs, Fashion and Expression by the Youth of America. First, the Beatles were not a Tiny Booper Cute Singer, like the 1950s produced, but older and had seen part of the world and were NOT afraid to express their opinions in either their music or to the Media on Social, Political and World Events. Yes, this is Actually the FIRST Live Performance by a Rock Band on National TV. Before The Beatles, the groups and singers like Elvis and Ricky Nelson did not play but have back up bands , but The Beatles Could play, after Hours and Hours playing Live in Hamburg, Germany in 1962 and 63 and tours throughout England in the early 1960s. Also,, they Actual wrote their Own Songs, not sing songs written by professional song writers or cover of other Songs... as they grew in the 1960s, their songs grew with them from the Ya Ya Ya of these early songs to more Serious and Political Subjects in their writing. Leading to Albums such as Revolver, Rubber Soul and Sgt Pepper. Yes, February 9, 1964 . The Night the Rock Music Changed for ever.... Yes, you are Right: from left to right, Paul McCartney on Base Guitar, George Harrison on Lead Guitar and John Lennon on Rythum Guitar with Ring Starr in back on the Drums... Taylor Swift is basically a nothing on the Popularity and Infuence The Beatles had, not Only in America, but World Wide....

[@garryfrater7536]

The line up Left to Right are Paul the left-handed bass player then George Lead guitar John Rythm Guitar and writing partner with Paul they wrote most of their hits then in the back Ringo the drummer and the one that kept them intime with the best back beat according to several famous drummers. I'm glad you liked them they were a big part of my youth and most of the other boomers as well. Keep up the great reactions and ENJOY.

[@michelledotts2041]

I was 7 yrs old when I saw them on The Ed Sullivan Show and there will never be another group like them… they are a one of a kind! 💙💙💙💙🎶🎼🎵🎶

[@aurelioQuiroz-u6v]

Si tu amas a los Beatles, yo te amo ati.

[@mitchellbatchelor1594]

They are better known in the order they joined Johns Band. John (the founder), Paul, George & Ringo.

[@kevinsimpson3374]

It’s Actually From The Ed Sullivan Show!

[@neilmcdonald9164]

Lol there was an old joke about no dry seats in the house🤣🎩

[@andreledauphin]

Thank you for your reaction on another performance of the Beatles . Yes ,there are even girls who lost consciousness during Beatles performances because they were too excited . No matter where in the world . There were always ambulances at all the beatles show .

[@steelers6titles]

Seats were soaked with urine after concerts.

[@RandyHall324]

"Beatlemania" was a real thing. Every song was about love, they were charming and talented, and the girls were literally swooning at shows. Their performance on The Ed Sullivan Show might be my earliest memory - I was 5 and our family gathered round our black and white TV to watch. I'd never seen anything like it, but I don't think my parents had either! They were a worldwide phenomenon, that somehow continued to get better and better.

[@WindsurfMaui]

I'm sorry but what planet did you come from? You are first person I have seen, in my long life, who didn't know the names of the Beatles. Truely I am amazed. The world changed that night, the culture of the world lived in the lives of the Beatles for years as they matured we followed.

[@stephenviveney5836]

Maggie, if you enjoy the Beatles Live performance, please watch The Beatles Live At Shea Stadium OR The Beatles Don’t Let Me Down from their rooftop concert.

[@unvergebeneid]

"Wholesome" is probably not the word a lot of dads would've used back then 😄

[@Billp19733]

I love your reactions but you've never heard of Beatlesmania? This show change music FOREVER. Legend has it, so many Americans watched this performance that no crime was reported in the US for the hour the show was on. Not sure that's true, but it's a great story.

[@johndavids4780]

All of those young girls are now in their 70's and 80's now. I am 75. I saw it all live.

[@franchk8372]

First Beatles record I ever bought, a 45 to play on our ever so modern stereo ... only one left at the record store that I cd find by the Beatles. Love it more now than I did as a kid. 💗

[@coleparker]

Are you kidding with those questions? I was 11 when they showed up on Ed Sullivan. The show was LIVE! You have to also remember, there was no social media tech back then.

[@dexterpoindexter3583]

No websites, no internet, no PCs (Feb '75, 1k RAM), not even microprocessors; they were invented by Texas Instruments after JFK was killed, in response to his "man on the moon before the decade is out" line in his '61 inauguration speech. Punch card decks, & Telex machines rerigged to punch 'em... no screens except for the priesthood who cared for the mainframe. You got your answers on fanfold printout paper with sprocket holes along both edges, that could be torn off like separating a postage stamp from a sheet (so the edges became litter within a hundred yards or more of the mainframe). You followed groups by radio, top 60 (in my case, living near CFCF-600 in Montréal) hit lists every week, fan magazines, & gossip. Your own LPs if you could afford them; 45s if you couldn't. Compared to Perry Como, Dean Martin & even Sinatra, these four were pure lightning in a bottle. (Elvis suddenly had real competition!) [Edit: I was 11 too. What a phenomenal time to be growing up!]

[@rickgleitsmann7847]

I love that you love The Beatles. It's like my father would have felt if I say I love Glenn Miller.

[@P-M-869]

This was the start of what is called the British Invasion. I remember watching this show. I was in either 9th or 10th grade. Just before they hit it big, they changed drummers. Imaging being the drummer to was kicked out. Also do your notice that they don't have earpieces in their ears. The Ed Sullivan show was live. Very seldom was there anything taped, and you knew when that occurred.

[@timradde4328]

I remember watching this back then. The Ed Sullivan show was very popular.

[@thomaskeyzers3295]

On July 7, Ringo celebrated his 85th birthday.

[@Rozane2525]

84

[@kovie9162]

Just imagine, everyone in the audience it experiencing the performance with their own eyes and ears and not holding up their smartphones in portrait (i.e. dummy) mode so they can post it on IG in 5 minutes. Shocking.

[@aBeatleFan4ever]

Maggie - Have you never heard of Beatlemania..? The crowds went CRAZY for about 4 years (1963-66) until they decided to quit touring live shows - mainly because no one could even hear them sing with all the crazy screaming. Listen to the live at the Hollywood Bowl songs - and you can hear how loud the screams were (I think they said it was louder than a jet engine).

[@russallert]

For historic context, The Beatles' arrival in the US in early February 1964 came two and a half months after the assassination of JFK in late November '63. Kennedy had been seen as this young charismatic hero who inspired the youth of America, and suddenly he was dead and the country was plunged into mourning throughout the winter of '63-64. Then along came these four young guys from a foreign country, with a new musical sound and funny haircuts, and they were the perfect relief for everyone's grief. If you watch the concert The Beatles played in Washington DC two nights after the Sullivan show, the audience is going ballistic with joy. Two and a half months earlier, a lot of those same people had been crying in the streets of DC as they watched JFK's casket roll by. Chris Hillman of The Byrds (a band heavily influenced by The Beatles) has said that he feels The Beatles helped heal America after the assassination. Of course, this also helps explain the massive outpouring of grief after John Lennon was assassinated in 1980.

[@roger3141]

You should really watch the whole movie "A Hard Day's Night". Although it is a scripted comedy, all the individual personalities come out and it shows the craziness of the meteoric rise to fame after spending years playing in dives in Germany.

[@jackknudson-rk1uv]

I was 15 when I watched them with my mom and dad. My dad was a very good guitar player who played by ear and sang and yodeled country and church music. My mother was also a pretty good singer but shy. My oldest brother who was in Vietnam by then had a beautiful tenor voice that had earned him much acclaim throughout Iowa. He was actually one of the lead singers of the Luther College choirs. Me, I played the trombone, couldn't sing a lick. Anyhow, I asked them what they thought of The Beatles, their comments went from okay to interesting. I then went into the bathroom and washed the Brylcream out of my hair, parted it down the middle and went the next 4 years without cutting it until the Army cut it all of. I'm natural blond so it looked pretty good. Many others did this but I was the first in my little town of 500 people.

[@funkmeisterB-5000]

3:52--It's just the way the chicks were in love with 'em so much...On thier first American tour, they had to have paramedics on standby because some would faint and have to be carried out! But if ya really wanna see the ladies go bonkers, watch James Brown performing "Night Train" on TAMI show, 1965, on utube..he whips the crowd into a wild frenzy!

[@steelers6titles]

The skinny young lead singer of a band of British blokes just getting going in the States had to follow him. Mick Jagger. Still doing it in his eighties.

[@steelers6titles]

The T.A.M.I. Show was taped October 28 and 29, 1964, at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium. It was converted to motion-picture film, and released December 29, 1964. The director was Steve Binder, who later did Elvis Presley's comeback special.

[@MrJosephcunningham]

Recorded live!

[@johannesvalterdivizzini1523]

I watched this as it was broadcast February 9th, 1964---it was an epic, and as it turned out, a transformative musical performance. On a personal note, my folks were watching it with me and they approved of the Beatles because of it, so the Beatles became part of the household music.

[@mvanertcg]

You had to be there, the excitement was real, they changed rock for all time.

[@alexfletcher5192]

As a result of being the last born in my family for over a decade, I literally have this single - Which topped the UK charts (third in a row) over winter 1963. It may be valuable.

[@richardmeyer1007]

When I first heard this in 1964 (I was 9), I knew something important had happened. It was huge!

[@nordogvids]

It was exciting. IT WAS like nothing we ever heard before. Imagine seeing an entirely new color for the first time. It was like that.

[@mitchellbatchelor1594]

Easy. John, Paul, George & Ringo. Listed in the order they joined Johns band.

[@RicoMusap-te3om]

The screams came from the energy and the spirit you has to be there😮😊

[@eduardocervantesaca]

And this is how history is written!

[@colinpovey7923]

Paul McCartney has written more hit songs than anyone. He had a huge career after The Beatles. And the most remarkable this is, he cannot read music.

[@sandspurpatch]

And I was 9 when the anticipation was reaching a fevered pitch with the beginning of the British Invasion. They grabbed me from the first damn bar. And I jumped up and announced "I'm growing my hair out starting right now. The old man was standing there saying BS you'll will. But I did. The Beatles were the greatest.

[@rodpope7838]

Love your enthusiasm for this review. There will never be another Beatles or any artist that will have the same impact on the music world as them. Hopefully you will dig a lot deeper into their music.

[@scott3744]

This was my first Beatles record. My best friend in 1st grade traded me the 45rpm single of "I Want to Hold Your Hand" (turned out it was his older brothers!) for one of my Hot Wheels cars. I had one of those old suitcase record players to play it on. And I still have it. The record, that is. Actually, I still have the record player too, it's in the basement 😁

[@tomszir6964]

According to a story, at the beginning of the 20th century (perhaps in London), at the end of a concert conducted by Hungarian conductor Artúr Nikisch, the audience, excited by the music, smashed the auditorium.

[@philippesauvie639]

Boy was this a live performance… Something like the biggest TV audience ever assembled for a show in the United States. I turned 65 yesterday and watching this show in my grandfather‘s living room with the rest of my family is one of my earliest memories. The Ed Sullivan show was musk watch television and the Beatles were making their debut!

[@PW6805]

Before the internet and other media stars was really STARS and hard to get close too. You see them everywhere and any time you want.

[@steby123]

Screaming girls was just part of the sound you would get live !!!!!

[@bluetopguitar1104]

My cousin saw them at Shea stadium. She said most of what she heard was screaming. I was too young to go. We were big Beatles fans in my family.

[@P-M-869]

Maggie, I recommend that you check out the song "Elizabeth" by Jimmy Fortune. You should listen to his performance on Country Roads "Larry's Country Dinner". OMG

[@mr.macbeevee498]

The vocal mix on this not good. The mic levels were marked on the control board during rehearsal with a grease pencil, but the cleaning people wiped them off. John's mic was not reset to the correct level. That's why you can barely hear John.

[@jmweed1861]

That is Actually what happened....they Payed a Sound Check that afternoon and marked their microphones and then the cleaning people wiped them off later...so, the microphones were not set correctly....especially John's

[@tuviadavidmorrison4215]

When were you born? You mean you don't know how any of the Beatles look like?! That's Amazing!

[@mtheberts]

The amazing part about their performances is due to the screaming they can’t hear themselves or the other band mates. This is not only before in-ears, but this is before the monitors on the floor pointed back at them. There’s a concert in 1965 in Atlanta where they had early versions of the stage monitors and you can tell how much better they are in key singing. Those harmonies are insane if you can’t hear yourself or the other guy.

[@GTLyons]

yep, in the early days the guitar amps were smaller and PA systems (mics) were dry with no effects and finally.... when something this popular happens on stage, they basically got drown out with girls screaming

[@Alan-lv9rw]

I was 22 months old. This was a huge moment for me.

[@NigelThompson-hb5jg]

The loudest screaming the US was usually for Ringo - for some reason they adored him.

[@purlguy]

That was their first american performance and one of their earliest songs. Listen to "she's leaving home ". Yes, things were different then. "Wholesome " is the word you used and that’s a perfect description.

[@VIDSTORAGE]

This was the second apearce on the Ed Sullivan Show ,..The very last one is the best I think a year later when they performed Help and Ticket To Ride ..Look at that lady 3.22 in her mature stage losing it like a teenager over four working class lads from Northern England that had more influential power than any one else on Earth at that point in time

[@jmweed1861]

This is The Song and the Appearance on Ed Sullivan Show , on Sunday, February 9, 1964 That CHANGED EVERYTHING. Musically, Socially, Political, and Fashon... One of the MOST IMPORTANT EVENTS IN AMERICAN HISTORY. Also, they ( The Beatles) were the FIRST Rock Group to Actually Play LIVE on TV..........

[@jonathanroberts8981]

Today singers have monitors to hear themselves, and each other, over the instruments. The Beatles had none, but still nailed all their harmonies.

[@steelers6titles]

Ed Sullivan was the entertainment columnist for the New York Daily News; he knew show business inside and out. His show, originally "Toast of the Town", ran on CBS on Sunday nights from 1948 until 1971. It remains the most important variety show in American television history. Excerpts of the series' best moments are widely available.

[@martinperry5072]

Sixty years later, I still remember watching this show. I was simply transfixed and was the first time I actually took music seriously. Edit: Those fans weren't all that extreme. Check out the 1966 Toronto concert. A saying today is simply, "If you say you heard the Beatles at that concert, you weren't there." I don't know if this should be a point of pride about Canadians, but the fact the group couldn't hear what they playing made them decide to stop touring.

[@tonyharmon8512]

I was about 10 at the time and I remember watching this on the Ed Sullivan show. People forget that as far back as a very young Bing Crosby singing to audiences through a megaphone that screaming girls were the norm. And yes there is film of Bing singing and the girls screaming that is about 1 century old now. Try digging that out for a view. You can also see girls screaming and fainting to others including most notably a young Frank Sinatra as well. It is in no way new but everybody always seems surprised when young teen girls respond this way to heartthrobs. It has always been a part of the pop music culture.

[@slimpickins9124]

I was a teenager when I watched this performance on TV. The girls went nutz....lol.

[@edgarsnake2857]

Oh, Maggie. I fear you are one of those most dreaded of beings: A SQUARE!! BUT, don't worry. All is not lost. You're doing the right thing. You are taking the cure for squareness, Listen to as much rock, pop, and Beatles as you can stand. Eventually you'll start to feel it. Don't give up. (Of course, I'm kidding. I have great respect for formally trained musicians.) I'm a lifelong rocker and popster with an opera singer neighbor next door. I asked if she would come over and sing some back up and choral parts with me on recordings and now Rita and I have great fun singing together.

[@gypsyluv1118]

Oh please. Everyone knows who the Beatles are. John is on the right. Rhythm guitar. Paul is on the left with the left handed bass guitar and George is the lead guitarist in the center. Ringo is the drummer! Their energy was FANTASTIC!! I saw this on the Ed Sullivan show way back when.

[@stevetillcock7361]

There and saw it in my family den surrounded by adults. Didn't get the attraction but certainly grew into into it.

[@robbflynn4325]

It's all about the X Factor. The Beatles had it in spades. No one else has even come close.

[@RicardoAndresGuzman]

Listen to their Live at the BBC record. It is well recorded and does justice to how good they were live.

[@waynerm401]

Song written at Peter Ashers house on a Piano. Wild!

[@thebigdaddyo]

I was 7 years old, sitting on the floor watching this on TV. Even at that young age, I knew this was different. Rock and Roll was different then. Heck, Pat Boone was considered rock and roll. That is why thh Beatles were such an impact, everything else after that night was just a derivative.

[@edwardmunoz7853]

No one tops The Beatles 💯

[@mikeeckel2807]

The first song The Beatles played on "The Ed Sullivan Show" was "All My Loving." Everybody thinks it was "i Want to Hold Your Hand." It was their first Number One song in the US.

[@frankbudge2500]

A quick fact, the reason The Beatles stopped touring was that the screaming became so loud they couldn't hear themselves singing!!! Just try to imagine that and if you can you might understand what kind of impact they had, both then and now.

[@davidaronson9475]

When this came out everything changed. Everything.

[@adwenb]

The start of the Beatles revolution. Beatle haircuts, Narue shirts the whole thing.

[@dtmis9954]

I know haven’t reacted to Geoff or Voiceplay in a while… but you HAVE to watch Geoff’s new Big Iron cover. It will have to going nuts