(VANITY) Where were you on Feb 9, 1964 (Beatles, Ed Sullivan)

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[dfwgator]

LOL, 2 tickets for $47 is pretty cheap today.

[norwaypinesavage]

Watching on a very snowy B&W TV from a station 225 miles away

[Ouderkirk]

I was two… likely sleeping

[SamAdams76]

Thanks for posting. I was thinking about that on the way to work this morning, that this was the day The Beatles were introduced to America back in 1964. I was too young at that time to remember but obviously saw all the TV clips in the years since. It must have been quite something to witness that phenomenon live.

My Dad hated The Beatles when I was growing up. "Bunch of long-haired sissies with out-of-tune guitars" was basically his description of them. There was a real generational divide back then with regard to music. Today, you have grandmothers rocking out to Van Halen.

February 9 is also the day I was discharged from active duty from the Marine Corps back in 1985. I remember flying from San Diego to Boston that day with my whole life still ahead of me. I wish I could go back to 1985 knowing what I know now!

[Bon of Babble]

In 1st grade.

I was allowed to stay up to watch it - but didn’t understand what all the hoopla was about.

They looked like such strange creatures to me.

Today - die-hard Beatles fan forever!

[Karliner]

First grade at a Baptist church in San Clemente praying against the debils music.

[bert]

Working like hell to complete my engineering decree, graduate and get married

[FirstFlaBn]

I watched second half of show - we switched over after Disney was over.

I hated them at first. I was just starting to have some success talking up junior hi girls. Suddenly, I couldn’t even make eye contact with those girls with their heads stuck in a fan magazine (”Oh, his eyes are so dreamy.” “I’m gonna marry Paul.”)

Then in late November, I heard a piece of a new song that I really liked on the school bus - in between the chatter. When the song finished, the DJ said, “That’s the new single by the Beatles, I Feel Fine.” A blind taste test won me over. Been on an upward trajectory from that moment. Beatles Forever, Baby!

[Fiji Hill]

We watched the show on our big black-and-white TV. I wasn't much of a fan of the group at first, but my younger brother, who had previously shown no interest in music, instantly became a Beatlemaniac and bought every record the Beatles put out.

Incidentally, my favorite song by the Beatles is The Girl I Love (1966)

[Jamestown1630]

I remember it being exciting and different at the time, too.
But I lost interest in them.

[Fair Paul]

In front of the Dumont B&W with four siblings in the living room in Northern NJ. I was in second grade, that whole Sunday was anticipating the Ed Sullivan Show.

[budj]

"3 month old fetus in my Mommy’s belly."
"3 month old fetus in my Mommy’s belly."

Twins?

[Monterrosa-24]

I too was in 3rd grade but I missed that Ed Sullivan Show. I had seen the Beatles previously from video clips I saw on the Jack Paar show (showing the Beatles performing in England). They made an impression on me. I liked them till they went from cool to kooky.

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

They grew all that long Hippie Hair.

[Fiji Hill]

For some strange reason, the Beatles' lawyers quickly had this opus from Berry Gordy's Motown diskery suppressed.

Give Me a Kiss--The Hornets (1964)

[Michael.SF.]

My family was at my uncle’s house with his family, eight of us total. I was youngest, of the kids, at 11, Cousin Ken was the oldest at 14. It was a one-hour drive to get home after the show, we had stayed longer so that we could watch it.

[DuncanWaring]

Totally oblivious to it ... didn’t have a TV.

[pnut22]

Waiting for Topo Gigio to kiss Ed good night. Wasn’t into music yet.

[Laslo Fripp]

Twins?