What I really like about the early Beatles was the ease and smart-aleck way they handled the condescending press. The reporters of the day, totally befuddled by their sudden popularity, would often hit them with the most insulting and cringe-worthy questions. All four of the Beatles always had snappy answers, putting these stiffs in their places. By the end of the press conference, those reporters did not know what hit them.
The early Beatles were the best. Their music all the way up to Revolver, despite being "bubble-gummy" at times, was simply some of the greatest pop music ever created.
From Sergeant Pepper on, their catalog does not age as well in my opinion. Some of those later songs, like "I Am The Walrus" and "Maxwells Silver Hammer" are just hard to listen to.
When they were still "innocent", naive and before they became jaded. What's amazing is that all of this was done between Please Please Me / With/Meet The Beatles in 1963/ January 1964 and Abbey Road in September 1969 and Let it Be in 1970
Their Apple Records Roof Top Concert was the best. They literally brought downtown London to halt. I love the scenes of the stodgy old British guy walking on the street looking up at what all the hubbub was about. The cameraman kept coming back to him to show him moving closer and closer. You could tell he was into it, but he maintained his stiff upper lip throughout.
Reporter: “What do you think of Beethoven?”
Ringo: “Great - especially his poems.”