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Posted on 05/19/2006 5:03:57 PM PDT by Supernatural
I was rather lucky to have grown up in one of the most amazing periods in the history of modern music, what has become known as the “British Invasion”. It wasn’t really an invasion of the U.S. by an armed force from another country; rather it was an invasion of our music charts by British recording artists. I was in the eighth grade when I first heard “I Want to Hold Your Hand” and “She Loves You” by the Beatles. Prior to 1964 the British had only two hit records that topped the U.S. charts. Those were “Stranger on the Shore” by Acker Bilk and “Telstar” by the Tornadoes, both in 1962.
In 1964 Ed Sullivan, the host of the hugely popular “Ed Sullivan Show” was at a New York airport when the Beatles landed from England to go on their first U.S. tour. Crowds of screaming young girls greeted the Beatles and Ed was curious as to what the commotion was all about. He met with the Beatles on the spot and offered them $50,000 to appear on his show. The Beatles agreed and the British Invasion was officially underway. On February 9, 1964, the largest audience in the history of American television watched the Beatles perform live on the Ed Sullivan show. I was one of them.
For some years prior to 1964 young British musicians had idolized American music stars and many of the Americans were more popular in Britain than they were at home. The young Brits listened to Buddy Holly, Leadbelly, Elvis, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, the Everly Brothers, Gene Vincent, Eddie Cochran and many others. The U.S. musicians became like Gods to the young British musicians and they worked hard to emulate them.
The Animals (Eric Burdon), The Beatles, Chad and Jeremy, The Dave Clark Five, Freddy and the Dreamers, Herman’s Hermits, The Kinks (Ray Davies), Donovan, The Hollies (Graham Nash), The Rolling Stones (Mick Jagger and Keith Richards), Billy J. Kramer and the Dakota’s, Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders, Dusty Springfield, The Troggs, The Searchers, Gerry and the Pacemakers, Peter and Gordon, The Honeycombs, Manfred Mann, The Yardbirds (Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page and Eric Clapton), The Zombies, The Moody Blues, The Walker Brothers, Petula Clark, The Move, The Small Faces (Rod Stewart), The Who (Pete Townshend, Roger Daltry), Argent, John Mayall’s Blues breakers (Eric Clapton, Peter Green), Fleetwood Mac (Peter Green), Cream (Eric Clapton), Jethro Tull (Ian Anderson), Procol Harum (Robin Trower), Led Zeppelin (Jimmy Page, Robert Plant), Traffic (Dave Mason, Stevie Winwood), Deep Purple and The Spencer Davis Group (Stevie Winwood).
Time Is On My Side…The Rolling Stones
Don‘t Bring Me Down…The Animals
Have I the Right…The Honeycombs
I Want To Hold Your Hand…The Beatles
Ferry Cross the Mersey…Gerry and the Pacemakers
I‘m Telling You Now…Freddy & the Dreamers
Little Children…Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas
Good night :)
Too freaky.
Why did the Beatles pose with butchered babies? That's horrible!
Isn't that what the "w" in your name stands for?
ilovew(alruses)?
Je-sus (hay-zeus), dont feel too bad.
Just march and sing songs, Their pants get wetter.
Remember, the gringos open their hearts
To those who can start to pick their lettuce!
Je-sus (hay-zeus) don't be afraid
just cross the border and life gets better
The moment she gives birth inside this land
Stretch out both your hands and get some cheddar
And anytime you feel the pain, Je-sus, complain,
The'y'll hand you the world on silver platters.
For well you know that you're a tool, for elite rul-
ers ushering in the New World Order.
Je-sus, with skin so brown.
You have found CON-gress treats you better.
Remember they want you as citizens,
Then you'll begin to make life better.
If they kick you out just walk back in, Je-sus you'll win!
You got it all over border patrolers.
And don't you know they'll coddle you! You make the rules!
The dems just want slaves while Rove wants voters
Je-sus (hay-zeus), dont feel too bad.
Just march and sing songs, Their pants get wetter.
Remember, the gringos open their heart
if you can start to pick their lettuce!
Na na na na na na na,na na na na, Je-sus...
Lol! Nice try but no...I do actually have a walrus stuffed animal though. It was my present when my parents took my little brother to the zoo...
The babies weren't butchered. They were just plastic dolls in pieces.
There were pieces of meat in the picture. That's why they called it the butcher album.
No one can figure out what someone was thinking when they did that. Possibly the Beatles themselves had nothing to do with it.
Your song will soon be outlawed as hate speech because it is too true.
They hate the truth.
Eh...this isn't an immigration thread...ya know, there are like 6,000 of those on here...
Cute, but you just can't beat the real thing.
Oh well...
Well I didn't think the babies were real (I'm not as BLONDE as I look!), but I didn't understand mixing pulled-apart plastic babies with pieces of meat.
Looked like butchered babies.
Ickkkkkkkkk!
I'm going to have vivid and bizarre nightmares tonight.
Not the one about Gilligan, Steve Urkel, and the space helicopter!!!
Or is that just me?
??!!?!??!?!
Wow, Phil. This is side I have never seen before.
I don't know what to do with myself now.
What about the one with Leonard Nimoy...8^)
Aahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
Worse. I'm talking about Bilbo...8^)
OMG.
You're skeeering me!
I didn't know Spock spoke German!
It was the weirdest dream I've ever had...
That's enough to scare an exorcist...8^)
It still gives me night terrors...
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