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Sarah and I, who are the same age, are the END of the boomers. None of us were into the Beatles. We were BeeGees and disco or Aerosmith and hard rock.

The Beatles were the end all be all to the 1953 through 1957 crowd. (although really the later part of that group were all into Jazz) And they’ll be gone or drooling soon.

I have tons of Boomer cousins and sisters. Happily, I’m at the VERY end of the loonies.

Sorry but that is just way off base and way too specific, it is nonsense. I'm constantly amazed at how angry some freepers are about things that they shouldn't be taking so personally.

Here is a little study indicating that they are still holding on to a diverse group of fans. The Beatles were not a group that appealed to a very narrow age range.

http://blog.rapleaf.com/rapleaf-study-popularity-and-fan-demographics-of-michael-jackson-the-beatles-elvis-and-madonna-across-social-media/

"The Beatles’ dominating popularity online — The Beatles’ online celebrity may be bolstered by both their music’s enduring appeal and the success of their recent compilation album 1 released in 2000, which has become one of the best-selling albums of this decade with over 31 million in worldwide sales. While all the artists in this study are period icons, The Beatles’ prominence on social media may suggest their ability to better transcend generations, which is in part evidenced by them having the second-youngest fans."

My neighbor’s just graduated high school kids are Beatles freaks with a reasonable seasoning of Pink Floyd. Their music has a seamless quality to it that cuts across generational lines.

I’m a late boomer too and my first memory is my brother and sister singing “hard days night” in the backyard one eve in 1963. Sis was enraptured by them, bro just followed along and I thought that’s the way music was supposed to be until bro migrated into Cream, Vanilla Fudge, CCR, Led Zep, Doors, Frank Zappa, Allmans, etc. which led me to all the classic 70’s rock bands.

Disco was an irritating rash for a while.