4-Zayah

My grandson has asked me to tell him about my favorite music group of all time, The Beatles! We rented a farm house on Danby Road in Ithaca, New York Christmas, 1963. I will never forget it! My dad was in law school at Cornell University. We had an old piano with a few missing keys that I was learning to play on, one big family car (no seat belts), only 3 black and white tv channels and the screen was 24 inches wide. I was 7 with a few missing teeth. Aunt Julia had just turned 6 and Aunt Merriam was 2 and still in diapers (the flannel cloth kind--ewww!) That year for Christmas we got a puppy, Taffy-girl and our first portable record player that opened up like a suitcase. I think we each got a record to play on it-- mine was the Beatles single-hit "I Wanna Hold Your Hand" and "I Saw Her Standing There" on the flip-side! I don't know why, but I went crazy! I also got a store-bought red wrap-around skirt! It was the first new store-bought article of clothing I remember owning with a new tag and everything. All I did for weeks after school was come home and play it over and over, twisting & shouting, running & sliding over the polished wood floors in my wrap-around skirt with Taffy yapping & trying to keep up. It was the best Christmas, January, February, March, April and May! We used to watch the Ed Sullivan show every Sunday evening before bed and winding down after seeing the Beatles perform in 'living black and white' with no reruns was like a lick of candy in a starving world! I was SO hungry for MORE! Here are some clips and interviews that show the 'times' in the world I grew up in. SO FUNNY & dorky! Within the next 2 years, my whole world changed. My dad died in a plane crash, my baby brother died and we moved clear across the country into Southern California. I'm SOOO glad the Beatles came when they did, their music was a happy backdrop/ diversion from all my troubles...! Hope I hooked the links up right and that you get to enjoy them too!... If you can watch their movies (A Hard Day's Night and HELP!), they are more fun than these clips!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNOurraQAdw


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeDrgNUXxz4


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eM34IbQ3MS8&feature=related


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JILsCPSyI0


http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=755368613918481310


http://www.veoh.com/watch/v6413373fzZAYjdK?h1=The+Beatles+Concert+at+Shea+Stadium+1965+(entire+show+%2B+bonus)