It was 40 years ago today

[steve56]

40,000 holes in blackburn lancershire?

[steve56]

i was so nieve i thought it was a xmas song back in 1969.warren zevon rip wrote:

> steve56 wrote:
>
> > just a point cold turkey too.
>
> 2 points:
>
> 1) By Lennon solo, not by the Beatles.
>
> 2) Cold Turkey is definitley about NOT being stoned. LOL
>
>

[steve56]

Bowie on young americans says " i heard the news tonight oh boy"warren zevon rip wrote:

> ryan23 wrote:
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> > Not there best album
> >
> > BUT a day in a life was an awesome track and lennon at his
> best
>
> Lennon/McCartney!
>
> "Woke up, fell outa bed, dragged a comb 'cross my head..."
>
>

[mart]

Its called contrarism.

Mart

[mike johnson]

Don't want to go too deep, but The Beatles were a revelation in America. The entire British Invasion put rock music back on top. You Brits took R&B & kept it safe & did things with & gave it back to us, & we are in your debt therefor... R&R was moribund in the early 1960's in the U.S.. Bill Haley was old hat, Buddy was dead, Chuck Berry was in jail IIRC, & Elvis was doing movie tunes. We had Jan & Dean & The Beach Boys & The Ventures, & other than that it was doo-wop, novelty songs, folk....But we were saved. I am not being sarcastic. Brits were the best thing that ever happened to the post WWII music scene in the U.S..

BTW--anybody know which English group was The Fab Four's chief competition in the mid 60's on this side of the pond??

[mike johnson]

Like Mr. Johnson's famous dictum, 'If the law says that then the law is an ass.'

I'm sure this will please wzrip immensely.