that the Beatles first appeared on the Ed Sullivan show. I’m among the oldest of the CCers here, and I was a huge fan. I remember that performance, which greatly influenced popular music, artists, and American culture in general. Even among those of you who may not even been born at the time, what are your views of the Beatles/the British Invasion, and their musical influence. Is the music still familiar to the younger generations?
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My teenage daughter knows their hits and likes them. Doesn’t love them. Not something she’d choose to play on her own.
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My musician kid and my other kid are both huge Beatles fans. Huge.
Definitely familiar to my kids! I’m a huge Beatles fan and one hard and fast rule of their childhood was “no chamging the radio station when a Beatles song is playing.” They have been to a Paul McCartney concert as well (and had fun)!
Agree with @thumper1 that my kids would probably not purposefully look to put on The Beatles – but I think (through me) they are part of the soundtrack of their youth.
My kids (33 and 28) definitely know the Beatles music (I played the “oldies” station in the car rather than kid music). The younger one in particular loves them.
My 22 year old plays the guitar and loves the Beatles. Other child is more into hip hop or other musical genres I am not familiar with.
My kids purposefully listen to the Beatles. In fact at one point one of them thought that MY DVDS (and now my vinyls) should be given to them. That was a hard NO.
There is a Beatles station on Sirius that I often listen to when doing a long drive.
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My kids know all the well known tunes. I played one of their greatest hits CDs on repeat during many a car journey.
One of my sample questions with students regards the Beatles. I’ve been tutoring for over ten years now and I’ve never had a student ask who the Beatles are.
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I listen to the Beatles Pandora station when I drive!
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So born in the 60s,1961 to be exact and I purposely introduced my kids (24/26) to the Beatles at a very young age to introduce them to music. Think about it, young kid’s can dance to their music and their words to many songs are so basic… Even a child can do it. Lol. Twist and Shout, I wanna hold your hand etc etc They loved dancing and singing to their music. As they got older they listened to more advanced Beatles music. Lol
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@happy1 I was the one who said that my kid likes the Beatles but wouldn’t purposefully put them on.
And it’s the same with the music of my youth (late 80s/early 90s). Likes some, but wouldn’t choose it on her own.
D2 fell in love with the Beatles when she saw Across the Universe in 2007-ish when she was in middle school. I don’t know if D1 could name more than a few Beatles songs, if any.
Oops…my bad.
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When my middle kid was probably 15 or so, he went on a Beatles binge. Oh, my gosh, he played their stuff 24/7, almost literally. As much as I love the band, it kind of drove me crazy.
Then one day, he stopped playing their music and I’ve never heard him refer to them again.
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My kids in their early 20’s are familiar with the Beatles, but don’t choose to listen to them or put their songs on their self-created playlists.
When they had HS parties, one would hear some Beatles songs on their playlists, but also Led Zeppelin, Rolling Stones, Springsteen, Queen, even some disco like Donna Summer and Gloria Gaynor.
Recently I told my D in NYC that we should see Moulin Rouge on Broadway, partly because Boy George is in it (just saw him on Fallon). She said she’d love to see it, but asked who Boy George is!
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I clearly remember watching them ont he Ed Sullivan show and buying their early albums. And yes the younger generation loves them. I gave all my albums to my younger s and DIL. Their son’s middle name is Jude!
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When I think British Invasion, I think late '70s with the Police and bands like that 😉
My mom had a Beatles album that she played so I did grow up hearing their music. Have to say that I liked The Rolling Stones better.
My mid 20 year old knows the popular Beatles song but also doesn’t have it on her playlist. Her “oldies list” has the Stones, Styx, Zeppelin, Journey, old Billy Joel, etc…
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W and I saw Paul McCartney in concert just before pandemic. He came out in a Sgt Peppers jacket, played an oldie. Then he took jacket off, said it was going to be his only costume change, then said he was going to play some old stuff, some new stuff, and some stuff in between. His set list was over 35 songs. He was simply amazing. Many, many adults/parents who’d we guess were in 50s, 60s,… brought their kids (guessing many in grammar/high school) and kids all seemed to know the words to many, many songs.
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it’s the insert from the magical Mystery tour album
I think it’s fascinating that kids today at least know about music from the '60s, and enjoy listening to some of it. None of us in the '80s knew anything about music from the '20s or every listened to it. We didn’t even enjoy stuff from the '50s for the most part. Elvis seemed like a novelty, but I didn’t really get his music.
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