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Faygo Kid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 09:42 PM Original message |
February 9, 1964: The world changed (yeah, yeah, yeah). Older DUers: Where were you? |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 09:45 PM Response to Original message |
1. I was watching the audience. I saw a very bored blond kid |
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Faygo Kid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 09:52 PM Response to Reply #1 |
10. "Day Tripper" wasn't interesting? |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 10:03 PM Response to Reply #10 |
19. You couldn't hear it on that show |
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Faygo Kid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 10:07 PM Response to Reply #19 |
25. And nothing like it had been heard or not heard before. |
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graywarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 09:45 PM Response to Original message |
2. That one photo has stayed in my memory for my entire life |
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sheelz (869 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 10:15 PM Response to Reply #2 |
31. thief |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 09:46 PM Response to Original message |
3. Watching. I went and got a huge Beatles poster for my bedroom wall. |
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NC_Nurse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 09:47 PM Response to Original message |
4. I was not quite 3 years old. |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 09:48 PM Response to Original message |
5. I Was At My Cousin's House... |
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NanceGreggs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 09:48 PM Response to Original message |
6. I turned fifteen on February 9, 1964 ... |
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Faygo Kid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 09:57 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. Well, HAPPY BIRTHDAY, NanceGreggs! 59 and still younger than springtime . . . |
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NanceGreggs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 10:07 PM Response to Reply #12 |
24. Thanks, faygokid! |
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Ghost in the Machine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 10:03 PM Response to Reply #6 |
18. Well Happy Birthday To You, Nance! |
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NanceGreggs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 10:11 PM Response to Reply #18 |
29. Hey, thanks! |
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Glorfindel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 11:25 PM Response to Reply #6 |
59. Big hugs! And many, many happy returns |
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NanceGreggs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-10-08 02:44 AM Response to Reply #59 |
64. Thanks so much, Glorfindel! |
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LibDemAlways (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 09:49 PM Response to Original message |
7. I was 11 and glued to the tv. I try to convey to my |
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jkshaw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 09:51 PM Response to Original message |
8. I had just moved to Utah |
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Faygo Kid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 10:30 PM Response to Reply #8 |
36. Thank you, jkshaw, for posting on this. Greek chorus indeed. |
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tularetom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 09:52 PM Response to Original message |
9. I was 23 years old watching it with my wife daughter and my dad. |
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Faygo Kid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 09:59 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. Did he ever come around to the music? Mom did. Same age, I'm sure. |
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tularetom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 10:05 PM Response to Reply #14 |
22. He damn near freaked when my brother came back from Vietnam |
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Faygo Kid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 10:16 PM Response to Reply #22 |
32. Mom died in 2003 as well, my friend. |
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tularetom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 10:27 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. Thank you for your kindness |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 10:33 PM Response to Reply #9 |
37. I never understood the outrage about the haircuts... |
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tularetom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 10:44 PM Response to Reply #37 |
44. You have no idea how pissed middle aged guys got |
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frogcycle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 10:58 PM Response to Reply #44 |
50. I wish I had a nickle for every time my dad said "you need a haircut" |
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rocktivity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 09:55 PM Response to Original message |
11. I was eight, and I can truly say that February 9, 1964 made me what I am today |
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Faygo Kid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 10:36 PM Response to Reply #11 |
39. Glad to bring it up, rocknation, and I'm with you on this one. |
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chemp (569 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 09:57 PM Response to Original message |
13. Mom & Dad were being naughty |
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Faygo Kid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 10:03 PM Response to Reply #13 |
20. I still mourn John. He had much yet to say and sing. |
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libnnc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 10:01 PM Response to Original message |
15. I've always been jealous of your generation. |
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Faygo Kid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 10:22 PM Response to Reply #15 |
33. Not at all. We live when we live, and that's it. |
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Cirque du So-What (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 10:01 PM Response to Original message |
16. I was 9 years old |
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NastyRiffraff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 10:01 PM Response to Original message |
17. I was a Beatlemaniac! |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 10:04 PM Response to Original message |
21. Sitting on living room floor watching Ed Sullivan |
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varelse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 10:06 PM Response to Original message |
23. I was still "on the way" |
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PSPS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 10:07 PM Response to Original message |
26. Ed Sullivan said that, for the only time in his career, he became briefly terrified that night |
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Historic NY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 10:07 PM Response to Original message |
27. "A really big shoe(w) tonight folks".......... |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 10:09 PM Response to Original message |
28. I was 14. I was watching the ESS at a friend's house, and can remember getting TICKED at her |
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Faygo Kid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 10:11 PM Response to Original message |
30. Can I get a Greatest Post recommendation or two? This is NanceGreggs birthday! See post #6. |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 10:23 PM Response to Original message |
34. Oh K&R for the sheer joy! |
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Fiendish Thingy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 10:34 PM Response to Original message |
38. I don't have a specific memory of that night, being only six... |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 10:36 PM Response to Original message |
40. I was 3 and decided George was my favorite... |
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Faygo Kid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 10:40 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. Do you know that Martin Scorsese is making a movie of his life? |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 10:44 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. Thanks, I didn't know that! |
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End Of The Road (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-10-08 01:15 PM Response to Reply #40 |
70. I still have my George BeatleDoll! eom |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-10-08 01:32 PM Response to Reply #70 |
73. I envy you! |
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msedano (682 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 10:42 PM Response to Original message |
42. didn't they bump topo gigo that night? |
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The River (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 10:46 PM Response to Original message |
45. A Sophomore in HS |
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kaiden (811 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 10:46 PM Response to Original message |
46. I was 11, in 6th grade. |
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Faygo Kid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 11:10 PM Response to Reply #46 |
55. Glad to see I wasn't the only one jumping up and down, kaiden. |
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stillrockin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 10:49 PM Response to Original message |
47. I was a 12 year old watching Ed Sullivan. |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 10:52 PM Response to Original message |
48. I want in England |
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frogcycle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 10:56 PM Response to Original message |
49. I was just seventeen |
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Faygo Kid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 11:03 PM Response to Reply #49 |
53. Well, I couldn't dance with another. WHOOO Since I saw her standing there. Here's another favorite |
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 11:02 PM Response to Original message |
51. Where was I? |
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bikebloke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 11:03 PM Response to Original message |
52. I remember that subtitle under John! |
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Systematic Chaos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 11:04 PM Response to Original message |
54. I wasn't even a thought in 1964, but after I was born I caught on quickly enough. |
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Bennyboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 11:15 PM Response to Original message |
56. My first experience with sexuality! |
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frogcycle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 11:42 PM Response to Reply #56 |
62. ok, now I need a cold shower |
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Faygo Kid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-10-08 02:54 PM Response to Reply #56 |
75. Good point. I was 12 and - um - energized by that aspect of Beatlemania. |
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kineneb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 11:19 PM Response to Original message |
57. age 6, wondered what all the screaming was about |
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Glorfindel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 11:22 PM Response to Original message |
58. I was an 18-year-old gay male |
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PlanetBev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 11:27 PM Response to Original message |
60. Like a lot of kids |
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Pastiche423 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-09-08 11:31 PM Response to Original message |
61. What a cool memory to bring up! |
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MuseRider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-10-08 02:34 AM Response to Original message |
63. 5th grade I think |
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kickysnana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-10-08 02:49 AM Response to Original message |
65. Ticked my uncle Bob off... |
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goodgd_yall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-10-08 02:54 AM Response to Original message |
66. I happened to hear about their arrival---with small interest, but THEN |
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SheWhoMustBeObeyed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-10-08 04:53 AM Response to Original message |
67. We watched, which was the most surprising part. |
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Mister Ed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-10-08 01:06 PM Response to Original message |
68. Six years old and supposed to be asleep... |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-10-08 01:11 PM Response to Original message |
69. It changed 7 days before that actually |
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Suziq (953 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-10-08 01:21 PM Response to Original message |
71. I was 11 years old . . . . |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-10-08 01:24 PM Response to Original message |
72. I was a first trimester fetus that night. But I was a Beatles fan by 1965 :) n/t |
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mohinoaklawnillinois (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-10-08 01:41 PM Response to Original message |
74. I was ten years old and sitting on the couch in our TV room. |
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