Ever see the beatles in concert?

[We_All_Shine_On]

has anyone on here ever been so lucky?

[angelgodiva]

Yes; I did, as a matter of fact, when I was thirteen at Shea Stadium in 1966.
The tickets were about $12.
When I met John eight years later, he was very amused when I told him I had not enjoyed the concert that much. It was cool seeing the Beatles, but the crowd was so ridiculously loud that the music was all but inaudible. The only time they could really be heard was when Paul sang Yesterday.
John asked if I had asked for my money back.
"No," I told him. "I got my ticket free for winning a radio contest. If I had paid for it, I would have, though."
He laughed his ass off. He was really cool.

FORUM MOM

[Alomiakoda]

My mum did :)

[acid*rain~bow]

i´m SO jealous!

(bah...maybe in my former life i DID see them..thinking of it, i´m starting to feel pretty certain...)

:p

[fylthevoyd]

Never had the chance to see the Beatles.I did have the pleasure of seeing
The Who before Keith Moon died,and Led Zepplin before John Bohnam died so I guess I was fortunate in that aspect.

[We_All_Shine_On]

AngelGodiva you are the single luckiest person in the world. Do you have any idea what I would give to meet john lennon? I'm so madly in love with him! omg I would've friggin passed out if he ever spoke to me

[AoXoMoXoA420]

Hehe...

Angel has done a lot more with John Lennon than just meet him...

[We_All_Shine_On]

if they facked, she's my frigin fucking holy hero

[Willow-Bridget-Love]

oh my fucking GODS!! you saw the Beatles!!!

and you met the most utter vessel of hotness and amazing talent, and songwriting, and the things he did in this world, and wow.. woow... hes soo.. woow.. and you met him!
go you!

erm.. yeah.. but i have my own person of hotness to make out with so im happy... lol... my girlfriend.... no! i dont own her! but i love her... and for now, at least shes mine, we both love eachother, and have written dozens of poetry about the other..

[livlvlife]

would not let me go when they were in the area!!! my friend's cool mom was taking a group, but mine thought I was too young to go see those loud, long haired hippies! :(
she did buy me the first album later. I still remind her of that :)
because I was so tramatized by what I thought was her decision my whole life, when my daughters were soooo in love with New Kids on the Block, I bought them tickets to go (OMG WHAT WAS I THINKING??????) :o

Now, I think she said no 'cause my dad was a cop and she was giving his answer (I would come home from school and find her playing my album).....think she really wanted to go with me. Even at $10 a ticket, when you have 4 kids, a low paying job, it was expensive!!

[Tye Dye Jim]

The closest I ever got to seeing the Beatles was, Paul Mc Cartney and Wings at MSG in 1976.

[angelgodiva]

John was a great guy, very shy, actually, and somewhat insecure, but yes, he was a legend--still is, and always will be. Since some of you like him so much, I have one of my favorite pictures to share from when he was in L.A. back in 1974. Enjoy, you most likely never saw this one. The second piccie is just an old seldom seen shot from his Hamburg days, and I keep it in my files because he just looks so freaking hot in those tight, leather pants! Have a great day, all!

[BornInTheWrongGenera]

:eek:

Angelgodiva, you are my hero! *bows down*

Wow...I mean, I wasn't even fortunate enough to breathe the same air as John Lennon. But you actually met the guy!!

You know, I've wanted to meet Ringo ever since I was a wee little girl who was obsessed with Thomas the Tank Engine. And I'm still holding on to that dream, man! lol He might tour next year, so here's hopin'.

[blackeyedcrow]

...........

[angelgodiva]

Well, yes, but that is true of many women. What is more important to me was getting to know him, as that was special in my case, not just having a one night stand. Not that the other part wasn't very nice indeed!

[blackeyedcrow]

.............

[Manolao]

Yes; I did, as a matter of fact, when I was thirteen at Shea Stadium in 1966.
The tickets were about $12.
When I met John eight years later, he was very amused when I told him I had not enjoyed the concert that much. It was cool seeing the Beatles, but the crowd was so ridiculously loud that the music was all but inaudible. The only time they could really be heard was when Paul sang Yesterday.
John asked if I had asked for my money back.
"No," I told him. "I got my ticket free for winning a radio contest. If I had paid for it, I would have, though."
He laughed his ass off. He was really cool.

FORUM MOM
ahhhhhhhhhh.... you spoke with Him!! u spoke with Him!!!!!!!!!! :eek:

[Manolao]

Well, yes, but that is true of many women. What is more important to me was getting to know him, as that was special in my case, not just having a one night stand. Not that the other part wasn't very nice indeed!
ehm... is there here a half-hidden revelation?????????????

I mean... what do u mean with "well, yes"...?????? :eek:

[BornInTheWrongGenera]

:eek:

Hehe. If we keep it up, our eyes are gonna pop right out of our heads. ;)

[Pablo]

angelgodiva, if you dont mind my asking, you used to be under the name mistressofdelights right?

[God]

John Lennon is the closest thing to a modern day God that has ever lived, besides me, of course...

[angelgodiva]

Well, since some of you seem so darn curious, "Well, yes" means that yes, I did sleep with him, several times, in fact, but that isn't so amazing. He slept with lots of girls. To me the most amazing thing was that I got to become his friend, although sleeping with him was quite nice indeed. And yes, Pablo, I am mistressofdelights as well as angelgodiva. I have two usernames because I run two personal forums.

[BornInTheWrongGenera]

*sigh* Ah to be buddy buddy with THE John Lennon... :) Forgive us for our curiousity, Angel Mom, for we are young, fanatical, and easily excited. :D Hearing all of this is like a sugar rush!

Or maybe it's the tea I'm drinkin'. :-\

[Flowerchild]

OMG!!!
Angel, you are my heroine!!! Oh man, I can't fucking believe it!! Not only did you sleep w/him, you even were his friend!! That is so amazing!! I love this forum. I'm sorry that I'm so freaked out about it, but John Lennon is seriously God himself. That is so amazing that I can talk to someone who was friend w/John! How did you meet him? Did you see him often? Did you meet any of the other Beatles too? Did you talked a lot? Did you have philosophical discussions? I'm sorry for all the questions! If you don't wanna answer it and I'm just annoying you, just don't say anything. It just means sooo much to me!
Peace + Love
Flowerchild

[angelgodiva]

I met him in a small bar, I did not meet any of the other Beatles--he was not a Beatle anymore by then, although while I was still seeing him, Ringo moved into John's house for a while. We had many conversations about lots of things, some of them were philosophical in nature, but mostly it was just fun and a lot of laughing when we spoke because we had similar senses of humor and found one another funny.
The woman who shared John's life and lived with him when I knew him (May Pang) is presently writing a new book which will feature many pictures of him she took which have not been publicly seen before.
Besides the pictures, there will be anecdotes in the book written by John's many friends from the time he was with her, and two of mine will be included.
I will tell you that story if you would like to hear it.
While I was sitting next to John in the bar, a drunk guy came in and started playing with his zipper, trying to open his pants. John elbowed me and told me to look at what the guy was doing, and just then, the bartender noticed the guy and said, "Hey, buddy, the john is that way," and he pointed towards the bathrooms.
John kind of sighed and said something like, "Christ on a crutch, of all the fuckin' names in the world, they've gotta call it that."
Then his eyes lit up like he'd been struck by a great inspiration, and he said to the bartender, "Your name isn't Lou by any chance, is it?"
The bartender said that no, his name was (I believe) Danny (or something similar).Then he asked John why he'd asked that.
John tipped his head back and gave the bartender that famous down-his-nose look and replied, completely deadpan:
"Cos that's what we call it."
He was funny as hell, and I miss him to this day.

[BornInTheWrongGenera]

LOL! Fabulous! I could picture that vividly in my mind, too. :D

Did you ever speak with May Pang? Is she nice? I've heard lots of good things about her. :)

I'm buying this book, too! :D Will ya sign it for me?

[angelgodiva]

I have not spoken to her directly, but I have kept in touch through email for a couple years with her, and yes, she is a lovely woman, very sweet and kind.
When the book is finished and released, I would be happy to sign it for you.

[Ginge]

Woohoo! Thanks! :)

It'll be an interesting read, that's for sure. You never hear too, too much about the "Lost Weekend" (or whatever it is they call it; the exact name escapes my memory at this late hour).

*sigh* Poor John. :( RIP

[Flowerchild]

Thanks so much for your reply!! I still can't believe it that I'm talking to someone who met HIM!! :)

[paintedjames]

this is quite different from the old version i heard from you AngelGodiva....hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
what's the deal here?



I met him in a small bar, I did not meet any of the other Beatles--he was not a Beatle anymore by then, although while I was still seeing him, Ringo moved into John's house for a while. We had many conversations about lots of things, some of them were philosophical in nature, but mostly it was just fun and a lot of laughing when we spoke because we had similar senses of humor and found one another funny.
The woman who shared John's life and lived with him when I knew him (May Pang) is presently writing a new book which will feature many pictures of him she took which have not been publicly seen before.
Besides the pictures, there will be anecdotes in the book written by John's many friends from the time he was with her, and two of mine will be included.
I will tell you that story if you would like to hear it.
While I was sitting next to John in the bar, a drunk guy came in and started playing with his zipper, trying to open his pants. John elbowed me and told me to look at what the guy was doing, and just then, the bartender noticed the guy and said, "Hey, buddy, the john is that way," and he pointed towards the bathrooms.
John kind of sighed and said something like, "Christ on a crutch, of all the fuckin' names in the world, they've gotta call it that."
Then his eyes lit up like he'd been struck by a great inspiration, and he said to the bartender, "Your name isn't Lou by any chance, is it?"
The bartender said that no, his name was (I believe) Danny (or something similar).Then he asked John why he'd asked that.
John tipped his head back and gave the bartender that famous down-his-nose look and replied, completely deadpan:
"Cos that's what we call it."
He was funny as hell, and I miss him to this day.

[angelgodiva]

The original version, by which I assume you mean the entry in my journal, is not nearly so detailed, and I did not include this story. This is just a couple minutes out of the original meeting, which began when I knocked a bowl of nuts off the bar and said hello to him when he looked up. I couldn't possibly include every moment in one account, well, I guess I could, but I would need to write an entire book, lol! Besides, when May asked me for a couple anecdotes, I gave her this part of the story for her book so I didn't want to put it in my online account anyhow.

[We_All_Shine_On]

May Pang wrote a book?

[angelgodiva]

Yes she wrote one years ago called "Loving John." It is out of print but can usually be found at the library or on eBay.
She is currently working on her second book, which is the one I will be in.

[Ginge]

Yeah, I've tried looking for "Loving John", but none of our libraries have it. I haven't checked eBay, though. So hmm...

Did you ever meet Yoko? Or I guess maybe he wasn't with her at that time...

Sorry for all the questions! I feel bad for bothering you. :(

[SunFree]

I'm sorry everyone...but I just have to let this out . . .

AAAAAAAAAAAAAH I'M TALKING TO SOMEONE WHO WAS FRIENDS WITH JOHN LENNON.... JOHN FREAKING LENNON!!! AAHHHH!!!

Okay. There we go. I've got a complex, can't help it :p Phew..

[angelgodiva]

Lol, Sunfree...no, I have never met Yoko, but my friend Susan has (she is my editor at Rooftop Sessions, the website I write Beatles fan fiction for), and she says that Yoko is charming and very gracious.
I sent her a sympathy card, of course, when John was killed, but she did not reply, probably because she was deluged with cards and couldn't reply to everyone, plus it was a horrible time for her, so she couldn't be expected to, could she.
I almost got to meet May last Fall...wait till you hear this, this is awful-- my computer was broken and I was offline for six months. Anyhow, when I got back on, I was going through my email, and it took me days, there were thousands of them-- but I found amongst the rest an invitation to Mays' birthday party at some place called The Cutting Room in New York. I was so upset to have missed it, but I hope she will ask me again this year. If she does, I will try to get a couple pictures and post them here.

[Flowerchild]

Angel, I love you! You have probably the coolest life of all the people I've ever met...writing e-mails with JOHN's ex-gf, even getting invited to her birthday party!! Having met John!! I just wanted to congratulate you again on your awesome, awesome life!

[Flowerchild]

God, I'm sorry for the last post! In the end you have cancer or lost a child or a close friend or something! Let me put it this way: I wanna congratulate you for all that I know about you up to this point! :-)

[angelgodiva]

No need; I had cancer once, but have been clean of it for MANY years now, and I am fine. Although I have lost children, I also have some, and grandchildren, too, so I am okay. Thanks for your concern, though. Be sure to join my personal forum, THE KITCHEN TABLE, once it is reactivated.

[mikeyjwest]

Maybe I'm speaking out of place, but I guess my personality is a little different from yalls. I think John Lennon was badass, but I hate it when people idolize him like he was some sort of god. I mean, he had a baby with one woman and then divorced her and went out will all kinds of women. And from what I've heard after Yoko and John had been together for a while she wasn't pleasing him anymore so she would go out and get girls to have sex with him. That's kinda messed up if you ask me. Im not a big fan of Yoko though. Im not sure why, but Its more then the part she played in the breakup of the beatles. A while ago she tried to get people to cut off peaces of her close for some charity thing or the other, but no one wanted to do it. Thats kinda strange because she didnt look so amazing back in the day either. My question specifically is, what kind of drugs did you know of John doing. Did he ever do any with you?

[Ginge]

No need; I had cancer once, but have been clean of it for MANY years now, and I am fine. Although I have lost children, I also have some, and grandchildren, too, so I am okay. Thanks for your concern, though. Be sure to join my personal forum, THE KITCHEN TABLE, once it is reactivated.
I'm so glad to hear you made it through all that. :) My mom has breast cancer, and she's going through her radiation treatment now. The doctors said she's really lucky because they caught it in it's very early stages, so it hadn't start spreading yet. They say she'll be rid of it completely once she's done with her radiation, but I still worry about her. :(

But there are plenty of surviors! You being one of them gives me even more hope!

That was way off topic, wasn't it? :p

[Ginge]

Maybe I'm speaking out of place, but I guess my personality is a little different from yalls. I think John Lennon was badass, but I hate it when people idolize him like he was some sort of god. I mean, he had a baby with one woman and then divorced her and went out will all kinds of women. And from what I've heard after Yoko and John had been together for a while she wasn't pleasing him anymore so she would go out and get girls to have sex with him. That's kinda messed up if you ask me. Im not a big fan of Yoko though. Im not sure why, but Its more then the part she played in the breakup of the beatles. A while ago she tried to get people to cut off peaces of her close for some charity thing or the other, but no one wanted to do it. Thats kinda strange because she didnt look so amazing back in the day either. My question specifically is, what kind of drugs did you know of John doing. Did he ever do any with you?I understand what you're saying completely. However, and I don't know about anyone else, but I admire John for his beautiful music. I never knew him, so I don't admire him on a personal level.

Though I do commend him for all the things he's done for peace. :)

[angelgodiva]

You are certainly right when you say that John was far from perfect, and he would have been the first one to agree with you in saying that he was not worthy of the spotless reputation he seems to have now. He carried a great deal of pain and guilt for the things he did in his lifetime that he knew he had done wrong and would have changed if he had them to do over.
He was no saint, and he was no devil.
He was only a man...a man with a great amount of talent and a beautiful heart, but still just a man with imperfections and failings.
In answer to your question, he did just about anything he could get his hands on during that period in his life. He felt lost and was seeking comfort wherever he could find it. I know he experimented with heroin (later he bacame addicted, and later still he gave it up for good), and he also was into cocaine, speed, and of course marijuana. I smoked pot with him on one occasion, but never did anything else at that time. Once, May told me a story about how she went to someone's house with him and he asked the person they were visiting (I can't remember who it was, sorry) if they had any coke. The person handed him an empty vial but there was a little powder clinging to the sides of the tube. He had an eyeshadow brush and he was wiping out this little container and sniffing at this brush thingie for like half an hour...he didn't get anything out of it, but that will show you that he was really into this stuff. I never knew him to have any drugs at all on him, though. He would just ask if there was anything around and if the answer was yes, he would happily try whatever it was.He drank quite a lot at that time too, but most of the people I knew did that.
For what it's worth, I doubt that what you read about Yoko going out to get girls for John was true. There are a few books out there about him that contain a lot of untrue information, and you must have read one of them. While it is true that Yoko sent him to LA with May, she did not as a rule serve as a pimp for him. When he was unfaithful, and until he went back to Yoko after his "lost weekend", he certainly was unfaithful, he was capable of finding his own women.

[mikeyjwest]

Thanks for answering. The stuff you said about his drug life was pretty intersting.

[Ginge]

The person handed him an empty vial but there was a little powder clinging to the sides of the tube. He had an eyeshadow brush and he was wiping out this little container and sniffing at this brush thingie for like half an hour...he didn't get anything out of it, but that will show you that he was really into this stuff.
That's sad. :( Poor John. I often wonder what he would be like if he were alive today. I often wonder what the WORLD would be like if John were alive today. Who knows...

[angelgodiva]

No need to be sad...John eventually beat all of his addictions (except cigarettes) and was drug free when he moved on to his new existence.
As long as we remember him, and I believe we always will, he will never truly be gone. He left a legacy that will keep him alive forever.

[We_All_Shine_On]

The lives of john lennon by albert goldman paints a horrible picture of him, from wife beater to hateful father

[givepeaceachance]

My mom says i'm John Lennon reincarnated, he he

[Ginge]

My mom says i'm John Lennon reincarnated, he he
Hehe. Have any feelings for Yoko? ;)

[givepeaceachance]

When I was 16 and John Lennon was 36, I walked into a bar in Uncasville, CT (what would John Lennon be doing in a bar in uncasville? what wouldn't he be doing in a bar in Uncasville?) He was a regular in the bar and everyone knew him. They called him "Manjoomboo-sensei". To tell you the truth he was a total lush. He was a fallover drunk when I met him, there was corn falling out of his mouth. His bus had broken down outside the bar the month before and he'd been there ever since. It was a cold night, the Thursday that we met. It was the summer I had discovered my woman-hood. As I walked by the docks the pelicans seemed to be saying, "wouldn't you wish'd to go on forever, wouldn't you wish'd to go on forever." I walked into Scuzzy's Bar and I saw him sitting there all alone. I strutted up to where he was sitting and sat down beside him. A small man, fiddling with his zipper walked up and said, "there are seven levels, Manjoomboo-sensei." John nodded gravely and said, "Aye, but alas there are also seven members of the Justice League." I sat with him and talked for a while. We talked of many things, fools and kings, this he said to me. "At scuzzy's the beer flows like our inner selves." That night we went back to his bus that was sitting outside of the bar. He invited me into his casba (also know as the bus). We had tantric sex for 20 hours straight. I can't say that that was the best thing that happened, it was that afterwards we became good friends. During the night, whilst we lay in each other's arms, I turned to him and whispered, "Manjoomboo-sensei, was it good for you?" But he was alseep. I watched the sun rise and the darkness dissapear from his dimples and listened to the mournful cry of the titihoya. We should have been eating cake, but our hearts were bleeding... I miss him to this day.

[rain_in_summer]

I've never seen the Beatles in concert, and haven't "met" a Beatle either (no wonder, I'm 15), but I've seen Paul in concert last year and i'm gonna see (and hear!) him again on 06/04 this year! Yay! http://www.hipforums.com/forums/images/smilies/smile.gif

[Ginge]

I've never seen the Beatles in concert, and haven't "met" a Beatle either (no wonder, I'm 15), but I've seen Paul in concert last year and i'm gonna see (and hear!) him again on 06/04 this year! Yay! http://www.hipforums.com/forums/images/smilies/smile.gif
Awesome! I read that little report recently about how Paul got in trouble for disturbing the peace. LOL He was practicing for his upcoming tour, and apparently his bass was "too loud." Some 67 year old guy called the police and complained, saying Paul's bass sounded like a "ghettoblaster" and his cat was disturbed.

Nice to know that at 61 Paul McCartney can STILL rock. :D

[Ginge]

Also, has anyone noticed how Sean Lennon is looking more and more like John these days? It's eerie! This girl I talk to went to see him perform at a club in NYC on May 18th, and she got a few pics. Eerie indeed!

[deezee]

i was lucky enough to grow up in nyc and saw the beatles 5 times in concert and once at the airport when they came in from the uk. it wa smy dad's birthdya and he took me to the airport on feb 7 1964 to await their arrival. they actually performed 6 times in nyc but one was a charity concert in sept of 1964 that cost way too much for me to be able to attend. my girlfriend's uncle was one of their press agents so we went to carnegie hall, the 2 shows at forest hills and the 2 shows at shea in 1965 and 1966. the first show at shea cost $5.65 and the second show in 1966 went up an astronomical .10 cents to $5.75 a ticket! the worst part for my friends and i was that we were finally supposed to get to meet them in 1966 but my friend's uncle dropped dead one week before he was going to be able to arrange that. naturally being the sensitive kid i was, i remember saying the minute i heard he died.."couldn't he have waited a week?"....

not too nice but definitely how i felt at the time.

deezee

[Ginge]

Six bucks for a Beatles concert??? :eek: I know things were "cheaper" back then, but holy moly!

My have times changed! Nowadays, I think a ticket to Paul's concert is around $70-$90.

Though back in those days $5.75 was more than what it is now.

[deezee]

Six bucks for a Beatles concert??? :eek: I know things were "cheaper" back then, but holy moly!

My have times changed! Nowadays, I think a ticket to Paul's concert is around $70-$90.

Though back in those days $5.75 was more than what it is now.

ginge

back then my dad probably earned about $200 a week for a family of 6 and we were considered middle class. more amazingly, we lived in manhattan on that kind of salary. i paid for the tickets myslf by babysitting and the going rate was 35-50 cents an a hour. what is even more amazing in this day and age is that there were hardly any items to be found for sale inside the arenas..especially at the first shows. at forest hills we bought a picture from a guy selling them outside who wasn't with the arena..just someone selling them on the street. we did that cause there was no one selling anything in the arena that i remember. i bought a tee shirt and a program (still have both and my ticket stubs)at shea stadium but i only remember that i bought the program in the venue. i think i bought the tee from someone outside cause they weren't selling them inside. in this day and age no one makes money on the show. they all make the bulk of their money on the merchandising.

i also still have a few blades of grass that paul (it actually could have been any of them but i wanted to believe back then that it was paul) stepped on when they were leaving and some of us stormed the field in 1966. it's been in an envelope ever since.

if anyone remembers much about these shows then they are a better person than i am. all i can tell you is that when it is happening and the beatles are on stage for literally only about 25 minutes, all i can remember doing, besides screaming, was saying to myself "this isn't a dream..they are right there". it was a very surreal feeling each time. being that young probably had a lot to do with it too.

deezee

[Ginge]

ginge

back then my dad probably earned about $200 a week for a family of 6 and we were considered middle class. more amazingly, we lived in manhattan on that kind of salary. i paid for the tickets myslf by babysitting and the going rate was 35-50 cents an a hour. what is even more amazing in this day and age is that there were hardly any items to be found for sale inside the arenas..especially at the first shows. at forest hills we bought a picture from a guy selling them outside who wasn't with the arena..just someone selling them on the street. we did that cause there was no one selling anything in the arena that i remember. i bought a tee shirt and a program (still have both and my ticket stubs)at shea stadium but i only remember that i bought the program in the venue. i think i bought the tee from someone outside cause they weren't selling them inside. in this day and age no one makes money on the show. they all make the bulk of their money on the merchandising.

i also still have a few blades of grass that paul (it actually could have been any of them but i wanted to believe back then that it was paul) stepped on when they were leaving and some of us stormed the field in 1966. it's been in an envelope ever since.

if anyone remembers much about these shows then they are a better person than i am. all i can tell you is that when it is happening and the beatles are on stage for literally only about 25 minutes, all i can remember doing, besides screaming, was saying to myself "this isn't a dream..they are right there". it was a very surreal feeling each time. being that young probably had a lot to do with it too.

deezee
That's great!! http://websmileys.bei.t-online.de/div223.gif I could only imagine what it was like to live through Beatlemania. *sigh* Fun times. :)

[MichaelByrd1967]

My aunt did, when they came to Philly in '64. And that was the only time they came to Philadelphia.

[HippieFlowerGirl67]

That's groovy you saw John Lennon Angelgodiva! He's my fave! I saw Ringo in concert in 2004....
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v292/BeatleParadise/ringo.jpg

[chandlera]

Yes, I saw the Beatles in 1965 in Baltimore. They performed two shows. I was 15 years old. One of my best friend's aunts lived there and purchased 5 tickets. The show was in the middle of the week, and my 'cool' mom let me skip school the next day so we could go to the 10 o'clock show. My friend's older sister drove us there from Portsmouth, Virginia (about 3 hours), and we got there about 9 o'clock. It was a mob scene in downtown Baltimore. Big TV cameras were all over. Even though all the seats were reservered, kids were just pushing forward to try to get to the beginning of the line to get into the Baltimore Civic Center. The police were in full force, but the crowd broke out the plate glass windows at the front of the place! It was crazy. The Civic Center had 3 balconies as I remember, and we were on the 1st row of the 2nd balcony---no one in front of us. They were great seats. They played with Jackie DeShannnon and the Bill Black Combo. When the Beatles ran onstage, the noise was deafening. Girls screaming at the top of their lungs and crying from excitement. John Lennon made a few funny comments during the concert, but you could really only hear part of the music due to all the screaming. I loved it though. It was the experience of a lifetime! I still have the program and the ticket stubs.

[Helter-Skelter]

I wouldn't have been like al the girls screaming and begging to see them or pass out or anything. What I would want most in the world from The Beatles is to sit down and talk to them. Get their perception of things, discuss just what they were thinking when they wrote some of their songs :D

[poor_old_dad]

Yeah, saw them September 16, 1964. $5.00 per ticket.

July 5th, 1969 was a good day too. Rolling Stones (& King Krimson & others) at Hyde Park (London), then across town ... The Who ( & Chuck Berry) at Albert Hall.

Peace,
poor_old_dad

[travellingman]

once I meet George Harrison when he was first going out with Pattie Boyd I was going out with her younger sister Paula And we were all around her mothers house for Christmas in Wimbledon Park London crazy times. I really wish I had been at Woodstock that must have been QUOTE=We_All_Shine_On]has anyone on here ever been so lucky?[/QUOTE]

[CPL Clegg]

The only time they could really be heard was when Paul sang Yesterday.

FORUM MOMAs I was reading this line the song "Yesterday" came on...weird...