There wasn't that much of a gap -- the Beatles were on Sullivan in early 1964, while the Monkees debuted on NBC in the fall of 1966, and the band picked out a ways beforehand. A young-er Davy Jones might be a better way to put it. And perhaps shorter, though that's hard to conceive... Mike Bennett NP: The Emergency -- HOW CAN YOU MOVE? (This is Anglophile power-pop with a punky edge -- at times reminds me of The Waking Hours and Heathrow, which is nice company...) Record reviews and more at http://fufkin.com >From: Gary Glauber >Reply-To: audities@smoe.org >To: audities@smoe.org >Subject: Re: Beatles on Ed Sullivan DVD >Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2004 14:56:01 -0500 > > >Crotchety Old Man Durben: > >You are correct, sir. That was a young David Jones in the cast of Oliver >(minus the stars that would eventually plague his eyes some years later). > >Best, > >Gary G. > > >At 06:45 PM 1/13/2004 +0000, you wrote: >> OK, I vaguely remember catching the Beatles on Ed Sullivan as 4 or 5 >>year old. I mainly recall my dad loudly proclaiming..."You can't hear >>a word their singing!!" (Never a Beatles fan my dad). >> I know I've seen clips of theses shows here and there (and >>everywhere..sorry) but a few things that struck me post watching the >>Ed Sullivan DVD's with the Beatles. >> >>1) That is a young Davy Jones following them as one of the singers in >>the Oliver cast, right? Or am I hallucinating again? Assuming it is >>Davy, funny to me that he followed the Beatles on their initial show >>and would later follow them as a TV. band. Am I the only one on this >>list that didn't know he was on this Ed Sullivan show? Or am I just >>flat wrong? >> >>2) The other thing I didn't know recall was how poorly the mix was >>for the mics. The first show Paul's seemed too loud compared to >>John's. Then on one of the later shows, John's was much louder then >>Paul's (whom you can barely hear). Also, one of the performances both >>Paul's and John's mic's were too low. John grabbed his and noisily >>pulled it up during the start of the song. Paul just kind of hunched >>over more while singing. >> Somehow this made it all seem all the more cool to me and long for >>these seemingly simpler days. What a different era it was. Here's >>this phenomena sweeping into America and they don't even have the >>mics set up right! Oddly, for me, It's so less sterile feeling then >>many shows might feel today. Now days you can bet any televised show >>of the mega star of the day has every possible wrinkle taken care of >>well in advance of the show. Image over music perhaps? >> >>I know these are just my loose impressions, I may be all wet. >> >>Signed, Crotchety Old Man Durben >> >>Near RIP: UFB. A fab live band... >>Hey Gabe! >> > _________________________________________________________________ Scope out the new MSN Plus Internet Software — optimizes dial-up to the max! http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-us&page=byoa/plus&ST=1