I wasn't gonna comment on the Beatles chain I helped create as I felt kinda
bad that some of the discussion was getting a bit too heated... but after
reading this well intended comment I just had to chime in with two more
pennies..

>I couldn't help but feel a little disappointed
that my Aunt and many other Beatle fans of the day were not really that
different than any teenager today who's into the current hot, fashionable
group<

...And I say this with respect... I'm sure your Aunt is a pretty music
knowledgeable and enjoys a good tune, but the above comment cannot be the
umbrella under which all first-generation Beatle fans (or any singer/group
fan for that matter) be placed under... I'm not saying you're implying this;
but rather just wanted to make it clear (as I'm sure you know) that one
person's experience (or 1,000 people for that matter) doesn't mean that
everyone was into the Beatles because of a semi-sexual-teeny-bopper
experience... It's a well known fact that many teenage girls probably were
focusing more on the puppylove-sexual vibes that these new "teenage idols"
were sending their way... For some, JPG&R were just the next Ricky Nelsons
and some fans, yes would buy the records, but more for pin-up reasons than
the music itself... The thing is that The Beatles were, as we know and has
been discussed here, much more than any "current, hot, fashionable group"
... Yes you're right about that analysis for a time such as this... but back
then you have to take into consideration the fact that something bigger than
all of us had taken place when that PanAm jetliner landed at JFK a cold
winter day in February of 1964... It was decided and announced then and
there... "All girls just seeking a teenager idol please stand to the left"
... Everybody else, yeah the boys too, front and center please....

Cheers,

Miguel