My Featured Blogger this week is Max (a.k.a. Badfinger) of Power Pop…an Eclectic Collection of Pop Culture. Max is a true aficionado, with an unending supply of fascinating bet-you-didn’t-know stories. He’s a songwriter/musician himself, as well as a fan of baseball, and old movies and TV shows. If he and I were ever in the same room at the same time, we would talk forever!
This is my 5th-year anniversary on WP. Thank you all for still reading and commenting.
This was part of Dave’s at A Sound Day “Turntable Talk” series…hope you like it. It’s also a more in-depth re-working of my first post on September 18, 2017. I never dreamed I would be accepted in such a large community of like-minded people. It’s not easy to meet Big Star fans in real life…here in this community, they come to you. My mission was…if I could get one person to at least give Badfinger, Big Star, or the Raspberries a listen…my job was done…but it’s been so much more than that because I’ve learned more than I’ve given. Yes, I love the Beatles but they don’t need my cheerleading.
I usually write shorter posts than this…but it was a lot to say on this subject.
So why are The Beatles still popular with older…
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5th anniversary? You have posts that go back to July of 2014. OOOOOH This was your guest blogger’s 5th anniversary.
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Exactly.
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Thank you Mitch for the kind words and the reblog!
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The honor is mine, Max!
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I always like reading (and listening!) to Max’s site. Learn something new there every day!
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Big fan of the group. I even named my dog Davy after my favorite Beatle.
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How funny, Geo, and I named my dog Ringo after my favorite Monkee!
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Congratulations on 5 years! I’m glad you blog, Mitch. Some of the most refreshing stuff I’ve seen & read over my 2 years have been on your posts. Best wishes!
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Ooops! Sorry Mitch! Max, congrats on 5 years. Mitch, I don’t care HOW old your blogs are…my sentiment stands!
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;>) Thanks, JM.
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You can imagine (or maybe know!) the thrill of hearing (grand-/)adolescents right here and now singing along to any Beatles songs I play!
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Yes!
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So much fun to read! Thanks for sharing…magical memories…and the historical nuggets are delightful. 🙂
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My favorite band ♥️
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My favorite band, Metric, has a song called “Gimme Sympathy” where part of the chorus asks the eternal question, “Who’d you rather be, The Beatles or The Rolling Stones?” Which I take to mean, would you rather burn fast and bright, or keep going and going and going until you become almost a parody of yourself? They don’t explicitly answer the question but towards the end they do say, “Come on baby play me something like ‘Here Comes the Sun'” …
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Back in the 60s people often asked, “Who do you like best, The Beatles or The Rolling Stones. It was no contest for me: the Stones might have been the “world’s greatest rock ‘n’ roll band,” but the Beatles were the greatest band. Ever. Period.
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The Beatles make frequent appearances in my stories, especially my earlier work. They are and always will be a part of my life. Seeing them live at Shea Stadium in 1965 was one of the most exhilarating experiences of my life. For me, as I read this post, the one thing that stood out in my mind was “The title should be Why The Beatles Will ALWAYS Be Relevant”!
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Yep!
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Wow! This guy is a veritable font of Beatles knowledge. And I have to agree with him totally. The Fab Four changed the musical landscape profoundly and permanently.
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Happy five years, Mitch! Thanks for sharing this post; I needed a bit of The Beatles today.
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Actually, it was my Featured Blogger Max’s fifth anniversary, Juliet, but thank you on his behalf. Happy to provide a needed Beatles fix!
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