When They're 64

When my son first discovered the Beatles, we went poking around the internet and found their websites. It’s easy to extrapolate the URLs, but here you go:

http://www.paulmccartney.com
(he's also got http://www.meyesight.com/, to promote the album, Memory Almost Full [rel. June 2007])

http://www.johnlennon.com

http://www.georgeharrison.com
(he's also got http://www.livinginthematerialworld.org/, to promote the album, Living in the Material World [re-rel. Sept. 2006])

http://www.ringostarr.com

What struck me was that each of the sites was such a unique reflection of each individual—so "theirs". What I had always felt about each Beatle (they were well established in the States when I grew old enough to be conscious of them) still radiates from each site. It was an amusing feeling. Reassuring, I hate to admit.

I'm grateful to have had them, and to have them, in my world.

Comments: 9

mona d. May 24, 2007, 5:03pm EDT

it always startles me when someone claims to have never heard of the beatles. i mean, i was born at the end of their reign, but i've listened to them all my life. how can anyone be unfamiliar? i feel sorry for them! thanks for these links - i'll check them out now.

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Penina F. May 24, 2007, 5:13pm EDT

I'm going to post a follow-up about Stuart Sutcliffe and Pete Best. Returning to LA, the place that "formed" me, and then exploring the Beatles, who also formed a big part of my creative language and principles, has been incredibly powerful for me.

I've decided to think of it as "coming full spiral". :-)

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Ishbel R. May 24, 2007, 5:46pm EDT

I actually met the Beatles on two occasions! I saw them live 7 or 8 times.
I have all their records, (UK releases) on vinyl.

My favourite was John Lennon.

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