The Beatles Bible - Topic: Who first introduced you to the Beatles?

unknown on Who first introduced you to the Beatles?

Sat, 13 Apr 2013 23:23:19 +0100

It was a documentary on television in seventh grade. My uncle's the one who wanted to watch the documentary, so I guess you could say him. I was obsessed with the Jonas Brothers, and that night, I transitioned into being obsessed with The Beatles. I knew of The Beatles before that, but I couldn't name any of them, and the only song of theirs I knew was Hello Goodbye, and I only knew that because the Jonas Brothers did a cover of it. There were a lot of their songs in the documentary that I liked and knew, but I ...

mja6758 on Who first introduced you to the Beatles?

Sat, 13 Apr 2013 11:45:17 +0100

I may be about to give the most offensive response to any topic on the forum. But it is also the sad truth.

I bought my first single for myself at the beginning of December 1980. Though I had been around lots of music, it was the first time I trotted down to Woolworths in the High Street to buy something I had heard on the radio because I liked it. I was a great fan of Buddy Holly and something about this guy, John Lennon, and his single, (Just Like) Starting Over, reminded me of Buddy.

A couple of days later ...

AppleScruffJunior on Who first introduced you to the Beatles?

Sat, 13 Apr 2013 11:13:23 +0100

It wasn't a person who introduced me to The Beatles, it was actually my English book in school. I remember one page of it had Jimi Hendrix (I was the only person in my class who knew about him *facepalm* then when you flipped the page there were 2 pages on The Beatles. Of course I knew about The Beatles but I was more of a Michael Jackson fan then Back on topic: It gave a very brief summary of Beatles history and then it had the lyrics of Eleanor Rigby on the next ...

fabfouremily on Who first introduced you to the Beatles?

Sat, 13 Apr 2013 10:08:25 +0100

My dad, he put the ''1'' album on a very long car trip and told me that I was listening to one of the greatest bands ever (along with The Who and The Jam, according to him). For once in his life, he was right.

parlance on Who first introduced you to the Beatles?

Sat, 13 Apr 2013 03:43:48 +0100

No one person introduced me; I stumbled on them via the cartoon reruns when I was about 8, and then I asked either my mom or dad who they were.

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vonbontee on Who first introduced you to the Beatles?

Sat, 13 Apr 2013 03:20:18 +0100

LOL young people!... I can't really say who "introduced" me to 'em, because I can barely remember a time when I wasn't aware of the Beatles. I definitely knew of an entity called "Beatles" by the age of five (two years after the breakup) but I had no visual reference points. Don't remember anybody specifically telling me about them, or myself asking. I suppose if any individual(s)l managed to make me aware of them, it was either my mother (who is named Judie and was often singing "Hey Jude" as if it were her own ...

Beatles in the Blood on Who first introduced you to the Beatles?

Sat, 13 Apr 2013 02:10:49 +0100

I discovered them by Big Time Rush, sadly. But then I listened to the real versions of the Beatles songs and I ditched those other suckers.

Linde on Who first introduced you to the Beatles?

Mon, 21 Jan 2013 14:15:31 +0000

My parents. My dad was 9 when they split and my mom was 5, but she had a brother who was a huge Beatles fan and owned all their records and some books and other stuff, so he probably influenced her. She has a few books, the Red and Blue Album and Let it be on vinyl.

The first album I heard, when I was around 4 or 5, like I just said in one of the other threads, was One. I hated Love Me Do but I loved the rest. They also had the White Album and Sgt Pepper so ...

Gerell on Who first introduced you to the Beatles?

Mon, 21 Jan 2013 05:09:10 +0000

Me dad was 2 years old when the Beatles first appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show, me mum on the other hand wasn't even born yet. I first got into the Beatles almost a decade ago. My genres were Classical, Jazz and Blues, that changed when I heard Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds and as a young boy you can't help but to imagine the imageries in the song. From then on I knew who exactly the Beatles were.

sky090909 on Who first introduced you to the Beatles?

Mon, 21 Jan 2013 03:11:54 +0000

LongHairedLady said

sky090909 said
Going back to my parents, since they are not as big of Beatles fans as me, I have basically taken most of their Beatles stuff.

Love it. My spouse's mom gave him the blue and red albums on vinyl, because she's not a big fan. Works for us!

LongHairedLady on Who first introduced you to the Beatles?

Mon, 21 Jan 2013 03:08:34 +0000

sky090909 said
Going back to my parents, since they are not as big of Beatles fans as me, I have basically taken most of their Beatles stuff.

Love it. My spouse's mom gave him the blue and red albums on vinyl, because she's not a big fan. Works for us!

sky090909 on Who first introduced you to the Beatles?

Mon, 21 Jan 2013 02:34:57 +0000

My parents. My dad was 9 when they appeared on Ed Sullivan; however, my mom was only 1. One of my earliest memories of The Beatles was listening to my parents vinyl records, little Beatles jukebox bank that played Ticket To Ride, and little Ringo figurine sitting at his drum kit. I also remember Ringo being on Thomas the Tank Engine reruns; however, I did not put two and two until later on. My favorite song was Revolution (the single release) because for some reason I liked the scream at the beginning.

Flash forward to 2004 (my freshman year in high school) I ...

LongHairedLady on Who first introduced you to the Beatles?

Sun, 20 Jan 2013 21:21:02 +0000

If you are like me, and was born 20 years (or more) after Please Please Me was released, then like me you weren't fortunate enough to see them on Ed Sullivan or hear them on the radio at that time. (My mom saw the Ed Sullivan show when she was 14... so jealous!) How did you first hear about them?

I had a music teacher in grade school, who must have been a big fan. In 7th grade Music class, we learned about the Beatles. The year was 1996, so the Anthology had just came out the year prior. I can't ...