The Great Courses

I just finished the first lecture, and I look forward to the remainder by Dr.Sheldon. There were a couple of interesting facts I wasn’t aware of. Like Sheldon, I lived it. Unlike most 11 year-olds, I wasn’t enamored by the Beatles at all at first. The Ed Sullivan Show and Beatles were interfering with a show I liked on Disney. As part of a family, I was forced to watch by my 29 year-old mother, who loved music and dancing.

It wasn’t until the next day, on the bus to school and once in the building, that I thought perhaps I missed something in my anger, having missed an episode of a favorite show. All kids could talk about was the Beatles. I listened. I had heard the songs the evening before. While I wasn’t impressed, others were. The more I listened to others, the more my thoughts transformed.

I was becoming a reluctant Beatles fan. The Beatles would not replace my desire to pitch a Little League game, but I looked forward to their next appearance.

The Beatles were not enough to sway my dad to allow me a different type of haircut. It would remain for me a butch or flat top for the foreseeable future. But in time, I would become a fan, and now, sixty years later, I seek out their music on YouTube.