Monday, October 12, 2009

happiness is a warm gun

My first memory of the Beatles was in 7th grade social studies class. A classmate had recently discovered the band and became obsessed with them. I quickly dismissed seeking them out. You have to remember this was pre-Napster and we still had to actually buy music. Plus, I had gotten the impression that the Beatles was "my father's music" and I didn't have any interest.

Fast forward to a few months ago, just right before the remasters and The Beatles: Rock Band. I was obsessed with Rock Band for a while, but had never sat down and listened to the Beatles. I thought it was a good time to get the full catalog and see if the music would interest me enough to get the game.

I'm kind of glad I held off for so long and can "discover" them for the first time now when I can have some context and really be amazed by some of it. I've only really listened to Abbey Road and the first disc of the White album but damn, that first disc of White is amazing. I've also noticed that I've been hearing various Beatles songs a lot more in general after knowing it's the Beatles- in commercials, bars, etc. Now I'm just slowly going through all the albums. I should probably go in order, but whatever.

I wish they had released these albums on vinyl. That's about the only music format I buy these days.