In getting ready for the release of Beatles Rock Band, VH1 and VH1 Classic are airing the Beatles Anthology, which I haven't seen since it originally aired back in...1995? 1996?
(Veering off-topic: I want Beatles Rock Band so much. I don't have any of the accessories, I don't have anyone to play it with, and I sucked when I tried Guitar Hero, but I am drooling over this thing. The commercials have me pawing at my tv screen and telling it how pretty it is. I don't care how impractical. I want it!)
Anyway, Beatles Anthology. (Which, for those of you interested, is on my Amazon Wishlist. My birthday's only 2 months away!) (Same goes for Beatles Rock Band!) It's fascinating to watch, but what's really standing out to me is how happy they seem--and I've made it through the second part. For some reason, I had these images in my mind of them not being happy with each other, particularly after they stopped touring. I don't know why the unhappy end is the part sticking in my mind, but the show has all these home movies of them goofing around, and they seem all happy and smiley with each other even when doing the "All You Need Is Love" broadcast. And I had forgotten that Ringo, Paul, and George did some of their interviews together. It's all just so...nice.
I guess maybe it's the part of me that insists on reading how the person dies when I read a biography; the breakup of the band caught my attention and the bickering is what stayed with me, not that the Beatles was four guys who had fun together. And it's so cool to watch.
(Also fun is when the interviewer asks a question, and everyone keeps deferring to each other. For example, the interviewer obviously asked whether John wrote "All You Need Is Love" specifically for the broadcast. Ringo: "I don't remember. Paul would probably know better." Paul: "That was really John's song. I don't remember. George Martin would know better than me." George Martin: "I'm not sure.")
Anyway, much like when I was rereading the Harry Potter books, all I want to do at this point is watch the Anthology and the Beatles movies (which VH1 is making all that much easier [though it's not like I don't own the DVDs of Help! and Hard Day's Night] by doing 9 days of Beatles) and read my Beatles books. That's my life, pretty much: moving from obsession to obsession.
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Can't help with the Anthology, but I can pretty much guarantee that you'll be able to play The Beatles: Rock Band the next time you visit NJ.
I know some friends down here are getting, which really is most logical way. But I want my own copy! Maybe I should just spend my money on the remastered CDs...
Your last sentence could just as easily apply to me, though the obsessions are different. :)
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