As Decades Have Gone by

And as for

#TheBeatles

As decades have gone by, most of their stuff has held up pretty well, in my inarguable opinion.

Some I always hated ("Run for your Life" - great tune, but, abusive possessive lover theme).

Some were funny, but I wouldn't put them in the regular-listening playlists - you know, Octopus, Submarine, Act Naturally. (I think those are all Ringo. Class-A band drummer, but, um...)

Most of Paul's songs ("gramma music" someone said - heh) have aged less well. I just keep seeing his ginormous face on the big screen in the Let It Be movie. "Hey Jooooood..." What?

And that fat guy at Woodstock forever ruined A Little Help From My Friends for me.

Their "beatnik" releases had lots of great stuff (Rubber Soul/Revolver). There's obscure but great rockers like Hey Bulldog.

I still find She Loves You powerful, yeah yeah yeahs and all. Maybe You Had To Be There at the right age. Like Star Wars, which I wasn't.

What's most amazing is the genres they spanned.

It was all part of the times, too. They had fun. They grew and changed. We had fun growing up, changing, listening to them. (While lauging at the maniacs. Whut?)