tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4504827047542759744.post7647350641560521935..comments2024-02-09T06:08:18.431-05:00Comments on Blam's Blog: Yesterday and TodayBlamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07342343767763035991noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4504827047542759744.post-19498032169544985742014-02-11T14:01:53.772-05:002014-02-11T14:01:53.772-05:00I write as one who did not see the Anniversary bro...I write as one who did not see the Anniversary broadcast, but will soon be seeking it out thanks the many reviews and comments from friends. I am a HUGE Beatles fan, and have been since a very young age. I had been exposed to their "pop" songs as a young child, but the beauty and power of their music really hit home to me a few years following their breakup, when I returned home from a summer camp session to learn that a close friend of the family, and an adult who always gave me special attention, had passed away. Listening to the song "In My Life" on the "Red" Beatles 1962-66 collection, I was overwhelmed by emotion and the sense that this SONG, these words, spoke to a universal condition of memory and loss and meaning. As an adult, I still feel that way about so much of their music, even the ones that are silly and specific and relatively shallow. Their sound and drive defines an era of modern culture, and I remain inspired by those other artists who have drawn, and continue to draw, inspiration of their own from the body of work.humanebeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15717844158635399246noreply@blogger.com