In their heyday, when the Beatles twanged, it was an immediate hit. We know that. Today, the "Fab Four" are still as popular as a '66 Ford Mustang, and there has even been remote sightings of the group.
Whether or not you are a Beatles fan-atic, a groupie, or one that could either take 'em or leave 'em, there are dates in history etched into our minds that remind us just how old we are getting, and why most people should resign as ambassador of the universe.
I was working on the air the night John Lennon was murdered. We played records back then. Commercials were recorded on 4-tracks, and Sunday church services came by way of reel-to-reel tape. There was a red telephone in the control room, and when it blinked (phones don't 'ring' inside a studio environment), not picking it up meant the D.J. career would be on hold.
According to a recent interview today in Rolling Stone, actor/musician Jack Black alludes to Nirvana being the last great rock band having the same mesmerizing, cult-like power of the Beatles? Now, he did not actually use those words (mesmerizing and cult-like), but soft-spoken Jack is usually extremely clear upon his definition of dialog. What?
