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My band, Model Citizen, was playing a show tonight at a hard rock bar, we playing stuff like Alice in Chains and the like, and a 22-year old girl comes up to the stage with a Beatles t-shirt on and asks us to play some Beatles! I was like, SURE! So we laid Paperback Writer on her, she loved it. She then asked if we had anything else "Old School", and then we laid "White Room" on her...she loved it, as did the rest of the crowd.

I guess it just goes to show you, while the current stuff is the flavor of the week, the classics keep getting re-discovered.

Good news!

Warms the cockles of my Rickenbacker-revived heart!

I'm glad that the first two albums I can remember hearing at age 3 in 1988 are the Traveling Wilburys Vol 1, and Beatles: Help! I was raised on a steady intake of Beatles and other groups such as The Who, Queen, Everly Brothers, etc., and I'm a better person for it.

The only thing that I don't like is that all of my friends are into the newer stuff, so it's hard to play guitar with people. I want to play Here Comes the Sun, and others want to play the latest by John Mayer. I'm trying to convert some of them though .

You got it Steve, "flavor of the week" and 99% is never heard again because it sucks, which is why I hate playing "the hits", it's only modern for a year or two and another new style comes in and it's forgotten. And then you have the classic stuff which will last, I look at music from the perspective of the best from the 50's and up, the good stuff stays, the bad goes.

I'm another one of those 'new generation' Beatle fans. It's made for some uncomfortable moments whenever any of the local nu-metalheads ask what kind of music I like.

...and of course, ever since I saw George and John playing their Rics on the Anthology series, I had to get one for myself, so I have to say I love the Fabs even more for that.

A couple of notes you might find interesting...

I play in a band in Central Illinois, USA (picture majestic, rolling fields of corn and soybeans and you are *there*), and we do a mix of originals and dance rock classics.

Between sets, I am responsible for the CD's that spin. Until a while ago, I kept it just recent hits. Then, I snuck in "Here Comes the Sun." People loved it. Next, "Help!". Similar response - dancing to the tune between sets. We have covered some Beatles in the past - "I Saw Her Standing There," "Can't Buy Me Love," etc.

Any suggestions on additional songs to play between sets (or to pick up to play as the band)?

My Dad used to listen to Beatles with me when I was young, probably because he used to do the same.

Sometime in the early 90's we got a portable Sony walkman, the really old ones that took 4 batteries, last 2 hours, and skipped with the slightest movement... Anyways it got to a point where I'd take CD's myself and I would listen to them before going to bed.
I used to listen to Past Master's Vol 1 alot, great compilation with the older tunes. I used to listen to Steve Miller's Greatest Hits from 74-78 (the blue one), that's another album I really liked.
And I still do listen to the Beatles everyday since like 9th grade when I realized all that Korn Bizkit wasn't nearly half as good as the Beatles.

Over the years I've converted a few people to the Beatles and other 60's-70's music. I'm proud of that.
One girl told me I was the most influencial person of her high school years because of that. No one ever took the time to show her all these old hits.

Patrick, off topic but if you like Millers greatest hits 74-78 try the first one,
Steve Miller Band Anthology; The best of the Steve Miller Band, blows away his newer stuff IMHO. It may be called best of 1968 to 1974 now, I have the vinyl album. And McCartney plays bass, drums and back up vocals on "My Dark Hour"

I just can't imagine any of the newer stuff becoming "classic".....

I mean, is this the way it is with EVERY generation? What were our parents thinking when they were "there" , watching us , listening to OUR music.....were they saying "this stuff won't last?".....I never really got a chance to ask my parents these type of questions, but I wonder....

I’m proud to say I raised my son on a healthy dosage of the classics with an extra portion of the Fabs, of course. Unfortunately today, but I guess fortunately, my CD collections is getting smaller and my son, who is now 19 and off at college, his collection is growing – if you know what I mean!

I remember one day, not to long ago, my son and I were in the car and I had Let it Be in - Across the Universe came on. I lowered the volume to make a call and he freaked-out and told me to turn it back up – I held off on the call and enjoyed the song with him. Can’t ask for much more than that!

I was 3 on that faithful Sunday night – my parents were into Frankie, but my mother did like the Beatles, particularly Paulie – the cute one! Well up until the days of Pepper that is!

Dean: The opening chord of 'A Hard Days Night' might ***** up their ears (especially if it's LOUD!!!). Sounds great on my 660/12!

353533 forever!!

Dean - you've heard our set so you kind of know what we play. Our inbetween-sets-disc-spinner gives the audience a steady stream of the blues. Can't remember any of the artists off the top of my head, but it seems to set the right tone for our audience. Nothing distinct really, but just good "bar" music. At least for the bar we play at. It is as Lindsay Hahn once described it - plaid shirts and feed caps

Andy, you mean Franky Avalon? Frank Sinatra?

Sinatra, Bob

My Uncle played bass for him back in the day!