Hello brothers and sisters;
I intentionally posted this thread in Fellowship Time to share about a band that impacted my life from 1963 to 1970.
I remember when Dad and my late Mom played the radio in the house and car back in 1963. Back then it was AM radio and this was the first time I heard the Beatles.
The song A Hard Day's Night and All My Loving was played and as a 7 year old it sounded so good! When we lived in England we saw the movie A Hard Day's Night starring the Beatles. The movie was in black and white. We heard other songs like A Ticket To Ride, And I Love Her, I Should Have Known Better, one constant hit after another.
I always enjoyed how they would bow at the same time to their audience after every song they performed.
In 1967 I was given the Beatles' Magical Mystery Tour album as a Christmas present and listened in 1968 to Hey Jude, in 1969 Come Together and in 1970 Get Back. There was a constant string of Beatle songs. One day in 1970 I'll always remember watching the news and it was announced the Beatles had broken up.
Later John Lennon and Paul McCartney would go on with solo careers and Paul's later band, Wings. I remember John's wife Yoko Ono and Paul's wife Linda McCartney would sing background in their songs. Both wives sounded off pitch and flat although Linda carried a note better than Yoko.
The Beatles' music was very creative, versatile and their lyrics was to me, pure, catchy, a good beat and inspired me to become a musician. As I got older I knew the Beatles made a negative impression with the public and by 1965 their song lyrics were becoming suggestive.
It stayed with me while growing as a guitar player, singer and composer. Little did I know that God would redirect my love for music to praise, worship and hymns and in 1974 my first ministry would be my service to God in the church.
I don't know if John Lennon and George Harrison were saved when they died, and I don't know if the two surviving Beatles, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr are believers. I do pray for their salvation and am thankful to God for the Beatles' musical gift. How they used their gift is between them and God.
Yet I can't help but remember these 4 lads from Liverpool and how they inspired me in music and eventually turn my music to worship of our God.
God bless you all and your families.
I intentionally posted this thread in Fellowship Time to share about a band that impacted my life from 1963 to 1970.
I remember when Dad and my late Mom played the radio in the house and car back in 1963. Back then it was AM radio and this was the first time I heard the Beatles.
The song A Hard Day's Night and All My Loving was played and as a 7 year old it sounded so good! When we lived in England we saw the movie A Hard Day's Night starring the Beatles. The movie was in black and white. We heard other songs like A Ticket To Ride, And I Love Her, I Should Have Known Better, one constant hit after another.
I always enjoyed how they would bow at the same time to their audience after every song they performed.
In 1967 I was given the Beatles' Magical Mystery Tour album as a Christmas present and listened in 1968 to Hey Jude, in 1969 Come Together and in 1970 Get Back. There was a constant string of Beatle songs. One day in 1970 I'll always remember watching the news and it was announced the Beatles had broken up.
Later John Lennon and Paul McCartney would go on with solo careers and Paul's later band, Wings. I remember John's wife Yoko Ono and Paul's wife Linda McCartney would sing background in their songs. Both wives sounded off pitch and flat although Linda carried a note better than Yoko.
The Beatles' music was very creative, versatile and their lyrics was to me, pure, catchy, a good beat and inspired me to become a musician. As I got older I knew the Beatles made a negative impression with the public and by 1965 their song lyrics were becoming suggestive.
It stayed with me while growing as a guitar player, singer and composer. Little did I know that God would redirect my love for music to praise, worship and hymns and in 1974 my first ministry would be my service to God in the church.
I don't know if John Lennon and George Harrison were saved when they died, and I don't know if the two surviving Beatles, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr are believers. I do pray for their salvation and am thankful to God for the Beatles' musical gift. How they used their gift is between them and God.
Yet I can't help but remember these 4 lads from Liverpool and how they inspired me in music and eventually turn my music to worship of our God.
God bless you all and your families.