Sunday 2/9: The 50th anniversary of The Beatles appearing on The Ed Sullivan Show

#1

This Sunday, February 9th, marks the 50th anniversary of The Beatles first appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show.

Feb. 9, 1964 became one of the most memorable moments in TV history. In front of 700 screeching fans in the audience and 73 million television viewers, the Beatles opened with “All My Loving” at the Ed Sullivan Theater. CBS is broadcasting a two hour special beginning at 8 EST to mark the occasion.

Who’s gonna be watching?

Anyone here see the broadcast when it happened originally?

#2

Why is this noteworthy?

#3

I’m not going to watch since the Beatles bears no deeper no deeper admiration from me.

…Pyro, wtf?

#4

Great, let’s celebrate one of the key events in the prostitution of the music industry.
am i being too negative again?

#5

I’m serious. Why is this specific event so important compared to, say, their first concert, the release of their first album, their first visit to the US…?

#6

American TV + Beatles = serious fucking business?

#7

I guess american media taking themselves super serious as usual, and everyone else jumping on the bandwagon? Unless there’s something I’m missing here.

#8

One thing I take from Americans, is that they love TV a lot. A LOT.

#9

The prostitution of the music industry? Are you kidding?
You’re obviously either too young to know or care or simply just totally uneducated about music history.

This WAS their first visit and it was broadcasting live on the premiere prime time show of its era. It was the first time that the general U.S. public had seen them and, for many, were made aware that they even existed. The impact was huge and instigated the first ongoing discussions about music between the generations.

Yeah, there’s something your missing there…

#10

Aren’t Paul and Ringo going to be playing during this? Considering they got a grand total of one song at the full Grammys together, I would love to see those two do a full set.

#11

we may have different views, but yeah, the late 50s/early 60s, along with all the awesome music of the era, was when money and commerce really started getting its stranglehold on the music business… around the time “black” music started getting into the mainstream
the beatles, though obviously they made awesome music, is one of the earliest examples of great talent being picked up and totally squeezed out by corporate america
(brian jones was a very early victim… he was arguably the most talented musician in the beatles)

I’d also like to point out that not everyone is from US of A and so doesn’t think the broad american public becoming aware of something is that big of a deal

#12

Whenever someone blames “corporate America” for anything, I immediately stop paying attention.

#13

thats stupid

#14

good thing it was about the last phrase i used then
maybe I should’ve said corporate anglo-america

#15

the history of all hitherto existing society man

#16

The title has The Ed Sullivan Show in it to indicate that this was a USA broadcast event. It wasn’t expected to have any bearing on anyone else. Maybe I should have made it clearer.

I don’t know what you mean. A lot of their financial issues were their own doing.

I found that comment to be really funny. Brian Jones had absolutely nothing to do with The Beatles. Brian Jones was the founder of The Rolling Stones and he wasn’t a ‘victim of money and commerce getting its stranglehold on the music business’. He was a victim of serious drug abuse. The Stones themselves asked him to leave.

There’s a video documentary made called ‘How The Beatles Rocked The Kremlin’ that some might find interesting. It’s a look at how Soviet Russia was influenced by them and it has some very interesting insights into The Beatles influence in Russia during those tense times.

#17

Don’t be ridiculous, CPU. Evil money-grabbing corporations always ruin everything good.

#18

I’m sorry Pyro, you’re right. Please forget everything I said. :frowning:

#19

hahaha shit, oops, my bad :smiley: :retard:
got way too caught up in negativism there, that was really retarded

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