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Francisco's avatar

Awesome articule, Perry! Kinda almost addictive! Congratulations! And please keep on writing! 🙌

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Gerald Brennan's avatar

Just discovered your thing here. Some of the most intelligent and thought provoking writing I have encountered about the Beatles-- and I've read a LOT of it! As the man said, I'll be back.

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Perry Gartner's avatar

Thanks for the kind words Gerald! Means a lot coming from a discerning Beatle Reader. Stay tuned - more on the way... :-)

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Joel Seligmann's avatar

One more element: they were an antidote for the horrors and destruction that came to us daily on the news from Vietnam; we needed something joyous… something good to listen to, see.... and to believe in.

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Perry Gartner's avatar

Wonderfully put Joel. Another reminder of how the passage of time inevitably erodes important context from what we think we know of our cultural history...

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Joel Seligmann's avatar

The Beatles were as much a gift at the time of war as Cole Porter and Fats Waller were a gift during the depression… Anything goes.

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Perry Gartner's avatar

Well played :)

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