Yesterday was...

a personal anniversary, a milestone, and something of importance. I kinda see yesterday, 12 years ago, as a lily pad, a main turning point in the direction of my life at the tender age of 14 years.

I know it might be silly, but it's just one of those things that change the bend in your road of life. So, 12 years ago yesterday was the day I was first "properly" introduced to the Beatles. The Beatles Anthology, an eight-hour tv special that was a documentary that the surviving Beatles had a hand in creating, premiered November 19th, 1995.

I remember the day pretty vivid. My mom told me that this Beatles show was going to be on, I ran to the studio to tell my dad that it would be on in a few minutes, ran back, and watched.

It hit me like a sack of potatoes; the music, the personalities, the music, the wit, the music, the history, and the music.:-) The thing that first stood out was beginning in which the Beatles were playing, and the camera backed up sooo much that you saw the Beatles name hovering over them in big letters, and continued on.

I knew, at least for me, is that they were four guys from liverpool, regular people, that had a message in their music, and the music was bigger than all four of them(if that makes sense)when they were together.

I love it! Anywho...At the time, I didnt realize that it was an 8 hour documentary, so I went on my merry way when Thanksgiving, I stumbled upon an advertizement for another part. I freaked! So, later on that thanksgiving, we were watching another part, then the third part.

The first album that I ran out to buy, probably from Best Buy, was "Help". After that, things are a bit blurry, but I believe I then got Beatles for Sale, Please Please Me, With the Beatles(Meet the Beatles in UK), then A Hard Day's Night. It was good, since at this point, I was being introduced to the earlier works. When Christmas rolled around, the album at the moment was Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club band.

I remember thinking of that Norman Rockwell art that we had in our living room, of the girl reading a book(maybe it was a boy), sprawled out on a chair. That's what I exactly did. I had my feet dangling over the sides of the chair I was sitting in, which was really comfortable, listening to the album a few times. I will always remember that.:-) It was another moment for me, in which I knew I was suppose to be listening and loving the music.*sighs*

Of course, my obsession lasted for about 5 years, but during that time, I was introduced to other musics that I still listen to the majority today, because of the Beatles influence(or the artist looked up to the Beatles), etc. Dave Matthews band, Tori Amos, The Band(a little), and so on.

Not only is it strange to think that 12 years has passed in respect to when I first was introduced to the Beatles, but the fact that 12 years ago, I was 14. Some days it seems like a long time ago, other's not so much.:-)

But the interesting obsession I had with the Beatles had such an impact that now, I find myself in England. Of course, it isn't the biggest reason why I'm here, since the reason is Jassen, but it definitely pushed me in the direction of being an Englandphile,wanting to come over here for a music festival(Funnily enough, I came over to the UK on the 18th of June, which is Paul McCartney's bday, and then saw him at the festival). Life is funny.