1. IRC Nick: Registered Nick(s) put in
the nick that you use when you are in
#Beatles: sfury

2. Real Name: Sulphur Fury

3. Age/sex: 30/m

4. Occupation/student (school):
Computer Technician / Musician

5. Where I Live: Chicagoland

6. Favorite Food: Doritos

7. Favorite Drink: Vanilla Coca-Cola

8. At what age did you become a Beatles
fan?: 6 or 7 I became conscious, age
10 I was sure I was a fan

9. Favorite Pastime Or Hobby: concerts

10. Favorite Beatle And Why:

Lennon, I remember his death, and how many
people felt sad - strangers, teachers,
friends, as well as people on TV and weeks
and weeks of non-stop Beatles on the
radio announcing the end of an era

11. Favorite Quote From A Beatles Song:
Now that I know what I feel must
be right, I'm here to show everybody the light!

12. Favorite Beatles Quote NOT In A Song:

Changes fill my time... but
that's all right with me. In the
midst I think of you... and how it used
to be

13. Favorite Beatles Album:

Rock and Roll Music Volume 2

14. Favorite Album Other Than Beatles:
The Early Singles - by Pink Floyd

15. Favorite Beatles Film: Let It Be

16. Favorite Film Other Than A Beatles:
THX1138

17. What Was The First Beatles
Song/Album You Ever Heard And When /
Where Did You Hear It?:

White Album,
got it with my Christmas money after
getting a stereo record player. It was
on white vinyl, a collector's item,
unfortunately I played it so much it's
got pops and crackles. Listened to it
at home in my room a million times.

18. Favorite Beatles Haircut(if any):
McCartney circa 1969

19. Ever Been To A BeatleFest?: yes

20. What Turned You On About The Beatles?:

Just when I thought I had
enough of them, realizing exactly
what it was that turned on other
musicians, artists and people to make
their own  great music or do great things.

21. When did you first join Dalnet?
1998

22. When did you first join #beatles?
1998

23. Write your own biography, with a
little Beatlified touch. Topic is
"How did I become a Beatlefan/maniac".


I had heard a lot of McCartney songs on
the radio, videos by George Harrison
on the TV, and saw McCartney videos on
TV. Then Lennon with his new album,
then his death, and then the outpouring
of emotion, non-stop Beatle music on
the radio, non-stop commentary on TV and
newspapers and magazines for months
afterwords about what this means now
that John is dead, really fascinated me.

Took up guitar playing soon after.
Three favorite Beatles albums I suppose
are White Album, Rubber Soul, Sgt
Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - but I must
also add the Beatles - Live in Hamburg.
I really wasn't sure that the
Beatles sounded like any other hard
rocking band until I absorbed Beatles
Live in  Hamburg. If you think you know the
Beatles, the Hamburg live recordings add
a  new shade. I believe therefore that
there are 4 periods to the Beatles, not
3. The final period 1968-1970, the
middle period 1965-1967, the early period
1963-1965, and the pre-early period
1960-1962. Most favorite Beatles songs
may be Tomorrow Never Knows, Yer Blues,
Think For Yourself, Getting Better, You
Can't Do That, She Said She Said, Within
You Without You, The Word, Sun King,
A Day In The Life. Also many songs from
the Beatles Live in Hamburg discs
would be included. I like them all,
but songs I like the least are She Loves
You and I Want To Hold Your Hand.
These songs hooked me when I was young
really well but have limited appeal to
me now, it's hard to say I totally dislike
them. I wish they would have recorded
newer versions of those songs later
(and they might have in those 800 hours
of unreleased "Get Back/Let It Be"
tapes), I heard John talking in an
interview about making slowed down versions of
those songs and a ballad out of "Help!"
Over the years I heard people like
Ozzy Osbourne of Black Sabbath come
forward and admit he's a huge Beatles fan,
and heard comments of tons of others
like Geddy Lee of Rush and Robert Plant,
and so on. Even actors, politicians,
policemen, ... When I heard their
reasons why I got a whole new
understanding every time of not only
their  music,  art, or work, but of the Beatles' too.

24. You can also add something about the
image of Beatles in your country. What
it was during the 60s and how is it now.
Do you believe beatles can attract more
fans, now that the band is no more and
two members are dead? Justify your reasoning.
 

I think the Beatles can attract more
fans just like Jimi Hendrix and the
Doors attract fans. The Doors attracted
more fans many years after Jim Morrison
left the band than they probably had
while they were together. They all
belong to the same feeling and period of
classic rock music. As long as classic
rock music (the period approximately
1964-1975) is listened to, the Beatles
should have a growing audience forever.
Even though they can be by themselves a
great entity, put alongside bands of
their time they hold up and surpass.
They are Past Masters. Nothing should
diminish that. It breeds interest in
other bands of the time and even in
bands nowadays who use and play their
own  electric guitars, drums and sing/write
their own music.

25. What other artists/bands do you
recommend to a beatlefan?

Start with bands of the Beatles time
such as Rolling Stones, The Who, Pink
Floyd, the Yardbirds, Jimi Hendrix,
Grateful Dead, The Wailers, and anyone else
they influenced or who came directly
after. The list is nearly endless!
Those are just the most obvious. Then
go back in time, with THEIR influences.
With activities of the solo Beatles
since 1970 up to now, and into the future,
it includes just about every genre of
music a person can get into just by
starting to like the Beatles.

26. Do you play any instrument(s)? If so what?

Guitar, drums, bass guitar

27. What do you think is the role and
purpose of #Beatles? What should it be?
What should we do to serve the fans?

Keep the discussion open and going.
Sort of like a Beatles help channel

28. Who are the people you often see in
the channel? Are they friendly, arrogant
or ignorant? Feel free to make any comment.
 

sometimes methylene is in there but
never says anything. dead man rolling
is there a lot but he talks slightly more.

29. Anything Else?……Final Thoughts…..?:

 

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