| Crazy things that beatles fans do: | ||||||
| note, I don't do all these things, and some were influenced by things at other sites, including the whole idea. I hope noone minds. | ||||||
| -download beatles themes so that we are constantly reminded of the beatles -own/wish to own granny glasses -wish we lived in the sixties -stare longingly at their pictures, even though we are well aware of the fact that they are way too old for us, or aren't alive -annoy our friends with beatles trivia -the only german we know is the lyrics to beatles songs in german -contemplate buying record players for ourselves even though they are far out of date -turn the picture of john lennon and john kerry into a plaque like thing -talk about the beatles enough that it gets to the point where, our parents, of the babyboom generation are tired of it -know enough about the beatles that our parents come to us with beatle questions rather than the other way around -can recognize their voices just as well as our family members -keep pictures of them in our wallets -are known as "the person who loves the beatles" at school -when we finish beatles book, we start over from the beginning right then and there -are listening to beatles music right now -have our own names for the beatles -use sixties, british or liverpudlian slang when talking, posting on forums, or communicating in any other way. -enjoy listening to even the novelty beatles songs like revolution 9, obladi oblada, etc. -love hearing mistakes, or chuckles in beatles songs, because it makes the songs seem more personal -have beatles cuts, or think that long hair looks good on guys -sing along to "I've got blisters on me fingers" at the end of helter skelter, know the words to the Christmas albums, or any other spoken word beatle things. |
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