THE BEATLES...

...and how to survive them!

THE BEATLES.

The greatest band ever. And it is not even close!

Yes, there are a lot of great artists out there, but nobody can touch The Beatles.

The Fab Four: Jack Lemon. Paul McCartney. George Harrison. Zac Starkey’s dad.

Incredible from beginning to end. They were meant to be together. It was a magical melange of talent.

It was all about the chemistry, dear reader. Don’t feel sorry for Pete Best. Absolutely NOTHING against the guy, but The Beatles would not have been the same band with him in it. The line-up HAD to include Jack, Paul, George, and Dad.

And believe it or not, The Beatles were even better than Duran Duran!

The Beatles. My favorite band of all time. Our Aunt Laurie was a big fan and even saw them live. My brother Mike is a fan and you can’t fault his taste in music, either. Well, apart from his fascination with David Crosby’s mustache.

Oh, there is ONE minor issue I have with The Beatles and that is Beatles fanatics.

I’m not referring to people who absolutely love them and collect everything. I’m talking about the ‘questionable’ folks who go to Beatles conventions wearing Sgt. Pepper outfits and speak in horrible fake Liverpudlian accents.

Get a grip, Josh - you were born in Santa Monica, California!

Oh, and these fanatics / sycophants don’t bathe as often as they should. And that kind of explains the musty smell at Beatles conventions.

It’s not the carpet, it’s you!

So, with that out of the way, let’s talk about YouTube…

There’s so many YouTube channels dedicated to The Beatles. It is fantastic. People are able to open up and share their love for the music. Some say that there are too many people talking about the Fabs and I’ll agree to a certain extent because it can be overkill sometimes..

Especially when they say things like, “George would have loved this version of ‘My Sweet Lord’ by Jim Nabors (or whoever).”

No.

No. No. No, Josh. You didn’t know George personally. You bought his albums. Even the shitty ones.

This does not make you an expert on his feelings, his emotions, his hopes, his dreams, his fantasies, or his preferences for ‘My Sweet Lord’ cover versions!

Get a grip, Josh. You don’t even own the Canadian pressing of the “Blow Away” single. You are far from a true fan!

Anyway…

In regards to the smorgasbord of Beatles-centric YouTube channels, I say bring it on!

Talk more about The Beatles any chance you get. There are people that need to hear it and if stumbling upon a YouTube channel that celebrates The Beatles is the way that they discover the greatness of this band, then so be it!

There are some Beatles-focused channels that I watch all the time. And there are some that I avoid at all costs.

And then there are some that are so cringe that I can’t stop watching them. I won’t name names because they are way more popular than me on the Tubes of You.

Hell, even your uncle’s channel about brick laying is more popular than my channel!

And besides, they don’t need me to promote them to my six readers of this blog. Yes, I counted you all twice!

As for me, I’ll keep on loving The Beatles. I’ll also love a lot of other artists as well.

I talk about those other artists all the time on my YouTube channel. This could be the reason your uncle’s brick laying videos get more clicks than just about anything that I do!

And when I do talk about The Beatles on my channel, it is usually a knee-jerk reaction to the parade of videos talking about a certain subject.

And my vids about The Beatles are not at all serious… They are meant to have fun with the subject without begin offensive or condescending to the band, their fans, or the YouTubers, many of whom are my ‘friends’.

Not the cringe people, though. Ugh. How many pairs of crappy John Lennon round glasses do you own? Oh, and they look NOTHING like John’s real glasses (which were prescription). They look like the ones you’d see on an episode of Glee that celebrated the music of The Beatles…

Does anyone even remember Glee? And did they do a Beatles episode? And no, I don’t want to see it if they did…

Anyway, long live The Beatles.

I could make a joke there, but I’ll save that for my show tomorrow night at the Uncomfortably Unfunny Comedy Club…

If you’re interested, heres a Beatles video I made for my YouTube channel.

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Your pal,

Schnee