There wasn't anything that even remotely resembled silence once The Beatles ran onto the field, for the entirety of their set the Beatles and their electric instruments were drained out by the sound of their own fans. The Beatles flew in by helicopter and got changed in the team locker room as if they were superstar athletes themselves; in fact even though they weren't athletes, their performance outshined that current era of Mets baseball, and that was certainly the loudest the stadium had ever been. The setlist consisted of hits such as: Twist and Shout, Ticket To Ride, A Hard Day's Night, and Help, amongst a few others. Ringo Starr was even quoted later as saying, "What I remember most about the concert was that we were so far away from the audience. ... And screaming had become the thing to do. ... Everybody screamed. If you look at the footage, you can see how we reacted to the place. It was very big and very strange."As I mentioned before it wasn't the best show in terms of quality, but it was however a momentous occasion in rock and roll history that would be remembered forever. In fact over 40 years later it was Paul McCartney once again, who preformed the final show at Shea Stadium before it closed forever, a symbolic gesture to the place that helped make him a legend.
Monday, July 22, 2019
Diamond, Blog 4
In my opinion one of the most iconic musical moments of the 1960s was the Beatles live performance at their Shea Stadium concert on a hot summer night in 1965. The British Invasion was in full effect as The Beatles had just hit America on a second cross country tour, this time at much larger venues due to their commercial success and exposure from their appearances on the Ed Sullivan Show. The concert was one of the largest ever at the time, with over 55,000 fans in attendance to watch the young British rock band. Both the fans and The Beatles themselves didn't know exactly what to expect, and the show that happened blew all expectations out of the water. Positioned on a makeshift wooden stage in the middle of the field, The Beatles stood alone in the middle of an ocean of hysterical fans. The concert itself wasn't the best from a pure musical standpoint due to technical difficulties and logistics. The sound itself was incredibly loud, it sounded like a jet engine as one concertgoer recalled; however the sound wasn't The Beatles, it was their fans.
There wasn't anything that even remotely resembled silence once The Beatles ran onto the field, for the entirety of their set the Beatles and their electric instruments were drained out by the sound of their own fans. The Beatles flew in by helicopter and got changed in the team locker room as if they were superstar athletes themselves; in fact even though they weren't athletes, their performance outshined that current era of Mets baseball, and that was certainly the loudest the stadium had ever been. The setlist consisted of hits such as: Twist and Shout, Ticket To Ride, A Hard Day's Night, and Help, amongst a few others. Ringo Starr was even quoted later as saying, "What I remember most about the concert was that we were so far away from the audience. ... And screaming had become the thing to do. ... Everybody screamed. If you look at the footage, you can see how we reacted to the place. It was very big and very strange."As I mentioned before it wasn't the best show in terms of quality, but it was however a momentous occasion in rock and roll history that would be remembered forever. In fact over 40 years later it was Paul McCartney once again, who preformed the final show at Shea Stadium before it closed forever, a symbolic gesture to the place that helped make him a legend.
There wasn't anything that even remotely resembled silence once The Beatles ran onto the field, for the entirety of their set the Beatles and their electric instruments were drained out by the sound of their own fans. The Beatles flew in by helicopter and got changed in the team locker room as if they were superstar athletes themselves; in fact even though they weren't athletes, their performance outshined that current era of Mets baseball, and that was certainly the loudest the stadium had ever been. The setlist consisted of hits such as: Twist and Shout, Ticket To Ride, A Hard Day's Night, and Help, amongst a few others. Ringo Starr was even quoted later as saying, "What I remember most about the concert was that we were so far away from the audience. ... And screaming had become the thing to do. ... Everybody screamed. If you look at the footage, you can see how we reacted to the place. It was very big and very strange."As I mentioned before it wasn't the best show in terms of quality, but it was however a momentous occasion in rock and roll history that would be remembered forever. In fact over 40 years later it was Paul McCartney once again, who preformed the final show at Shea Stadium before it closed forever, a symbolic gesture to the place that helped make him a legend.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment