The Beatles
Pepperland serves up the expected tie-dye nostalgia, keyed to a half-dozen Beatle tunes from the classic album.
Unlike any other Beatles documentary, this one succeeds in presenting the hysteria of the few years when the band played live and toured the world.
A Hard Day’s Night stands as a landmark in rock history because it exemplifies the Beatles’s joyously innocent starting point — today it delivers an irresistible sonic joy that comes from listening to songs that still rock after fifty years.
Before this turns into too much of a love fest, I should point out that Paul McCartney really needs to work on his between song banter.
Music Remembrance: February 9th, 1964 — “Hey, You Kids Want Tickets to See the Beatles?”
Arts Fuse writer Tim Jackson recalls the impact of being in the audience of the “Ed Sullivan Show” fifty years ago.
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