It was many, many years after I eagerly sang along with them, in my pajamas, as they crooned on the Ed Sullivan show; yet, when that music began....we overlooked the converted gym, fake sideburns, sloppy wigs, and bad dad jokes! We sang along at full tilt.
There were a few among the "silver sneaker" crowd who had actually seen them, long ago, at Yankee Stadium and one person even stood outside the Ed Sullivan theater to catch a glimpse! Yet, for most of us, it was a "first"!
Their starting number, of course, brought most of us to our feet as the words emerged from the recesses of our minds. "I love you, yeah, yeah, yeah," was certainly audible to the young-uns on the treadmills or in the nearby pool!
During intermission, they donned longer wigs and St Pepper's Lonely Heart Club Band inspired outfits to embrace the '70s, and we chugged flavored waters and shared memories of albums and songs that had shaped our identities, even if we do not think about it every day.
It was over, at nine because the fake Beatles had to travel to another gig the next day and because, well, the "silver sneaker" crowd had a morning stretch and flex class early the next morning!
As we headed outside, we laughed and reminisced about how fast time passes! Then, someone joked about how a future "silver sneaker" crowd (filled with our grandchildren) would be filling a future multipurpose room somewhere talking about their version of I Love You, Yeah, Yeah Yeah...
And in the parking lot, we ended the evening with the currently popular but far less familiar to us......."Marry me Juliet, you'll never be alone, It's a love story, just say yes, oh, oh oh..."
2 comments:
A fun post was just what I needed today, so than you. I can picture the fun and the sing-along you all had. I am sure it was a rollicking good time. arjeha
Oh, what fun!
I came to love the Beatles in middle school when my music teacher introduced them to me. This year, Isabelle's middle school music teacher introduced them to her (because she doesn't like listening to them in the car with me). I'm hoping that she'll want to tune into them now that her teacher showed her the light.
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