McCartney Times

A friend of mine likes to tease me about “your Beatles,” a reference to my having been around to tap my toes during Beatlemania. The Beatles broke up in 1969 or 1970, depending on how you look at it, so having been around during Beatlemania puts you in a dwindling population.Of course, you don’t have to have been around during Beatlemania to enjoy the Beatles, any more than you needed to be around during Mozart’s time to enjoy Mozart’s music, but it’s hard not to suspect a special connection.So a certain toe-tapping ditty popped into my head this week, which goes like this:

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