I apologize if this is too long of a post, but this day is very special to me. Fifty Years Ago Today - August 23, 1964 – The Day My Life Changed Forever This was the day my friends and I all piled in a station wagon and headed up from San Diego to the Hollywood Bowl. I wasn’t an avid Beatle fan at the time, but to be “in,” I went along with the frenzy. I had on the requisite short skirt, diamond-knit black stockings and mini Beatle boots, so I fit right in with the crowd, but my mind still wasn’t in “Beatle Fan Mode” as we arrived at the Hollywood Bowl. Our tickets were in the nose-bleed section, which was actually good, because the speakers were right behind us and we could hear the singing quite clear despite all the screaming. When the Beatles came on stage, the audience (all except me and the jealous boyfriends who went to the concert with their girlfriends) went crazy insane. A few songs into the concert, Marsha, my best friend since elementary school, handed me a pair of binoculars and insisted that I look and pick a favorite Beatle. I put the binoculars up to my eyes, adjusted them, and saw the Beatle on the left at the microphone. I don’t really recall what he said, but when he began singing, “Close your eyes and I’ll kiss you…tomorrow I’ll miss you…remember I’ll always be true…” I was mesmerized. I recall sucking in and holding my breath as I watched Paul sing, and before the song was over, I was crying. It was as if a fairy had waved a wand over my head and said that this person was going to save me from the pain of my real life, and as I watched, I felt that I’d fallen in love for the first time. I was twelve years old, and knew I was probably too young for such a feeling, but at that moment, as the final notes of the song faded, I truly felt in love. I handed the binoculars over to Margie, Marsha’s sister, but I was in such a daze, I hit her in the face and ended up giving her a black eye. She’s never let me forget it to this day. I left the concert in a speechless state. All I could think about was Paul, and as the following days, weeks and months went by, I entered a fantasy world I’d created to be with him, where all the pain and abuse in my real life didn’t exist. He was truly the salvation of my early teenage years and I will always love him for what he did for me.
Posted on: Sat, 23 Aug 2014 14:59:42 +0000
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