Thank you @Deborah T. Hewitt for sharing that poignant quote from George Harrison —it really highlights the importance of love and spiritual pursuit in our journeys to search for truth through God.
I still have that Beatles LP album that we brought to America and shared with our friends who immediately fell in love with them and their unique style. Never did get my commission for getting them started in the USA.
What a superb piece of writing. As someone myself who adores music, and cannot go a day without listening to it in some form or another, this really was a wonderful read.
I grew up in a house with music being on every day.. and I have very fond memories as a child seeing my parents singing along to their George Harrison albums..
Oh thank you so much Dom! This means a lot that you read it! I relate to adoring music too, and growing up in a house full of it! My parents never stopped playing music. Or dancing around the living room! Brother became a drummer for years. Began at 8 years old taking lessons at the local music store who just so happened to have a young Dave Garibaldi (Tower of Power) teaching!! Crazy. I married a double bass player who will never stop playing despite his fingers taking a toll now :( and up until my dad got sick he was sending us new jazz artists all the time to listen to. Dad truly clutched their Beatles albums under his arm and carried them on the plane when we immigrated to America!
Weirdly, my heart still aches just listening to Beatles songs from that period- none more than I Me Mine and most cuts from Let IT Be. Sometimes the sight of the cover art brings melancholy- I was 8 when it was released. The 4 maturing faces, not young, not as hopeful, and thinking they were about 28 or 29, just blows my mind. 11 years later John would be killed. The time for reconciliation with our God is now, the time to let offense wither is now, the time to love others with a whole heart is now. Yesterday is gone and Tomorrow Never Knows.
Friend!!! Before I saw your comment today I wrote a note about this! The Beatles resonate so very much with our hearts. I told John this is where I walk hand in hand, tightly, with joy and grief. I Me Mine was one of my favorites too and Yesterday. It’s beautiful and hard to listen to them. There is never a time I put on a playlist where I don’t yell to John, “they were honestly the most mind blowing band of sheer genius.” Despite all the temptations, the way they wrote and created music was stunning. We just saw the Led Zeppelin documentary, which could have gone on for 24 hours and we felt the same way, especially with Jimmy Page - just getting to know who they were as kids. Crazy stuff. Worth the watch.
I love how you expressed reconciliation with our God. The time is now. The artists are the ones that are constantly expressing this and as I grow in my love of Jesus I realize that love is where it’s at. Prayer and love. As we know, our lives are so very fragile. There is no time to waste on living offended. It’s a wicked game the devil plays and he’s really at it with our youth. Wow. The brightest among us on university campuses? Satan is not creative. It’s right there in our face. And with people we love too. Why is love so hard. George said it best on his deathbed. “The search for God cannot wait. And love one another.” How perfect to leave the world knowing this and expressing it. Love you Jacqui. Thank you. ox
Thank you for sharing this! So true the search for God cannot wait. No one knows when their last breath will be and we are not promised tomorrow here but eternity there. I loved the Beatles songs even tho I was born in 59 they just resonated in my heart. Have you seen the movie Yesterday? You would like it. At the end me and two other ladies the only ones in the matinee show there in Halifax Nova Scotia stood up and sang with the credits. God bless you friend. I think if we at least have the ability to still weep for our brothers and sisters God gives us Grace
Thank you so much Holly! There was and will never be anything like the Beatles! So much joy in the memories, and the grief of wanting those moments back with the parents and people that loved them and introduced them to us! I still see my parents dancing and singing to them. I’ve had a playlist going all weekend :)
I’m so glad you mentioned the movie Yesterday - we saw it when it first came out! So much fun!!!! I can see you all in the Halifax movie theater singing! So cool :) God Bless you too Holly. ox
Hi Deborah, l love how you weave the politics of the band with the politics of the day and every day … and for us not to loose sight of our true purpose 💜🙏😊. My favourite Beatles songs are Revolution and Let It Be. 🎶🎶🙏🙌🏻❤️
Ahhh! Thank you friend! I’m so very glad you liked it! We do relate to the times we grew up in and the music. I love I Me Mine, Yesterday, Revolution, Let It Be, so many! There will never be any band like the Beatles. It seems the artists, the musicians especially of old are the ones that saw things for what they were long, long ago. For what they are. Not much changes. But what matters the most is what George said. It is the defining message of life and how to live it without so much offense and anger. "Everything else can wait, but the search for God cannot wait,… and love one another."
The late sixties and early seventies: Oh, the stories I could tell. Unfortunately, our generation's spirit and idealism were hijacked. Our spirits were broken with Bobby's assassination. But for me, it was something lost and then something found. Broken but not abandoned. Choosing truth over culture. The road was marked by haze and self-sabotage until, at last, freedom in Christ was accepted.
My text ring tone is George Harrison's My Sweet Lord.
Joel, thank you so much for reading this! And I agree. It’s sad to see the spirit hijacked. Such a waste of time and no fruit comes of it. Hate vs love. I’ll take love any day. Jesus any day. JFK and RFK’s assassinations were definitely spirit crushing. Defining moments in history. Life changing moments. Nation changing moments. Both with resounding and promising ideas for our nation. The devil is not creative. I agree with all you say.
Oh such a handsome photoof George Harrison! Interesting how bueatiful music is made together and eventually that togetherness is lost in the journey. At least, the music lives on through many, many generations.
I'm so excited to find you too! Thank you for reading this! The Beatles sure left a legacy of music for all of us and so much of it reminds me of childhood and my homeland. I loved that picture of George Harrison because it reminded me of my dad :) ox
Thank you so much Joyce! They were and remain such an iconic band. It's amazing to re-visit stories about them and pour through why I was so attracted to certain songs... speaking to me when I was younger. Now that I'm older, I know why.
Thank you @Deborah T. Hewitt for sharing that poignant quote from George Harrison —it really highlights the importance of love and spiritual pursuit in our journeys to search for truth through God.
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I still have that Beatles LP album that we brought to America and shared with our friends who immediately fell in love with them and their unique style. Never did get my commission for getting them started in the USA.
I absolutely LOVE looking at all the albums in the closet! And you would have made a great music agent mom! lol :). Love you. Great memories! ox
George is my Beatle too. Beautiful piece here.
Ahhhh, thank you Hannah! This means so much. And yeah, I love him.
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What a superb piece of writing. As someone myself who adores music, and cannot go a day without listening to it in some form or another, this really was a wonderful read.
I grew up in a house with music being on every day.. and I have very fond memories as a child seeing my parents singing along to their George Harrison albums..
Oh thank you so much Dom! This means a lot that you read it! I relate to adoring music too, and growing up in a house full of it! My parents never stopped playing music. Or dancing around the living room! Brother became a drummer for years. Began at 8 years old taking lessons at the local music store who just so happened to have a young Dave Garibaldi (Tower of Power) teaching!! Crazy. I married a double bass player who will never stop playing despite his fingers taking a toll now :( and up until my dad got sick he was sending us new jazz artists all the time to listen to. Dad truly clutched their Beatles albums under his arm and carried them on the plane when we immigrated to America!
Hope this finds you doing good! oxox
No coincidences. :)
No. Never. Love you Jenni! oxox
I love you too, Deb !
Weirdly, my heart still aches just listening to Beatles songs from that period- none more than I Me Mine and most cuts from Let IT Be. Sometimes the sight of the cover art brings melancholy- I was 8 when it was released. The 4 maturing faces, not young, not as hopeful, and thinking they were about 28 or 29, just blows my mind. 11 years later John would be killed. The time for reconciliation with our God is now, the time to let offense wither is now, the time to love others with a whole heart is now. Yesterday is gone and Tomorrow Never Knows.
Friend!!! Before I saw your comment today I wrote a note about this! The Beatles resonate so very much with our hearts. I told John this is where I walk hand in hand, tightly, with joy and grief. I Me Mine was one of my favorites too and Yesterday. It’s beautiful and hard to listen to them. There is never a time I put on a playlist where I don’t yell to John, “they were honestly the most mind blowing band of sheer genius.” Despite all the temptations, the way they wrote and created music was stunning. We just saw the Led Zeppelin documentary, which could have gone on for 24 hours and we felt the same way, especially with Jimmy Page - just getting to know who they were as kids. Crazy stuff. Worth the watch.
I love how you expressed reconciliation with our God. The time is now. The artists are the ones that are constantly expressing this and as I grow in my love of Jesus I realize that love is where it’s at. Prayer and love. As we know, our lives are so very fragile. There is no time to waste on living offended. It’s a wicked game the devil plays and he’s really at it with our youth. Wow. The brightest among us on university campuses? Satan is not creative. It’s right there in our face. And with people we love too. Why is love so hard. George said it best on his deathbed. “The search for God cannot wait. And love one another.” How perfect to leave the world knowing this and expressing it. Love you Jacqui. Thank you. ox
Thank you for sharing this! So true the search for God cannot wait. No one knows when their last breath will be and we are not promised tomorrow here but eternity there. I loved the Beatles songs even tho I was born in 59 they just resonated in my heart. Have you seen the movie Yesterday? You would like it. At the end me and two other ladies the only ones in the matinee show there in Halifax Nova Scotia stood up and sang with the credits. God bless you friend. I think if we at least have the ability to still weep for our brothers and sisters God gives us Grace
Thank you so much Holly! There was and will never be anything like the Beatles! So much joy in the memories, and the grief of wanting those moments back with the parents and people that loved them and introduced them to us! I still see my parents dancing and singing to them. I’ve had a playlist going all weekend :)
I’m so glad you mentioned the movie Yesterday - we saw it when it first came out! So much fun!!!! I can see you all in the Halifax movie theater singing! So cool :) God Bless you too Holly. ox
Hi Deborah, l love how you weave the politics of the band with the politics of the day and every day … and for us not to loose sight of our true purpose 💜🙏😊. My favourite Beatles songs are Revolution and Let It Be. 🎶🎶🙏🙌🏻❤️
Ahhh! Thank you friend! I’m so very glad you liked it! We do relate to the times we grew up in and the music. I love I Me Mine, Yesterday, Revolution, Let It Be, so many! There will never be any band like the Beatles. It seems the artists, the musicians especially of old are the ones that saw things for what they were long, long ago. For what they are. Not much changes. But what matters the most is what George said. It is the defining message of life and how to live it without so much offense and anger. "Everything else can wait, but the search for God cannot wait,… and love one another."
Sending you much love Simone! oxox
Deborah,
The late sixties and early seventies: Oh, the stories I could tell. Unfortunately, our generation's spirit and idealism were hijacked. Our spirits were broken with Bobby's assassination. But for me, it was something lost and then something found. Broken but not abandoned. Choosing truth over culture. The road was marked by haze and self-sabotage until, at last, freedom in Christ was accepted.
My text ring tone is George Harrison's My Sweet Lord.
My sweet Lord
My Lord
My Lord
I really want to know you
Really want to go with you
Really want to show you, Lord
But it won't take long, my Lord (Hallelujah)
Your friend, Joel
We are on the same invisible wavelength.
Joel, thank you so much for reading this! And I agree. It’s sad to see the spirit hijacked. Such a waste of time and no fruit comes of it. Hate vs love. I’ll take love any day. Jesus any day. JFK and RFK’s assassinations were definitely spirit crushing. Defining moments in history. Life changing moments. Nation changing moments. Both with resounding and promising ideas for our nation. The devil is not creative. I agree with all you say.
Oh and I love My Sweet Lord. Great ring tone!
Oh such a handsome photoof George Harrison! Interesting how bueatiful music is made together and eventually that togetherness is lost in the journey. At least, the music lives on through many, many generations.
I'm so excited to find you too! Thank you for reading this! The Beatles sure left a legacy of music for all of us and so much of it reminds me of childhood and my homeland. I loved that picture of George Harrison because it reminded me of my dad :) ox
The Least of These
The dark clouds roll over heavy rains
The river will flood the town
The call goes out for volunteers
To throw more sandbags down
Do what you want do what you can
Do whatever you please
But whatever you do to the least of these
Remember you do into me
Remember you do into me
The tornado is gone and so is the town
All that's left are the ruins and cries
A nd all that's left of a mom and dad
Is the look in their daughter's eyes
You can kill with a glance or a stroke of a pen
You can bomb from a high flying plane
You can take a man's wife you can take a man's life
Make a hole where nothing remains
So if you have a choice, if you have a chance
If you have an inkling or two
Remember the Lord loves the least of these
There"s a wrong and a right thing to do
https://youtu.be/Rsj0Mc_Cx-w?si=FMYMaFf6mKaoT3Ob
How beautiful Malcolm! Thank you for sharing your song. There is no better way to express ❤️
Thanks for your comment.
I regularly post songs on a wide variety of topics.
Oh wow Deborah. Thank you 🙏 ❤️
Thank you Jamie! 🩵
Great article
Thank you so much Tom 🙏🏻
Hope this finds you doing well. ox
What a beautiful and moving article. I do remember their rise, and -sadly- their drifting apart.
..and thank you so much for sharing this Joyce 🙏🏻😘
Thank you so much Joyce! They were and remain such an iconic band. It's amazing to re-visit stories about them and pour through why I was so attracted to certain songs... speaking to me when I was younger. Now that I'm older, I know why.
@Karen Louise Hodgson thank you so much for sharing this ❤️
Oh! And I really love the Beatles art. ✨