Comments | gigglingkat: Basics of Beatlemania

gigglingkat

Basics of Beatlemania

Apr 29, 2010 20:34

So a friend asked me to educate her on the Beatles.

I'm not sure I can do it justice and I know I can't talk about them without talking about the fandom. My mom was a Beatlemaniac and is still a PaulGirl. When I say that I'm third generation fangirl, I'm not joking. My grandmother and mother were fangirls. I was raised to be one.

( Beatlemania for the Supernatural Fangirl )

sins of the father, gigglingkat: katmom, music, tvboyfriends, my thinky thoughts

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celtic_cookie May 1 2010, 03:12:22 UTC

I adore you absolutely entirely.

OH GOD SERIOUSLY

GEEEEEEEEEOOOOOOOOORGEEEEEEEEEE

gigglingkat May 1 2010, 19:46:11 UTC

WHEE! It helped! It was a blast to do! And hey - just found out you can probably hit up phetch for a Rolling Stones version if you ever need it!

glockgal May 3 2010, 15:51:19 UTC

Eeeee! Here via friends of friends and a wonderful reminder of why the Beatles are made of win. I love this run down of their personalities, music and their films! *yay* Thank you for posting this for everyone to read!

One thing that I did want to point out was -
George is definitely the spiritualist of the group and explores Hinduism before coming back to Christianity.

George converted fully to Hinduism (I think Olivia did as well)! He fully folded himself into the Hindu philosophy and teachings, and when he passed away, he was cremated and the ashes immersed in the Ganges, near the holy Indian city of Varanasi.

It makes me happy to know that he didn't treat Indian culture or Hinduism as a 'Mystic East' fetish-y fad that many other white British people did during that time (and now, lol). He really truly embraced it, particularly towards the end of his life. <3

gigglingkat January 28 2011, 02:06:48 UTC

Replying to someone below and finally saw this! (Stupid LJ)

I thought George converted but then the Internet convinced me otherwise.

I will ETA when I'm not on the iphone.

meatwhichdreams January 20 2011, 03:15:21 UTC

As someone who's been a Beatles Fan since roughly infancy, I really enjoyed your translation of Beatlemania into the language of modern fandom. I've never been a part of the fandom but I feel I understand it now, and am glad the boys continue to inspire generation after generation of squealing for all sort of wonderful reasons. :D

gigglingkat January 28 2011, 02:17:33 UTC

I'm glad it is resonating with some folks.

Re: the modern fandom perspective - When I got into SPN fandom, I discovered there are a lot of fangirls who live in terror that their families will find out.

It never occurred to me to hide it from mine and once I thought about it I realized that's because unlike most of my fandom - I am third generation fangirl. It made me look at Mom and her love of the Beatles in a different light. And once you do - the similarities and the terminology is striking.