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Diving deep into the Beatles fandom

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 The Beatles is a british band that started playing as we know them, back in 1962 and they split up in 1969, they started a revolution in several senses, they inspired other bands from that era and were very succesful in their times. They became so famous an inluent back then. The music is really important and interesting but that is not the whole thing, it was and still is a cultural phenomenon, a style, an influence. The Beatles left 13 albums, a lot of singles, 5 movies and millions of fans all over the world. We all have in common the taste for their music and an admiration for each one of the four guys from Liverpool. There have been lots of fan groups, now it is easier since there are digital resources where people can communicate with each other no matter where are they from, there are videos in YouTube, groups in Facebook. There are lots of tribute bands all over the world, their albums are still being rereleased with never before heard music, there have been lots of docume...
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My Fandom Story

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I'm not really sure since I was probably 5 or 6 years old but my mom, who was a great fan of the Beatles, use to play some videos and I remember listening to Twist and Shout. I had no idea what the song said, I did not know english back then. Two songs I remember clearly from those days are Twist and Shout and She Loves You. Since then I had the feeling that I knew who the Beatles were and how important they were, how catchy where their songs but they were more like a thing my mom liked, no more than that. Nothing that seemed to appeal to me. I remember that over those years they started broadcasting the cartoon series. It was really funny, the thing I remember more clearly is they way they made Ringo, he looked so peculiar as if he was the most comic part of the show. There are still some episodes in internet and make me feel surprise since I did not remember all the songs that appeared in the show. They are a lot. It was still like a rumour because they were so famous and I remem...
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