My Night with the "Beatles"; A Time to Reminisce

I love being a baby boomer.

We grew up at a time where the birth of Rock and Roll came into our lives and maxi dresses, bell bottoms and “Huckapoo” shirts were the rage.

The word “computer” was not even a word in our vocabulary until early adult hood. But thank goodness for the internet because our generatio
LOVES to reminisce! I see this mostly on Facebook as my compadres from college and high school love to muse over days gone by.

Pictures of our high school prom with ruffled tuxedo shirts and shiny polyester prom dresses are plastered all over our profile pages. It has also been entertaining to reconnect with old college friends and see where everyone has ended up in life.

Some of our children think we are too “old” to be on Facebook and it should be left to the “younger” generation. I guess I understand why they may come from this perspective. After all, Facebook was created for college students!

The old expression of “we’re not dead yet” really holds true here. I truly feel like we are in the prime of our life. Baby Boomers are refusing to age. We want to keep playing and having fun. And if Facebook is a place where we can reconnect and recollect about our early days… why the heck not!

The other night, I did drag my husband to the “Rain” concert- A Tribute to the Beatles. This Cover band was incredible!!

Talk about going to back in time. Although the audience was made up of 3 generations, the vast majority were those of us who grew up in the ‘60s and ‘70s. I know this for sure as I was sitting in the front balcony at the Academy of Music in Philly and I DID see many grey and bald tops!

Kudos to the producers of this show as it brought back so many memories, not only through the songs that were performed but the back drop of video clips from that era.

Their performance of “When I’m sixty four” sent the audience into loud applause as well as a sing-a-long. We all know that for many Baby Boomers , this age is not too far off and many boomers are already there!

Like I said, we are a reminiscent generation and hearing all those great Beatle songs took me back to another time.

I really enjoyed my night with the “Beatles”.