POP-A-LOOZA: The Beatles Live 1976

Each week, the pop culture website Pop-A-Looza shares some posts from my vast 'n' captivating Boppin' (Like The Hip Folks Do) archives. The latest shared post is my fantasy about a 1976 Beatles reunion concert.

The Flashcubes

This Beatles piece is set in the same continuity as A Brighter Light In Mind, which was my daydream of how things could have gone if my favorite power pop The Flashcubes had achieved massive success in the late '70s and early '80s. There is a specific point of overlap between those two stories. I can say no more.

The Beatles are my favorite group. I've written about them far too many times to attempt links to all of that stuff here. As a tangent to my tale of an imaginary Beatles show, it's worth noting my real-life experiences of seeing Paul McCartney in concert (told with an introduction and an emotional piece about the concert itself) and attending a Ringo Starr press conference. My John Lennon reminiscence mixes reality with my teen wish to play in a band with Lennon. Delving back into fantasy, there is also the piece I wrote about an alternate McCartney concert setlist and the Beatles and Green Hornet radio commercials I wrote for a taco place when I was a senior in college radio in 1980.




But for today, we celebrate a reunion that never was. The Beatles Live 1976 is the latest Boppin' Pop-A-Looza.



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