J.W.L. (John Winston Lennon)

So, on our black and white T.V., our family watched The Beatles in their first American appearance.  I didn’t really know what to think but there was definitely something happening inside me.  I think something got stirred-up that had been there a long time.

Something about The Beatles was very familiar yet foreign.  Kind of similar to falling in love.  It seems so right and yet overwhelming.

The combination of Lennon and McCartney’s voices, the teenage anthem phrases like “Because she loves you!”, the ringing Rickenbacker guitars, the hair, the boots, the accents, the incredible “I’m above it all” humor and on and on and on.  They created a universe that we all of a sudden remembered we’d forgotten.

From Song/Chapter 3 “J.W.L.”  (John Winston Lennon) This Lifetime