beatles in manila

[SunTzu]

oo..napanood ko yan sa Beatles Anthology..hehehe... noong dumating daw ang beatles sa pinas..katakot takot na security ang kasama nila....after the incident and pauwi na sila....isang motorcyle-riding police na lang ang escort nila... ) hehehe

[MAXBUWAYA]

hanggang ngayon buhay na buhay ang description nila na ang mga tao dito "Gung-ho" "thugs attitude.

Lahat palaban! lalo na mga public transportation driver!

[SiAKOL]

Originally posted by benchph1
since most of us wasn't even born during that time..(is there any?) we can't really tell the truth.

Si kuya "kuroy" buhay na noon nag punta ang Beatles sa Pinas..ehehe.

[TJMaxx]

John Lennon deserved that beating.
He went on record saying "We're more
popular than Jesus.."
Of course, later on John Lennon had a
change of heart as his songs became less
and less juvenile and more and more
philosophic.
He is still one of the greatest songwriters
that ever lived.

The 1974 Miss Universe and the Ali-Frazier
Thrilla in Manila were landmark events. Don't
belittle these specially if you were not even
born yet during that time. I was old enough to
remember how proud Filipinos were in hosting
those events.

[donbuggy]

Why did Filipinos manhandle the Beatles in 1966?

Some theories:

1. The Marcoses were offended and ordered their people to mistreat the Beatles. Foreshadowing martial law.

2. The generation gap was wider. The 60's adults resented the Beatles. They despised Beatle music and the way the Beatles set a bad example to the youth (drug use, long hair, etc). The Beatles' "snub" of the popular First couple was the last straw that unleashed the anger simmering within the conservative adult Pinoy.

3. The banality of evil. Ordinary people doing bad things. We are a nation of little Marcoses.

[morrissey_05]

according to one biography i read of John Lennon, they weren't informed that there was a dinner for them in Malacanang. parang nagkagulo yung schedule nila kasi disorganized naman daw si Brian Epstein, manager nila. so they didnt go. kaya nagalit ang mga Marcoses. tapos pinagugulpi nga daw sila on the way to the airport.