Hello, groovy people!
Hello, baby boomers!
Welcome to Birdland!
Welcome to our happenin'!
Tonight, we're turning back the clock
to the 60s an d 70s.
To the baby -booming sounds
of our childhood
and to that crazy time
when the most popular word was ear.
Huh? Ffff... Ear! and
applause
There were many differences
between Ann and me
when we were growing up,
an d not just in our taste in music.
To night, we're gonna
celebrate them all.
So ladies and gentlemen,
Welcome to Boom.
Shaka laka laka. Boom.
Shaka laka laka.
Boom shaka laka laka.
Boom shaka laka laka.
Shoo. Shoo. Shoo.
Shoo.
Here come old Flat Top.
He come grooving up slowly.
He got juju eyeball,
he won holy roller,
he got hair down to his knee.
I got to be a joker,
he just do what he please.
Anne? Yes?
What does this mean?
I haven't a clue.
Actually, I googled it,
and one theory was that each
verse was written
to describe one of the Beatles.
So one verse was for Paul,
one for Ringo,
one for George,
and one for John.
Cool. He wear no shoeshine,
he got toe jam football,
he got monkey finger,
he shoot Coca -Cola, he say,
I know you, you know me.
One thing I can tell you
is you've got to be free.
Come together right now
over me.
Who do you think that was?
I have no idea.
He bagged production,
he got walrus gumboot,
he got oh no sideboard,
he won spinal cracker,
He's feet down be low his knee
Holds you in his armchair
You can feel his dis ease
Come together right now
Over me John
He rolled a coaster,
he got early warning,
he got muddy water,
he won mojo filter,
he say one an d one and one is three
I got to be good -looking
cuz he's so hard to see
come together
over me
George all right
tell me who was your favorite Beatle
oh without a doubt Paul.
What about you?
I love John
but I did have my first kiss to George.
What do you mean?
Well I was dancing with this really cute guy
to George Harrison's
All Things Must Pass
when I had my first amazing kiss.
How old were you?
12. How What was he?
19. Wow. Does mom know?
She does now.
Da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da,
da, da, da, da, da, come together.
Come, come together.
He was 21. Come,
come to gether.
Come together.
It was our parents who introduced
us to the Beatles.
That's right. They won a copy
of Beatles 65 in a raffle
and I still have that copy.
I have very fond memories
of our early years in New York.
Every Sunday we would go as a family
to the record department of Corvettes
and buy albums.
Remember Corvettes?
Remember when department stores
had record departments?
Remember records?
I remember the exact Sunday
we bought the Beatles' Revolver album.
And our first pairs of bell -bottoms
and love beads.
We raced home and we put on those
hippie threads,
and I think we must have
played Taxman 50 times.
And it was that night
that you decided
you wanted to be the fifth Beatle.
I, on the other hand,
would never sing in front of anyone.
But in the privacy of my bedroom,
with my hairbrush as my microphone,
I would sing at the top of my lungs
to all my favorite records.
I liked Broadway,
I liked the Beach Boys,
and I liked Burt Bacharach.
Thank Thank Thank you. you.