that? the assassination of john f. kennedy. who was the young vigorous man who represented youth in the future and he was taken away from us. and the country had the blues and big time. everybody was depressed over the kennedy assassination, and it lasted for a long time. who took us out of that depression? the beatles. they represented youth, they represented the future, they represented vitality. >> you remember the first time you heard the beatles. was the first time the ed sullivan show? >> the first time i saw them was the ed sullivan show. i think it was i want to hold your hand was a big hit. and this was different. what is that? who is that? that's the beatles, and it changed my life. that's why i do what i do now because of what the beatles did. this was like a band from the neighborhood, kind of like me and my friends. they were working class guy, and