In my book,
The Long and Winding Road from Blake to the Beatles, I say that the Beatles were the first truly universal cultural touchstone, the avatars of celebrity in the modern world. Here's proof, a statue of the Fab Four in Kazakhstan:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIIv2dIRs0SZq-2EKgDc_g6CvuCxWw54PtgbOTxMsfxrtBJppuBCUaZNxasZWTzBkyd7k6TW3tsqBOM3cYcVaF5i7l2UK4EnxM5Xo41eiUpP2WG6Jk_m4f6aYeqVKIjP704pIIxLxhe-c/s320/beatles_monument_2_wenn2793200_130208_M.jpg)
I think there must be Beatles monuments on every continent (except Antarctica).
I loved Leslie Woodhead's recent documentary "How The Beatles Rocked the Kremlin." http://www.thirteen.org/beatles/
ReplyDeleteI just noticed you posted this video back in January.
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