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:
I think there must be Beatles monuments on every continent (except Antarctica).
Saturday, April 3, 2010
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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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