Beatlemania

One of the most influential bands of the 20th century is The Beatles. Recently, I was listening to the One album. . . I was blown away. It very much sounded like a totally new album. . . almost as if I was hearing this wonderful music for the first time. I think it was a true representation of the original intention of the songs. Here is one of my favorite shots of the band taken in Paris in the early years:


As you can probably tell. . . I am a Beatles fan! I am not mentally deficient, nor am I severely lonely. I personally think that fandom can be one of the most beneficial things ever devised by mankind. One of the things that humans do best is attempt to escape reality. We do it through a number of things. Some do it through drinking, drugs, sleeping, books, music, movies, games, etc. We all have something that we use to escape.

The beautiful thing that fandom allows us, is that we can do all of those escapist things in a community. In Genesis God saw that it wasn't good that Adam was alone. That very fact emphasizes that people need other people. That is the way that God has made us. Fandom allows us to do that. By coming together over a common passion, people come closer to each other and therefore, I believe, closer to God.

In the words of the Beatles:
"Come together right now over me!"