Rock and Roll Memories

I have a lot of mp3's on my hard disk, over 3000, that I usually let winamp just cycle through. It just came onto the intro track from the Ed Sullivan show for the Beatles first appearance on american TV. The first song was All My Loving followed by Till There Was You and the last song of the set was She Loves You.

I remember that show, I was watching, everyone I knew was watching. Even my parents watched. I remember my mom saying something complimentary when they play Till There Was You. She was surprised. The Beatles were like that, they reached across all ages. Part of it was marketing but part was just them.
The excitement they ignited was amazing. I have not seen anything like it since and I doubt I ever will.