Let it Be

The Beatles are so ingrained to our lives, including mine, that it's hard to remember that initial feeling when you're first gut/heart/head-punched by their amazing work, particularly when you're an old dried-out husk without feelings like myself WHOMP-WHOMP!

So it's damn refreshing to see such discovery through someone else's eyes. There's apparently a subgenre of YouTube featuring young black kids hearing to The Beatles for the very first time and reacting in real time and this is my favorite, this guy listening to Let it Be. He's so hit by a part of it that he has to leave the room more than once to collect himself; then we get to hear that it's so impactful to him because it reminds him of his grandmother who he obviously loved very much and was a major - if not THE major - influence on his life. Really, really great insight to the connection between the song and his grandmother into what it all means to him.

It should be a great reminder for all of us to try to find moments like this ourselves, to not believe for a second that being hit with something as emotionally meaningful and fulfilling as this is out of our reach. Vivá le life, people!

Thanks for this, Rome Life.