Feb 7, 1964

Is there ANY moment in history as exciting as those days when The Beatles came to America? I'm floored every time I see footage, or read the stories of djs announcing by the minute where their plane was over the Atlantic, minute-by-minute. The music was over the top great and about to change the world, and then they show up and they're funny to boot. All that black and white footage is exhilarating, and then the timing...New York City looks like it's having one big snow day, right? Unreal. I can not think of a single more exciting moment where culture, media and tomorrow comes together all at once. How unreal must it have been to be one of the very 4 young men at the epicenter of this craziness? Did it suck being everyone else?

This is the perfect snapshot of a group of young guys literally hours away from changing the world. And, as MOJO said, "Amazingly, they are funnier and more charismatic than Dick Lester [Hard Day's Night director] ever made them appear."