while my journal gently weeps

so, as if i needed further proof that i'm getting old and turning into my dad all at the same time, there comes along this Beatles thing.. notice how i capitalize that, and i never capitalize anything? there's a reason for that, slick.. anyway, what with the movie across the universe being released more widely now, i want to assure everyone that i was on to the Beatles before they became the next hip thing for everyone to glom onto - and it's going to happen, mark my words.. i went and saw the movie this past weekend, and it was effing brilliant.. sure, there were times i thought it got a little corny, and i was a little bothered my some of the musical selections, and extremely bothered by the other people in the theater (aren't i always?) who were finding the movie to be much more hilarious than i was, but all in all, it was the best movie baz luhrman never made, and the soundtrack was so good that i already have the 2 disc version which has all the songs and just came out yesterday.. but back to my original point..
a while back, i got a library card so i could start checking out cd's and burning them to the computer so i could later load them onto my iPod.. well, that didn't entirely work out the way i planned, and the reason why not is a long story, so just suffice it to say i was getting some random cd's, and i grabbed Abbey Road (notice the caps again?), just to give it a whirl and try to remind myself what the boys from liverpool were all about.. and i was absolutely blown away.. you could say part of it was just nostalgia, since i'd grown up listening to that stuff because of my dad, or you could say that i was overreacting, but i think it was a general respect and appreciation for the musical aspect of it.. see, i've got really bored with and tired of music recently - nothing seems to inspire or really get me going any more.. yeah, there's the same stuff i've been listening to lately, on my iPod, and yeah, every so often someone will really shake me up, like so many dynamos, or the walkmen, or interpol, or whatever, but listening to the Beatles again really got to me.. i really saw where it all came from, i really heard what music is supposed to be like - engaging harmonies, melodies, song structures, lyrical poignancy, and catchy songs, but not schlocky and poppy like what's on the radio or vh1 all the time..
it's difficult to explain, but i just had this sensation that if i really wanted to experience great new music, i had to get back to where it all started, and for rock n' roll, or indie rock, or whatever, that was the Beatles.. so i've been getting it all - Revolver, Sgt, Pepper's, the White Album, and then the movie and the soundtrack that i was telling you about.. i even listened to Love, that re-imagination album done by George Martin's son.. and this is what i've come away with (bearing in mind i haven't gotten through all the albums, and i don't really care for their early stuff) - Paul was actually probably the better songwriter, even though i do admire John's pluck; George was really good when he was really good, but just marginal the rest of the time; and Ringo actually had some skills on the skins.. also, Dear Prudence is a great song, as is Eddie Izzard's take on Mr. Kite, and Joe Cocker doing Come Together (which isn't even a song i liked all that much to begin with)..
beyond that, don't call me a fair weather fan when the time comes.. yeah, i know everyone loves the Beatles, and you can say i'm coming late to the came, but i'm just saying that i've found something immense and spiritual in all of this that i never really understood or observed before, and that i'm coming early to the game that's about to be played when everyone starts singing the Beatles pretty soon because that movie is epic..