Songs Mentioning the Beatles: Born in the 50s

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Ahhh….Chuy’s!!! Loaded with appointments on Wednesday, too afraid of the traffic to drive across town yesterday, I finished my GI appointment today and headed straight for my soft chicken taco!! And we’ll get back to more “normal” music..ha ha. At least you’re more prone to remember these guys because they had a massive amount of success. Here’s today’s Beatle reference. Born in the 50s - The Police I always love to quote guitarist Andy Summers’ line about how The Police got their name: “We saw it on the side of a car.” I’ll let you in on a little secret, too: I know Sting was supposedly the “heartthrob” of the band, but Andy was my guy. Seriously, when I saw The Police on the Ghosts in the Machine tour in 1981, I thought Andy (who was pushing 40 at the time) had far more energy than Sting. (Great show, a friend of mine flew up from Florida to Norfolk, and we had a blast…sat behind the stage so we had a good look at Stewart Copeland’s drums.) There’s not much to say about this song, because the title says it all. An ode to the boomers, with a little of the angst of “My Generation” thrown in (“you don’t understand us, so don’t reprimand us, we’re taking the future, we don’t need no teacher” [side note: before the music success, Sting was a teacher…obviously NOT a grammar teacher! ). Great early music from The Police. Born in the 50s Written by Sting Recorded by The Police From Outlandos d’Amour, 1978 BEATLE REFERENCE LYRICS: They screamed when the Beatles sang