in some ways watching this beatles thing kinda bummed me out. two things, 1) it really made me miss hanging out with some of my friends, some of the guys in new york when we would just sit around and talk about the beatles and talk about music... you know i'm looking at the beatles past and that's over, and then it's like that's also over - that part of my life is over - and that was such an enriching time, it's done.
and the other thing is, after watching this i listened to the george harrison solo record 'living in the material world' and he has that song 'be here now.' the idea is like you gotta live in the moment because the past is gone, every moment is gone. so you have to be here now.
and it's like (long sigh)...the world just fucking sucks so much now. it's so bad now. everything, culture, everything is bad. and i look back at this period, the late sixties, when this shit was just happening all the time...it's like the beatles are making records, the stones are making records, zeppelin's making records. we are just about to move into this period of film that's gonna be better than any period that film will ever experience, and ever experienced again. all these things are happening.
it's just...i watch the beatles eating toast and stuff. all they're having for breakfast is these toast. that would never happen to someone like the beatles now. they would never have a plate of toast, or whatever. technically everything is better now, we have all this stuff. like every part of life should be better... but it's just not the same. it's over.
and i don't want to be here now. i want to be back then.
it made me feel sad. i felt sad about it. i still feel sad talking about it.
