My Billings Gazette

My wife and I rented “The Beatles: Rockband” on Tuesday.  We have the first RB on Wii and wasn’t up for spending $60 for another track list.

If you did not know, all 45-some songs are instantly unlocked.  I loved this new feature. In story mode you unlock photos and video vignettes. 

Since we just rented it, I wanted to cherry pick some tracks. We played “I am the Walrus” the first night.

Here are some comments my wife made while she was playing the guitar:

• "WHAT IS GOING ON!!!"
• "I don't get it. Is he a walrus or the eggman."
• "Why are they dressed like Donnie Darko? Seriously!"

My wife wanted to know more about The Beatles (and I was tired of answering her many questions.) I walked into our poorly lit garage to emerge a few minutes later holding a dusty U-Haul box full of VHS tapes. Starting with Saturday night, we started viewing "The Beatles Anthology" documentary, one tape per night – there are eight.

Here are some comments she made while watching the series:

• "He's funny looking." (Ringo)
• "I remember his name. Paul, right? He's the cute one."
• “John and Ringo look English. Well, they all look English.”
• (While George Harrison plays “Roll Over Beethoven”) “So are they talking about the music guy or the dog?” Then I asked her, “Are they talking about the Ludwig van Beethoven or the 1992 family comedy staring Charles Grodin?”