In 1992 when we were working for a music publisher one of my friends there who happened to be British decided to ask his three best friends to join him at the Greenwich Village Halloween Parade dressed as the Beatles. They bought matching suits that were very similar to they style that the Beatles wore when they first began performing, skinny ties and all. They also bought Beatles style wigs which really transformed them into Beatles lookalikes. On the night of the parade they dressed and added instruments and went downtown. They barely got to the parade before they were mobbed by crowds of people. Girls were screaming like they had when the Beatles first arrived in New York and everyone wanted to take their picture. Everyone knew that of course they weren’t the Beatles but I think that just the idea of re-creating such a famous event that happened long before most of these people were even born (including the four young men wearing the costumes) was exhilarating. Everyone along the parade route mobbed them and in a parade known for its outlandish and outrageous characters they were a stand-out. Even though it was 18 years ago, we’ve still got pictures and looking at them is a great reminder of a very special time.
