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Use this page to catch up on what was big during the time of the marauders!


Welcome to the Fads of the Age section.  It has occurred to me of late that as the majority of our RPers were born in the 80s or after, we only have a vague idea of what the 60s and 70s were like...and as most of us are American, we know even less of what went on in England.

THEREFORE we have seen fit to construct this page to provide information on fads that were going strong in the time of our RP. If anyone knows of something that was big in England, or worldwide back in the time of the marauders, please feel free to contact me, Krystallia, and I will be sure to add it.

Other than that, I hope this prooves to be helpful to you all.

~Krys.

The Beatles

If you didn't know that they were big during those days....I don't know where you've been hiding, but every muggleborn in the school should be obsessed with them, or if not, at least notice that this is abnormal.

 Helpful Information:

John Lennon: Birthday: October 9th, 1940.  Shot and killed December 8th 1980 (so he's still alive at this time)

Paul McCartney: Birthday: June 18th, 1942.

George Harrison: Birthday: February, 25, 1943. Died November 29th, 2001 (so we'll never see him die in this RP) unless we continue after the death of Lily and James.

Richard (Ringo) Starkey (Starr): Birthday: July 7th, 1940.

ALBUM RELEASE DATES:

Please Please Me - March 22nd, 1963

I Saw Her Standing There/Misery/Anna(Go To Him)/Chains/Boys/Ask Me Why/ Please Please Me/Love Me Do/P.S. I Love you/Baby It's You/Do You Want To Know A Secret/ A Taste of Honey/There's a Place/Twist and Shout.

With The Beatles - November, 22nd 1963

It Won't Be Long/All I've Got To Do/All My Loving/Don't Bother Me/Little Child/Till There Was You/Please Mr. Postman/Roll Over Beethoven/Hold Me Tight/You Really Got A Hold On Me/I Wanna Be Your Man/ Devil In Her Heart/Not A Second Time/ Money (That's What I Want)

A Hard Day's Night - July 10th 1964

A Hard Day's Night/I Should Have Known Better/If I Fell In Love With You/I'm Happy Just To Dance With You/And I Love Her/Tell Me Why/Can't Buy Me Love/Anytime At All/ I'll Cry Instead/ Things We Said Today/ When I get Home/ You Can't Do That/ I'll Be Back.

Beatles For Sale - December 4th December 1964

No Reply/ I'm a Loser/ Baby's In Black/ Rock and Roll Music/ I'll Follow the Sun/ Mr. Moonlight/ Kansas City/Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey!/Eight Days A Week/ Words of Love/ Honey Don't/Every Little Thing/I Don't Want to Spoil the Party/What You're Doing/ Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby.

Help! - August 6th, 1965

Help!/The Night Before/ You've Got To Hide Your Love Away/ I Need You/ Another Girl/You're GOing To Love That Girl/Ticket to Ride/Act Natrually/It's Only Love/ You Like Me Too Much/ Tell Me What You See/ I've Just Seen A Face/ Yesterday/ Dizzy Miss Lizzy.

Rubber Soul - December 3rd, 1965

Drive My Car/ Norwegian Wood(This Bird Has Flown)/ You Won't See Me/ Nowhere Man/ Think For Yourself/The Word/Michelle/ What Goes On/ Girl/ I'm Looking Through You/ In My Life/ Wait/ If I Needed Someone/ Run For Your Life.

Revolver - August 5th, 1966

Taxman/Eleanor Rigby/ I'm Only SLeeping/ Love You To/ Here, There And Everywhere/ Yellow Submarine/ She Said She Said/ Good Day Sunshine/ And Your Bird Can Sing/ For No One/ Doctor Robert/ I Want To Tell You/ Got To Get You Into My Life/ Tomorrow Never Knows.

A Collection of Beatles Oldies - December 9th, 1966

She Loves You/ From Me TO You/ We Can Work It Out/Help!/Michelle/ Yesterday/ I Feel Fine/ Yellow Submarine/ Can't Buy Me Love/ Bad Boy. Day Tripper/ A Hard Day's Night/ Ticket To Ride/ Paperback Writer/ Eleanor Rigby/I Want To Hold Your Hand.

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band - June 1st, 1967

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band/ With A Little Help From My Friends/ Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds/ Getting Better/ Fixing A Hole/ She's Leaving Home/ Being For the Benefit Of Mr. Kite!/ Within You Without You/ WHen I'm Sixty-Four/ Lovely Rita/ Good Morning Good Morning/ Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)/ A Day In The Life

The Beatles First - September 1967

Ain't She Sweet/ Cry For A Shadow/ Let's Dance/ My Bonnie/ Take Out Some Insurance On Me, Baby/ What'd I Say/ Sweet Georgia Brown/ The Saints/ Ruby Baby/ Why/ Nobody's Child/ Ya Ya

The Beatles; The White Album - November 22, 1968

Back In the USSR/ Dear Prudence/ Glass Onion/ Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da/ Wild Honey Pie/ The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill/ While My Guitar Gently Weeps/ Happiness Is a Warm Gun/ Martha My Dear/ I'm So Tired/ Blackbird/ Piggies/ Rocky Raccoon/ Don't Pass Me By/ Why Don't We Do It In The Road?/ I Will/ Julia/ Birthday/ Yer Blues/ Mother Nature's Son/ Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey/ Sexy Sadie/ Helter Skelter. Long, Long. Long/ Revolution 1/ Honey Pie/ Savoy Truffle/ Cry Baby Cry/ Revolution 9/ Good Night.

Yellow Submarine - January 17th, 1969

Yellow Submarine/ Only A Northern Song/ All Together Now/ Hey Bulldog/ It's All Too Much/ All You Need Is Love/ Pepperland/ Sea of Time/ Sea of Holes/ Sea of Monsters/ March of the Meanies/ Pepperland Laid Waste/ Yellow Submarine In Pepperland.

Abbey Road - September 26th, 1969 **Trouble was brewing within the group at this point in their career.**

Come Together/ Something/ Maxwell's Silver Hammer/ Oh! Darling/ Octopus's Garden/ I Want You (She's So Heavy)/ Here Comes the Sun/ Beacuse/ You Never Give Me Your Money/ Sun King/ Mean Mr. Mustard/ Polythene Pam/ She Came In Through The Bathroom Window/ Golden Slumbers/ Carry That Weight/ The End/ Her Majesty.

Let It Be Box-Set - May 8th, 1970

Two Of Us/ Dig A Pony/ Across The Universe/ I Me Mine/ Dig It/ Let It Be/ Maggie Mae/ I've Got A Feeling/ One After 909/ The Long And Winding Road/ For You Blue/ Get  Back

Let It Be - November 6th, 1970

Track listing the same as the box set, it was re-released as a normal album 6-months after the box set.

The Beatles;The Red Album - April 19th 1973

Love Me Do/ Please Please Me/ From Me TO You/ She Loves You/ I Want To Hold Your Hand/ All My Loving/ Can't Buy Me Love/ A Hard Day's Night/ And I Love Her/ Eight Days A Week/ I Feel Fine/ Ticket To Ride/ Yesterday/ Help!/ You've Got To Hide Your Love Away/ We Can Work It Out/ Day Tripper/ Drive My Car/ Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)/ Nowhere Man/ Michelle/ In My Life/ Girl/ Paperback Writer/ Eleanor Rigby/ Yellow Submarine.

The Beatles; The Blue Album - April 19th, 1973

Strawberry Fields Forever/ Penny Lane/ Sgt/ Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band/ With A Little Help From My Friends/ Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds/ A Day In The Life/ All You Need Is Love/ I Am The Walrus/ Hello, Goodbye/ The Fool On The Hill/ Magical Mystery Tour/ Lady Madonna/ Hey Jude/ Revolution/ Back In The USSR/ While My Guitar Gently Weeps/ Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da/ Get Back/ Don't Let Me Down/ The Ballad Of John And Yoko/ Old Brown Shoe/ Here Comes The Sun/ Come Together/ Something/ Octopus's Garden/ Let It Be/ Across The Universe/ The Long And Winding Road.

Telephone Stuffing

One of the most well known fads of all time was the art of "Telephone Booth Stuffing". In taking part in this event, several college students would squeeze themselves into a telephone booth, one after another, until no one else could fit in. The more people who could fit in, the better, and universities everywhere saw students skipping class in order to try and devise a plan to set a record. The fad is often associated with college students from the West Coast of the United States but, it was started in South Africa. Twenty-five students there were able to pack in a booth and announce that they had set a world record in doing so. Soon students in England, Canada and the United States were attempting to beat that mark. Some students in England went on diets as a method to achieve the highest efficiency for stuffing. When they found themselves unable to pile more and more friends into the booths, they began challenging other universities' "credibility" because of supposed violations of "rules" which should have been adhered to. Some claimed all participants must keep their entire bodies within the booth, while others specified that someone inside was required to place a call.

Rocky Horror Picture Show

That's right kids! The Rocky Horror Picture Show was originally released in it's film form in 1975 -- At first it was only shown during midnight screenings....however the film version did not become a cult classic until some time later.

 The show we all know and love was originally performed on stage, by the name "The Rocky Horror Show"  This version was a huge hit, and a good reason for breaking curfew ^_~.