# If the beatles had debuted on Ed Sullivan right after Covid hit **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 21, 2025, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-beatles-had-debuted-on-ed-sullivan-right-after-covid-hit/1024144 "2025-10-21T05:01:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2025, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-beatles-had-debuted-on-ed-sullivan-right-after-covid-hit/1024144/21 "2025-10-21T21:07:36Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > It was only eight years from their first hit to their breakup. The light that burns twice as bright burns half as long - and you have burned so very, very brightly, Beatles. Will you still see me Will you still meet me When I’m con-tag-ious. I’m fixing a hole where the virus gets in And stops my lungs from functioning As they should go ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2025, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-beatles-had-debuted-on-ed-sullivan-right-after-covid-hit/1024144/22 "2025-10-22T01:19:24Z")
I wanna hold your hand but I can’t because I don’t wanna die. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2025, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-beatles-had-debuted-on-ed-sullivan-right-after-covid-hit/1024144/23 "2025-10-22T10:33:34Z")
_And we bake_ _Our sourdough bread_ _Sing sea shanties_ _And go to bed_ _Work from home_ _And often clean_ _In our mellow quarantine_ _We all live in a mellow quarantine,_ _mellow quarantine,_ _mellow quarantine…_ ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2025, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-beatles-had-debuted-on-ed-sullivan-right-after-covid-hit/1024144/24 "2025-10-22T15:14:59Z")
“push, push, Maxwell’s silver syringe, Made sure he was well. “ ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2025, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-beatles-had-debuted-on-ed-sullivan-right-after-covid-hit/1024144/25 "2025-10-22T17:34:59Z")
_Yesterday_ _All my troubles seemed so far away_ _Now it looks as though they’re here to stay_ _Oh, I believe in yesterday_ Actually, that one holds up pretty well. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2025, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-beatles-had-debuted-on-ed-sullivan-right-after-covid-hit/1024144/26 "2025-10-22T17:39:32Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Actually, that one holds up pretty well. Good catch, also: _Suddenly, I’m not half the man I used to be_ _There’s a shadow hanging over me_ _Oh yesterday came suddenly_ ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2025, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-beatles-had-debuted-on-ed-sullivan-right-after-covid-hit/1024144/27 "2025-10-22T18:08:59Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Actually, that one holds up pretty well. Also, a little darker: Why she had to ‘go’, I don’t know ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2025, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-beatles-had-debuted-on-ed-sullivan-right-after-covid-hit/1024144/28 "2025-10-22T21:44:40Z")
> [@Lucas\_Jackson](#): > > Why she had to ‘go’, I don’t know She wouldn’t say\* \*(Or couldn’t, being intubated.) ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2025, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-beatles-had-debuted-on-ed-sullivan-right-after-covid-hit/1024144/29 "2025-10-23T12:55:06Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > Good catch, also: Also: _Now I need a place to hide away_ Works much better than the original placeholder lyrics: _Scrambled eggs_ _Oh my baby how I love your legs_ Although…couples need to eat, and entertain each other-- even in quarantine, so maybe those lyrics do work 😏 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-beatles-had-debuted-on-ed-sullivan-right-after-covid-hit/1024144.md?page=1)