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Love, Tom

I sat on the hearthwith my back to a roaring fire and Ed Sullivan saidto 73 million...

I sat on the hearth
with my back to a roaring fire and Ed Sullivan said
to 73 million Americans and the four Douglas's, "Ladies and gentleman,
welcome The Beatles." My father loved The Beatles

Full Transcript

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I sat on the hearth with my back to a roaring fire
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and Ed Sullivan said to 73 million Americans
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and the four Douglas's,
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"Ladies and gentleman, welcome The Beatles."
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My father loved The Beatles.
Duration
15 seconds
Views
28
Timestamp in Movie
00:12:25
Uploaded
Mar 29, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Sandbox Productions,Sony Music Entertainment

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Movie Summary

Based on Douglas' acceptance speech given at the 2014 Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, he shares personal anecdotes as the backstory for his most famous songs.
All the other fathers thought The Beatles were - Love, Tom 00:09
All the other fathers thought The Beatles were
He loved their songs, their harmonies, - Love, Tom 00:06
He loved their songs, their harmonies,
That's the first time I really remember the power of a song. - Love, Tom 00:06
That's the first time I really remember the power of a ...
What I did know was that a boy loves what his father loves. - Love, Tom 00:06
What I did know was that a boy loves what his father loves.
And then we went to Metro Music - Love, Tom 00:07
And then we went to Metro Music
The next day he burst in my bedroom and he said, - Love, Tom 00:08
The next day he burst in my bedroom and he said,
"It's gonna be so much easier for you to be in a band - Love, Tom 00:13
"It's gonna be so much easier for you to be in a b...
Then he dropped me off at Morris Brandon Elementary - Love, Tom 00:15
Then he dropped me off at Morris Brandon Elementary
And I can still hear the girls screaming in my ears. - Love, Tom 00:07
And I can still hear the girls screaming in my ears.
Dropping me off to go see The Beatles - Love, Tom 00:08
Dropping me off to go see The Beatles
I'll come back and pick you up." - Love, Tom 00:08
I'll come back and pick you up."
He had the radio on in the morning when he shaved, - Love, Tom 00:08
He had the radio on in the morning when he shaved,
He kept that black vinyl spinning. - Love, Tom 00:05
He kept that black vinyl spinning.
Little did he know that I would end up in this crazy business, - Love, Tom 00:08
Little did he know that I would end up in this crazy busines...
Hey, I just want you to know - Love, Tom 00:05
Hey, I just want you to know
The writer has to learn to live - Love, Tom 00:07
The writer has to learn to live
First you have to face the dark overlord of apathy. - Love, Tom 00:05
First you have to face the dark overlord of apathy.
And she sits in the corner of your writing space - Love, Tom 00:16
And she sits in the corner of your writing space
And then you have to face the face in the mirror, - Love, Tom 00:21
And then you have to face the face in the mirror,
You have to walk over, pick it up by the tail, - Love, Tom 00:19
You have to walk over, pick it up by the tail,