Maybe I should wait until I'm drunk and sappy, but I want to thank deeply and sincerely the people who participated in this thread. Actually all of them, because even the ones who irritated me earlier seemed to get with the spirit of the thread after all! (Or possibly I just became less irritable and got in the spirit myself.) When I started this, I expected it to be rock, Uruk, ilove80s and me, with a wikkid story thrown in now and then. I'm not going to rank my favorite aspects of the thread (or am I?), but here are aspects I particularly loved in no particular order:
--Interacting with new people whom I've never iTalked to before! I loved seeing new "faces" and felt like I got to know some really cool people, including some whose usernames I'd never even seen previously.
--Interacting with people who have been GBs on the board for a while! Even if we knew each other a bit, I have a new appreciation for you guys.
--Hearing people's personal stories and memories associated with the Beatles. As I mentioned near the beginning in a post no one read, I don't have any of those, and I loved living vicariously through yours.
--Being introduced to new videos, new versions of songs, new cover songs, new bands, and new facts. The knowledge in this thread is extraordinary. Ted Lange needs a special shout-out for his amazing video collection.
--The covers from Nipsey, fatguy, and Shaftdaughter. We need a post that accumulates those in one spot.
--Shtick! (Don't worry, Tanner, it says "Shtick!") Excellent shtick up and down, but Binky needs a special shout-out for stick-to-it-iveness and a scary-wide selection of memes.
--Getzlaf for the yeoman's work on the consensus rankings, and heckmanm calculating my favorite albums.
--Participation in my two contests. Now I associate songs with particular people, since I have this weird thing where I read people's posts and remember them. I know every person's pick for my #1 off the top of my head, so when I hear them I think of iPeople. Same with songs people have named as their own favorites.
--Supportive posts and PMs from a variety of people throughout, including many I didn't iKnow well before now.
Thus concludes my acceptance speech. Btw, I feel like I'm going to spend the rest of my life prefacing every list I make with "in no particular order."