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There was so much electricity in the air and so much pressure. There was tens of thousands of young people there, mostly young girls, generating spark.

The Beatles, Shea Stadium, 1965, a new type of concert for an explosive era in pop culture. And one of those

young girls there generating spark was our own Robin Young. It's Friday, August 15th, and this is here and now anytime from NPR and WVUR.

I'm Chris Bentley.

So, Robin, today you've got two interviews giving us a new perspective on some things from the 1960s.

The Beatles concert at Shea Stadium, former Home of the Metz, 60 years ago today, August 15th,

and you talked to the New York radio legend known as Cousin Brucey, who introduced the Beatles

that night, and he's still broadcasting today.

The other 60s milestone we're going to be considering, reconsidering today is Akira Kurosawa's

film from 1963, high and low, which Spike Lee just reinterpreted in the new film, highest to lowest,

which Spike Lee told you he feels like a jazz musician riffing on a standard reading that film.

So we're going to hear from Spike in just a minute. But start with the Beatles at Shea Stadium.

This was like the birth of the modern mega concert.

Yes, it was.

And you were there.

Yes, we did not know it at the time.

And it was a profound time.

And this was 65, 1965.

It was the first major stadium concert, 55,000 screaming people. It is the highest grossing

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