[Music] New Beatles single

[Stato]

"Dad" music.
When a previously edgy group grow older they seem to lose the ability to make "cool" contemporary music and instead make"Dad" music.

But I've never liked The Beatles.

I'm not the greatest fan of the fabs either, but I'm not sure they can be blamed for losing their edge 50+ years after they split up and with half of them actually dead.

 

[Farehamseagull]

Warning, sentimental tripe coming up:

It's quite a momentous moment for me, I'm a huge Beatles and Lennon fan so I love it. I felt quite emotional listening to it the first time - I was too young and not really into The Beatles in 95 when Real Love and Free as a Bird came out so this is the first time I've ever listened to 'new' Beatles material. I love hearing it.

 

[studio150]

Prefer the B side

 

[Is it PotG?]

You know what it sounded like to me, the scraping of the bottom of a barrel.

 

[Mellotron]

I'm not the greatest fan of the fabs either, but I'm not sure they can be blamed for losing their edge 50+ years after they split up and with half of them actually dead.

Also some would argue that actually dying is a pretty punk rock/edgy thing to do.

 

[GT49er]

Another example that goes to show that the excellent, exciting, wonderful, magical, ground-breaking Beatles were absolutely right to break up when they did.

 

[stewart12]

Warning, sentimental tripe coming up:

I'm a huge Beatles and Lennon fan so I love it. I felt quite emotional listening to it the first time - I was too young and not really into the Beatles in 95 when Real Love and Free as a Bird came out so this is the first time I've ever listened to 'new' Beatles material. I love hearing it.

same

 

[wellquickwoody]

Other boy bands are available now.

 

[clapham_gull]

Terrible, George Harrison vetoed its inclusion on the Anthology as you can hear why.

Free as a bird is a terrific track. They would have been wiser to use the new AI technology to enhance Lennon's voice on that rather than this dirge.

 

[theboybilly]

Not another nursery rhyme surely, that's almost their complete back catalogue

 

[bluenitsuj]

A bit dated

 

[Mellotron]

Always good value on Twitter, Liam;

 

[Stato]

Also some would argue that actually dying is a pretty punk rock/edgy thing to do.

Would explain why Cliff Richard's never done it.

 

[rippleman]

Terrible, George Harrison vetoed its inclusion on the Anthology as you can hear why.

Free as a bird is a terrific track. They would have been wiser to use the new AI technology to enhance Lennon's voice on that rather than this dirge.

Freebird is in a different league.

Let's cheer this thread up with one of the greatest tunes ever

 

[BN9 BHA]

Can’t say I like it, I did listen to it five minutes after Craig Charles played Helter Skelter which is 200 times better IMO.

 

[Flounce]

McCartney has taken a Lennon song and turned it another of his post Beatles dirges with schmaltzy strings imo. I doubt Lennon would want anything to do with it.

 

[Boroseagull]

Well well well, who'd have thought that after 60 years the Beatles would top the singles charts and the Stones the album chart.

 

[Official Old Man]

Being someone who shed a tear when I visited Lennons Strawberry Fields memorial in NY, I've been looking forwards to this for a while. A little disappointed as it sounds a bit like a JL song from the 90's, but then I guess it is. But having heard it a few times now, it is growing on me.

 

[The Antikythera Mechanism]

Like it.

 

[mejonaNO12 aka riskit]

A little disappointed as it sounds a bit like a JL song from the 90's

I read that and thought you meant John Lennon.

"That's harsh" I thought.