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SUPPORT MUSIC IS NOT A GENRE ON PATREON\n\nWATCH MUSIC is not a GENRE VIDEOS and MORE\n\nFEATURED MUSIC:\n\nThe Drop \u2013 \u201cHey Bulldog\u201d (Beatles cover)\nREC Cover Tunes YouTube Playlist\nNick - "Yes It Is" (a cappella)\xa0\n\nThere is very little anyone can say about the Beatles that hasn\u2019t been said before. They\u2019ve been talked about, written about, critiqued, analyzed & dissected, loved & hated, memorialized & revitalized, covered & copied, and have influenced more musicians than even the musicians themselves realize. But do they deserve it?\n\nIf you think that question even needs to be asked, you should probably stop reading and return to whatever sick cave of self-hatred you live in. Yes, it\u2019s possible to not be into the Beatles, to even dislike them. But no one with a working brain \u2013 and more importantly, working heart \u2013 can possibly suggest that they don\u2019t deserve every bit of attention & praise they\u2019ve gotten. It\u2019d be like saying Bach was a trite & repetitive hack, or all Mozart really did was coopt other people\u2019s ideas.\n\nPersonal opinions aside, the Beatles are objectively one of the greatest creators of music in the thousands of years of recorded history. They\u2019ve infiltrated most cultures in ways few other creators of any art have. At this point, it\u2019s more surprising when someone hasn\u2019t heard of them or at least one of their songs. They just are.\n\nThis is not my definitive episode on the Beatles. In fact, I won\u2019t be discussing much of their actual music at all. This week, my focus will be on three things:\n\n1. The books in my collection, and the plethora of Beatles books (and movies, TV shows & other media) in general: what they contribute to the greater discussion, and what else possibly could be brought to light by new books \u2013 cuz we all know they\u2019re coming;\n\n2. The idea that the Beatles are more than just a band; they\u2019re a near-universal Rorschach test, a way to suss out what kind of a person someone is based on their relationship to the Beatles. Specifically, which Beatles period resonates with you, which one defines what the Beatles are to you, can determine not just the rest of your musical taste. It can also shed light on how you see and relate to the world at large.\n\n3. That the most valuable new thing anyone can say about the Beatles is what they think & feel. Their opinion, assessment, focus, emotion is a unique mix, no matter how much is shared with others. In fact, it\u2019s that combination of uniqueness and commonality that does exactly what the Beatles intended: spread love & connection through music.\n\nAs a music creator, and a member of PreFab 4 \u2013 one of the better Beatles cover bands (NOT a tribute band), I count the Beatles as my favorite band, and love that I can discover more about them almost every day. That\u2019s a hint to WHY so many books, movies, shows, covers are inspired by the Beatles. We want to feel what we felt \u2013 or what fans alive enough to experience it firsthand felt. We want to recapture & reanimate the life & magic that once was. But we can\u2019t. Not really. Nothing we do now will ever fully satisfy that want. Which is why we always want more.\n\nFOR THE FULL TEXT AND MORE, GO HERE\n\n\n--- \n\nThis episode is sponsored by \n\xb7 Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app\n\nSupport this podcast: https://anchor.fm/musicisnotagenre/support\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices