Beatles anew
In the realm of music I just cannot listen to anymore, The Beatles ranks high. They’re fine as bands go, I have nothing against them really, it’s just that they are overplayed at the expense of so much other music that has been ignored for decades, and that they often provide a sad stopgap in the creative imagination of the musically interested. For too many people I have encountered, The Beatles tend to function as a highpoint in Western pop music that stops the journey cold and focuses the enthusiasm right there, only to stagnate through repeated listenings of the same songs and, goodness me, rarities upon rarities.
It’s a surprise to me that someone can come up with a new way for me to hear The Beatles — and NOT a Beatles cover version. WFMU provides a bunch of Beatles songs totally backwards</a> in an attempt to uncover some of the Devil’s messages and also figure out once and forever if Paul is Dead (if you’ve heard any of the man’s music for the past couple decades, his demise is old news, to be sure).
The Beatles played backwards is a good thing, but it’ll take more than this to get me to listen to The Who.
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