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Beatles forums => News => peregrine9's news => Topic started by: peregrine9 on June 16, 2012, 06:26:36 AM
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BBC News Magazine
June 15, 2012
A Point of View: Why are the Beatles so popular 50 years on?
The Fab Four's music endures because it mirrors an era we still long for, says Adam Gopnik.Over there this summer you are celebrating, as all of us over here know, a decades-old anniversary of uncanny auspiciousness: the Jubilee of an institution that has lasted far longer than many thought possible, transcending its native place in Britain to become a source of constant, almost unbroken reassurance to the entire world.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18449107 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18449107)
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The Fab Four's music endures because it mirrors an era we still long for, says Adam Gopnik
I'm not sure of this, I think it is just great music. I'll take a look at the article later to see the context of the quote.
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The Fab Four's music endures because it mirrors an era we still long for, says Adam Gopnik.
That might explain the older crowd. What about today's young fans?
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That might explain the older crowd. What about today's young fans?
Well, I'm in the "older crowd" and I don't long for going back to the 60s, my childhood or my adolescence.
I still listen to the Beatles simply because they were the best band ever, who wrote and performed the best pop/rock songs ever.