{"id":888,"date":"2012-07-25T10:25:43","date_gmt":"2012-07-25T10:25:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/atantalus.com\/blog\/?p=888"},"modified":"2013-03-28T09:47:59","modified_gmt":"2013-03-28T09:47:59","slug":"yesterday-once-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atantalus.com\/blog\/2012\/07\/yesterday-once-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Yesterday Once More?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hmmm. A couple of weird things about that “rock” collection of Beatles songs “Tomorrow Never Knows”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
1<\/td>\nRevolution<\/td>\nThe Beatles<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nPaperback Writer<\/td>\nThe Beatles<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nAnd Your Bird Can Sing<\/td>\nThe Beatles<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\nHelter Skelter<\/td>\nThe Beatles<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\nSavoy Truffle<\/td>\nThe Beatles<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\nI’m Down<\/td>\nThe Beatles<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\nI’ve Got a Feeling (Naked Version)<\/td>\nThe Beatles<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\nBack In the U.S.S.R.<\/td>\nThe Beatles<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>\nYou Can’t Do That<\/td>\nThe Beatles<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/td>\nIt’s All Too Much<\/td>\nThe Beatles<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11<\/td>\nShe Said She Said<\/td>\nThe Beatles<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12<\/td>\nHey Bulldog<\/td>\nThe Beatles<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13<\/td>\nTomorrow Never Knows<\/td>\nThe Beatles<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14<\/td>\nThe End (Anthology 3 Version)<\/td>\nThe Beatles<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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First<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The product page\u00a0contains\u00a0a bizarre,\u00a0inaccurate and just plain BAD\u00a0set of\u00a0sub-radio-sports-reporter liner notes. Not good.<\/p>\n

Second<\/strong><\/h2>\n

<\/strong>I’m amazed that this collection has not been\u00a0really, REALLY slammed<\/em>\u00a0in the comments and reviews. A Beatles compilation like this in the 70s\/80s\/90s would be just MASSACRED by fans (with justified\u00a0shouts\u00a0of “cash-in” or worse…)<\/p>\n

And third…<\/strong><\/h2>\n

What’s missing and what’s the point?<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is\u00a0ostensibly\u00a0a collection that tries to make the Beatles look as cool <\/em>as possible (in an not-ironic-ironic R*O*C*K kind of way) to a peculiar\u00a0section\u00a0of modern music fans. Look at the selection of artists that say how great the Beatles are…<\/p>\n

First up is David Grohl (OK, fine and genuinely nice).<\/p>\n

Then it gets a bit bonkers.<\/p>\n

The Killers (hmmm), Arcade Fire (okay\u2026), Band Of Heroes generic levitra with dapoxetine<\/a> (Why?), Linkin Park (Oh my God), Maroon 5 (Jesus F*** My Eye Christ)<\/p>\n

So who made this selection? What is it for? Why would you try to produce such a\u00a0narrow collection of songs that attempt to paint the world’s\u00a0greatest\u00a0pop band as a mere one\u00a0dimensional\u00a0group of lad-rockers?<\/p>\n

And why, when you’ve made a selection that tries to appeal to those rocking-punky-indie-fans, would you leave off Rain, Everybody\u2019s Got Something To Hide, Come Together and (that rockiest of cheesy rockin’ rock that is) the Sgt Peppers Reprise?<\/p>\n

Yes, I know we\u2019re ALL going to choose different rock-tastic Beatles songs here, but if the idea is to appeal to a cross section of quirky indie-rock tastes with a \u201cvalue\u201d collection then why not just have a \u201crandomly pick 14 tracks of that Beatles shit<\/em>\u201d button and be done with it.<\/p>\n

Better yet, use the iTunes\u00a0Genius<\/em> selection system to mirror your own peculiar musical tastes in 14 tracks of great value Beatle goodness. Now that would be interesting (but difficult to sell and explain to the record companies!)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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