Well thank goodness the powers that be are using Artificial Intelligence to solve climate change and make healthcare more equitable… oh wait, no, they’re using it to create a “new” Beatles song.
Because that’s what the world really needs… yet another song to go along with every other song in the Beatles catalog that has been overplayed over the past 60 friggin’ years.
I could go the rest of my life without hearing another of their songs and would be fine with that.
Me, about a year ago…
America, please stop with the Beatles obsession. For me. For you. For all of us. Two of them are deceased. It’s time to move on, not time to run some lyrics and melodies through AI and generate something that sounds vaguely like a Beatles song being performed by the Starland Vocal Band or the Ray Conniff Singers. It’s not just a bit cheesy, it’s full-on two-tons-of-Velveeta cheesy. It’s the aural equivalent of this:
The alleged song already has 17,635,546 spins on Spotify. And if you think I’m going to link to the recording of this Drab Four song, you’re more delusional than the folks who think the new song is good.
Here’s a song from an artist named Chris Catalyst. It has 6,516 listens on Spotify. But it’s a million times better.
Maybe Chris Catalyst isn’t your cup of tea. That’s fine. But please, for the love of music, go find another new artist… any new artist… and stop living in the past!
At almost eight p.m. with a steak on my grill and Brad Mehldau playing his rendition of Blackbird .. the Beatles are who they’ve been from start, a foursome who created song liking wonderful nursery rhymes. I’m so okay with their music.
They are a beautiful sound
It’s a great song. I’m playing it on my show. It’s rare that I disagree with you, and this is one of those times. You’re still okay though.