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The Beatle’s first film, A Hard Day’s Night, debuted on July 6 1964. Sixty years on it still explodes with revolutionary pop-cultural energy.
Let It Be lets us see how the narrative of The Beatles as a band has been woven into popular music, and wider history since it was made.
To truly appreciate the track, it’s important to go beyond the long shadow of the Beatles’ version.
For their “last single” Now and Then, the remaining 2023 Beatles kept John Lennon’s chorus, but changed where it fell. This necessary “repair” meant losing some of Lennon’s most touching passages.
This new last Beatles song, enabled in part by AI, demonstrates the importance of the profound and lasting connections between the four musicians.
The Beatles have released a new track - using new technology to strip Lennon’s vocals out of an old demo casette tape. Will this be part of Beatles canon?
AI can streamline the painstaking work of mixing and editing tracks. But it’s also easy to see how AI-generated music will make more money for giant streaming services at the expense of artists.
Paul McCartney appears to compose the smash hit ‘Get Back’ from thin air in a clip from the Beatles documentary of the same name — but experts propose at least eight other factors behind it.
Toe jam was mentioned in a song by The Beatles. Maybe they knew a thing or two about foot hygiene.
In their press rounds, director Peter Jackson and Paul McCartney have been eager to recast the legacy of the band’s final years.
Through 154 songs, Paul McCartney gives us an insight into his life. There is an elegaic feel to this book, which showcases the many sides to McCartney’s songwriting.
The ‘Eureka!’ moment is a myth – an altogether naïve and fanciful account of innovation.
The retrospective of McCartney’s work at the Ballarat International Foto Biennale shows an artist interested in connection and intimacy.
For a decade after they met as teenagers, Lennon-McCartney was the most potent songwriting partnership in pop music.
Unbridled ambition and bruised egos created an irreparable fissure.
Regarded as one of The Beatles finest albums, Abbey Road is the last time all four band members were in the studio together.
Fifty years after its release, the Beatles’ White Album continues to inspire and provoke creativity.
The Fab Four made a less than fabulous film.
For many years now the UK has been a Eurovision laughing stock, despite a wealth of pop talent. What about if it was to pick one of these sure-fire rockstar winners instead?
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Senior Lecturer in Popular and Contemporary Music, Newcastle University
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Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director for Journalism, Emerson College
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Associate Professor of Popular Music, University of Sydney
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Associate professor, University of Bradford
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Assistant Professor of Musicology, Stanford University
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Lecturer in Psychology, De Montfort University
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Professor Emeritus of Applied Philosophy, Glasgow Caledonian University
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Principal Fellow and Professor of Music, The University of Melbourne
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Head of School of Psychology and Speech Pathology, Curtin University
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Lecturer, Leeds Beckett University
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Caroline Robinson is a Friend of The Conversation.
Associate Professor Podiatry, Charles Sturt University
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Teaching Fellow in Music, University of Otago
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Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Education, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
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Lecturer, Orthoptics, University of Sheffield
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Associate professor of musicology, Dalhousie University
