What’s the best Beatles album? That’s like picking your favorite child. There are too many to name, and to choose one would be tantamount to treason. The Beatles have four — count ’em, four — albums in Rolling Stone‘s Top… Continue Reading
I’ve made my case that the Beatles were the greatest band ever. The Beatles’ stranglehold on sales doesn’t necessarily prove that they were a great band. If that were the case, Shania Twain would be one of the greatest artists… Continue Reading
Every once in a while, I meet someone who doesn’t believe that the Beatles were the greatest band of all time. I try to keep an open mind about this, since there are some groups that I simply don’t get,… Continue Reading
Fifty years ago today, the Beatles died. And they did it as only the Beatles would do it — in a spectacular mess. On April 10, 1970, Paul McCartney released his first solo album, McCartney, to the press, which in… Continue Reading
The Beatles continue to astound even science, 50 years after they broke up. The group’s song “Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da” has been christened the “perfect pop song,” according to scientists at the Max Planck Institute in Germany. According to Consequence of Sound,… Continue Reading