Something I thought of today was that many people on the forum would clearly not "get" the Beatles and I don't mean to sound patronising but it is before their time and not relevant to them and that is fair enough. They will never mean the same to anyone who was not there at the time. The Beatles were about more than the music ( though their music would have been enough) and the doors they broke down for those that followed should not be underestimated.Not many artists before them wrote their own material ( a few did but the majority played and sang what they were told to). Having said that, I fully understand that they are not to everyone's taste( I know people who, to this day, divide themselves either into Beatles or Stones camps). OK, Paul can be a bit twee but, guys, he is nearly 65. Maybe he should retire, who knows, but that is up to him. Clearly the audiences are there. As for his post Beatle output. Yes it is patchy but there are some great songs there too but don't listen, just read the cr*p in the papers and watch what is on the news after all, that is what matters isn't it? Judge him by the media and forget his musical legacy. To me, however, he has nothing to prove. I most certainly would not demean other peoples tastes in music just becasue I didn't like it.
