Beatles 'new' Single, Now and Then, thoughts?

[PaulWarning]

just listening to it on Spotify, not as bad as I thought it would be

Edited November 2, 2023 by PaulWarning

[moley6knipe]

Well… it’s ok. Don’t think I’ll be rushing to listen to it again really. They do need to knock it on the head now IMO and let the legacy speak for itself!

[theplumber]

It's pretty average...Not a good final song and I believe George Harrison said it was rubbish! Despite the tech used to put this together it does sound like it's been put together out of bits and bobs! Fans will love it but.....

[Reggaebass]

They just had a build up to playing it on radio 2 while I was driving I listened to it , I’m not a Beatles fan but thought it was just ok really, 

[ambient]

I quite like it. I'm not a Beatles fan.

[police squad]

I think it embodies the spirit of the beatles really nicely.

It certainly wouldn't have been released as a single but a good album track.

 

Technology.

[PaulWarning]

Just now, police squad said:

I think it embodies the spirit of the beatles really nicely.

It certainly wouldn't have been released as a single but a good album track.

 

Technology.

yes those were my thoughts, I think it's better than Free as a bird

[police squad]

Just now, PaulWarning said:

yes those were my thoughts, I think it's better than Free as a bird

I must admit to liking Free as a bird.

[Lozz196]

I quite like it, think the slide guitar is very good.

[gjones]

You would have thought they'd have a bunch of great stuff hanging around that was never put on an album, because after all, they were all geniuses.

 

But it appears they only have the scrapings at the bottom of the barrel. This track probably wouldn't even get on a Rutles album (or an Oasis one for that matter).

[PaulWarning]

4 minutes ago, gjones said:

You would have thought they'd have a bunch of great stuff hanging around that was never put on an album, because after all, they were all geniuses.

 

 

I think all the stuff they had hanging around was put out on the Anthology series

[Nothingman]

Massive Beatles fan. 
 

Switched this off at the 2 minute mark. 

[Bassassin]

Just had a listen - not a Beatles fan (although my Mum was) & it's OK. Sound like a Lennon tune, nothing particularly cringeworthy about it, it's 4 mins so doesn't outstay its welcome. The tech used in its creation sounds interesting.

 

If nothing else, it's better than the recent new thing by the Stones. Won't listen to either again though.

[JohnR]

As a massive Beatles fan my expectations were low. Insipid with little discernible Beatles character. Plays like a rejected outtake from John's Double Fantasy album.

Edited November 2, 2023 by JohnR

[diskwave]

Reckon Lennon would have made it his next single after Woman..its got that early 80's Lennon vibe ....Doesnt really sound like the Beatles.

[Bleat]

Dreary and depressing. One listen through was enough for me. I never really "got" The Beatles to be honest.

 

[Rexel Matador]

Really weak. Almost as bad as Imagine.

I have a lot of time for the Beatles, in general. Though living in Liverpool for the last 5 years and being beaten over the head with them daily may have dampened that a bit!

[ahpook]

I am a Beatles fan and I think it's dire.

 

I could get all lyrical about 'squeezing the last few dessicated, bitter fruit from a long-dead tree' but I'll quote George instead - he said it best.

 

"..it's f××king rubbish."

 

 

 

 

Edited November 2, 2023 by ahpook

[Lord Sausage]

I really like it. Nice chord progression,  some interesting changes and a beautiful melody. That's what good music is all about fundamentally.

[BlueMoon]

I gave it a listen. Tried to like it but……..meh.

 

Beatles fan, but probably best left on original cassette.

[nikon F]

i like it .

[Franticsmurf]

It was ok. I don't think it would have been a single in itself. Interesting that it's being released with 'Love Me Do' as a double 'A' side. To increase sales?

 

My understanding is that it was a Lennon tune started in 1978.

[MacDaddy]

Maybe I'm coming down with a cold or something, but to me, it doesn't sound like John Lennon's voice 😕

[SteveXFR]

It's alright I guess. Not their best work. If it had been released when they were still a band it would have been an album filler track and no one would remember it. 

[Cosmo Valdemar]

I like it a lot. It's definitely a grower, at the first listen I was surprised at how downbeat it is, but it still made me very emotional. 

If this the last thing they ever do, a part of me regrets that it's ending on such a sombre note rather than something celebratory.

It's interesting how this new Beatles release is getting such a poor reception on here whereas the new Rolling Stones album, to my ears autotuned and massively overproduced, is going down a storm.