beatles, beatles music

Even though their last album came out almost forty years ago, I still think that the Beatles music is relevant to the audiences of today. No, I'm not talking about aging Baby Boomers who put on a Beatles CD so they can relive their glory days. If you pay any attention at all to contemporary popular music, you'll hear a lot of covers of Beatles music, some of them strikingly different from the originals, but still featuring the lyrics written by Paul McCartney, John Lennon. John and and George may have joined the Choir Invisible, but Paul and Ringo are still touring and still thrilling audiences with their musical virtuosity. The reason why Beatles music is still relevant, in my opinion, is that these guys were excellent songwriters. They created music destined to be classic, to be played over and over again, and to last for centuries. In fact, I won't be surprised if we're hearing covers of Beatles music in the spaceport lounges of the future, or in the bars and cocktail lounges that will be appearing on the Moon as it gets colonized in the latter half of this century.