[MB.]

...how would a Beatles week be any more relevant than a Motown week

[kirklancaster]

'Tis all irrelevant what 'Theme' they plump for when they continue to take classic tracks and strangulate them until they are barely recognisable as such.

I understand about 'injecting' one's own individuality upon a song, but it is all rather pointless if that results in just the lyrics of a classic song being all that's left to identify it.

They become 'classics' for a reason - and that is because they are deemed as near perfect as it gets upon original release, and remain so through the decades following.

I imagine Simon Cowell would think it relevant and trendy, avant garde and oh so clever if some 'artless' prick like Jackson Pollack painted over the Mona Lisa in his own style.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by MB.

...how would a Beatles week be any more relevant than a Motown week

British, played much more on UK radio, far greater chance the young people would know the songs etc etc

[MB.]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

British, played much more on UK radio, far greater chance the young people would know the songs etc etc

I wouldn't agree with the last two points (if anything, some Motown songs are better known as a whole because a) there's so many more of them and b) The Beatles didn't allow their songs weren't on streaming services until very recently, so if anything young people would be more likely to know the group but less likely to know a lot of the songs - the opposite being true of Motown) and I don't see why being British makes them more worthy?

[kirklancaster]

Originally Posted by MB.

...how would a Beatles week be any more relevant than a Motown week

You are correct MB - it wouldn't be 'more' relevant, just AS 'relevant'.

I think that people confuse the word 'Current' with the word 'Relevant'.

Not all 'current' music is relevant and certainly won't be in 30, 40, or 50 years time, but some music from the 30's, 40's, 50's and 60's onwards are 'classics' which - being so - are just as 'relevant today.

In my opinion of course.