The Beatles are now on every streaming service. Sort of makes the arguments from some of today's artists against streaming seem silly. All the biggest names in the history of music are pretty much already available. I believe artists should get paid, but the issues most have with streaming services like Spotify are really fights they should be having with their record labels. But whatever, there's always going to be a fight over this sort of thing I guess. It happened when CD's came about and later with iTunes. It happens with everything. Then it just sort of becomes accepted.
One complaint about The Beatles streaming is that they are only including the original Let It Be, as far as I can tell. I prefer Let It Be. . . Naked, the version they released in 2003. Paul never liked the original's overproduction by Phil Spector and I totally agree. The Naked version is stripped down and features a different track list with different takes and edits. In particular, I always hated "The Long and Winding Road" until I heard it without all the strings and orchestration it doesn't need. Also, Naked brings in "Don't Let Me Down" which is one of my all time favorites. Let's hope at some point they decide to add this version to streaming. Also missing, so far is the Anthology series which gathers tons of outtakes, alternate takes and miscellaneous bits. I would also like to see the full mono and stereo albums offered side by side. But maybe I'm just a dreamer.
Anyway, here's a list of my favorite Beatles songs. I could probably edit it down further or go the other way and add more. It's the fucking Beatles.
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