Beatles to Go Digital!

If there's one thing people know about me, it's that I'm a Beatles maniac. So I was quite surprised when I read this morning that soon enough the Fab Four will offer their catalog to dowloading services. Though this move is a watershed event, I am somewhat disappointed. I always thought the Beatles music is too good for the download treatment. And because the Beatles pretty much invented the concept album, the music needs to be consumed as such, rather than single downloads. How can one fully grasp the themes running through Rubber Soul or Sgt. Pepper without listening in its entirety? And so now a whole new generation of fans will identify predominantly their hit songs and not the albums on which they appear.

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