Phoebe and Her Unicorn by Dana Simpson for November 30, 2018

From what I’ve seen, the people who never listened to the Beatles as kids don’t tend to like them much.

Good thing my mom was a Beatles fan, and played them constantly when we were kids.

A vinyl can only capture so much nuance. A live performance is the only way to get the full effect.

I bet Marigold can even magically play a phonograph cylinder balanced upon her horn.

Dad was so right. I bought my first CD player near the beginning of optical drives in 1984 when almost nobody had one, and there were only a few dozen CDs to pick from. I picked out Floyd’s ‘Dark Side Of The Moon’ and Styx’s ‘Paradise Theater’, two albums I had listened to for years. I expected to be blown away by the new “digital” technology, but instead I was floored by how harsh and “tinny” they sounded. Warmth? Perhaps. Definitely the richness of the music was lost. How ironic. Progress in recording technology sent reproduced music backwards in quality.

The Beatles= no contest.

The big question is: does Phoebe “agree” on The Beatles?

I am a most disagreeable so and so. Most of my life I detested all Beatles songs, later I found two I sort of liked, that number is currently up to three. Maybe if I live for a few more millennia I might be able to say I like the Beatles after each song manages to worm it’s way into my head ;-)

Blame the compression. Good sound needs good equipment. My Creative soundblaster boxes give better sound than the new ones I tried hoping for a better experience. The new ones were quickly returned to sender. Even the earphones for about one Euro provided better sound.

“I don’t understand it. This records sounds all scratchy now??”

The quality of digital music depends on the density of the data. Early CDs, like early digital cameras, lacked the density to compete with “analog” devices. The current technology allows for data rates high enough to capture everything on the old analog forms. Now it’s just a trade-off between quality and quantity.

Well, everyone has a favorite song of the Beatles, right?

“for the record” :D

I’m afraid I’m one of those who do NOT care for the Beatles.

Now don’t get me wrong, they deserve every bit of praise and fame they got for the groundwork they’ve laid for music.

It’s just, since then I feel the people who came after them took what the Beatles did and just made it SO much better. The Beatles music to me sounds like a rough draft to a story someone else made much better, and I’d rather listen to it.

The Beatles, yuk.

Personally I prefer the Monkees.

Meh, not a fan. I can listen to some of the early stuff, but I don’t particularly care for them. For the record, I’m not real fond of Elvis, either.

Goo, goo, b’joob!

“For the record”