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Beatles Tribute Tv special....

Some nice surprises...first, Maroon 5 was very impressive with their early Beatles tunes....Joe Walsh sounded awesome...wasn't a huge fan of David Grohls song choice...and the show seemed to dip in the middle...Annie Lennex came off a bit creepy in that bizarre dress...but Sir paul rocked it...and RIngo is always cool...all in all..not bad....hey, at least Bono wasn't involved...does he have to ruin everything?
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stewie
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I was blown away by Ed Sheeran's version of "In My Life." Just astonishing. It's on Vimeo I believe.

John Legend and Alicia Keys were tremendous too, I thought.
mtrot
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OMG, I thought the John Legend/Alicia Keys performance was one of the best live performances I've ever heard! I also am impressed with how good McCartney still really is. Yes, his voice can get a bit warbly at times, but he's right on the notes.
david99
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I love The Beatles. it could have been much worse. Ono is pushing 80!? wow
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ct0517
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I also am impressed with how good McCartney still really is.
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tostadosunidos
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Mapman,

what I meant was "modernized just for the sake of modernization," or, in this case, commercialization--i.e., to get the younger viewers to tune in.
As I said, I liked Ed Sheeran very much. On a previous program I liked Corinne Bailey Rae and Herbie Hancock performing "Blackbird" (the a cappella version by Trio Esperanca is also very good).

In other words, do it if it's good. Don't do it for the wrong reasons. Of course it is a subjective thing--not everyone can even agree that the Beatles are good.
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