“Now And Then” by The Beatles at #15 on Global Spotify Chart with 3,551,063 streams

[Teletubby 113,444]

US #24 — 779,296

UK #1 — 435,229

[River 88,930]

good or bad?

[Madame Goo Goo 3,355]

25 minutes ago, River said:

good or bad?

It’s a band with half dead members whose biggest hits were in the 60s and 70s so I’d imagine good 

Edited November 4, 2023 by Madame Goo Goo

[Lucas 20,140]

Is that a new song or an old hit going viral somehow? Truly impressive in either case considering they debuted like 6 decades ago

[WhiteHotForever 142]

6 minutes ago, Lucas said:

Is that a new song or an old hit going viral somehow? Truly impressive in either case considering they debuted like 6 decades ago

It was a rough demo of one of John Lennon‘s last written and recorded songs. 

[RAMROD 95,107]

That is good for what it is.

The song's not very good. No Beatles essence whatsoever.

And most of their base are Paul's age and not really into streaming, while half other could have been died out since. While, if they're  trying to get new listeners, Gen Z mostly not into old music unless one of their faves covers or sampled it. It might do more numbers on conventional media, however. 

[PunkTheFunk 121,241]

The song is underwhelming.

[TheSine 4,715]

I'm in love with The Beatles and everyone is entitled to their own opinions, because pretty much all of us can agree that they're something missing within this song.

But the way I see it is that it's a record where all of them are "together". It's not supposed to be good and it's not supposed to be bad. Half of the members are dead, of course it's not going to be the best song ever. In a way, it's really John Lennon's song. They just wanted to finish a song as friends one last time. Whether or not they get streams or number 1 is a special treat. They've been trying to finish this song in 1995-6 and now that they have the technology to make John's vocals cleared, they decided to take the opportunity to finish it and release it while they still could.

So bravo Beatles. Bravo.

Edited November 4, 2023 by TheSine
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[North Country Guy 1,963]

I think its cool that they wanted to put it out but the song sucks. It does not feel like Beatles at all and no wonder it was a reject when they worked on it.

Edited November 4, 2023 by 4th Street