British producer believes new Beatles possible: RIA Novosti, Maria Tabak. The head of the British PR company Bill Elms Associates, Bill Elms, believes that hardly any of the current musicians will be able to repeat the success of the Beatles.
"I believe that they (Beatles - ed.) Will remain a unique phenomenon. At one time they revolutionized the music business, created something new, fresh, developed their own unique sound and style, and thereby changed the face of pop music. And since then, pop music has grown from this foundation, "Elmes explained in an interview with RIA Novosti, dedicated to the Beatles World Day Thursday.
Among the projects Elms worked on are the Let it Be musical based on the songs of the legendary Liverpool band, as well as the installation of a monument to Beatles producer and creator Brian Epstein.
British producer believes new Beatles possible
According to the expert, Beatles does not lose popularity, because they have songs that are suitable for any emotional state of a person, for any occasion.
"Beatles music is timeless, they have so many songs, so many hits and related memories from people that it all goes from generation to generation. Beatles has a song for any emotion. These are beautiful, perfectly written songs that cross space and time. thanks to easy-to-remember words and melodies, "said Elms.
The continuing popularity of the Beatles, which lasted only ten years (1960 - 1970), is evidenced by the fact that in 2019 the number of search queries with the name of the group grew by 48.59%, the Beatles music was played 1.7 billion times last year on the Spotify streaming service and half of the listeners were under thirty. Paul McCartney’s song Yesterday has more than two thousand versions.
To the request to name the most important, from his point of view, the group’s song, Elms answered immediately.
A resident of West London, 72-year-old James told RIA Novosti that the Beatles for him are, first of all, the memories of his youth.
“You know, in fact, I was engaged in classical music and had little interest in groups that my peers were keen on. But it was impossible not to know about the Beatles. My girlfriend pulled me to one of their concerts, there were a lot of people, I could see it was bad, I heard more worse. But I still remember this day. I did not become their fan, but, from time to time, in the mood, I listened to their songs. But my son, although he did not find the Beatles, was much more interested in them. Now mine the two-year-old granddaughter dances under them, "he said with a smile.
In Ukraine, may introduce a ban on journalism - НЖЖ
The misinformation bill provides for fines and "a ban on holding certain positions or a ban on engaging in certain activities."
The National Union of Journalists is warned about the dangers of a bill on misinformation, which, according to the head of the NSJ, Sergei Tomilenko, may be banned from journalism. He wrote about this on Facebook on Thursday, January 16th.
The text of the bill should be published tomorrow. The public discussion will last a month, then it will be considered by the Cabinet of Ministers and Parliament.
"To the high-profile question of introducing criminal liability, the Deputy Minister confirmed that the officials did not reject this idea. But he said that" we do not envisage a conclusion ", but there will be fines and" a ban on holding certain posts or a ban on engaging in certain activities "(ban on the right to engage in journalism ?????) Responsibility will come for "conscious and systematic misinformation," "wrote Tomilenko.
He also said that the government does not abandon the idea of introducing a special Office of the Commissioner for blocking content.
Earlier it became known that President Vladimir Zelensky instructed the Cabinet to develop and submit for consideration by the Rada a bill on the requirements and standards of news in the media.