"The big question in the music business at the moment is: will the Beatles last? The odds are that, in the words of another era, they're too hot not to cool down, and a cooled-down Beatle is hard to picture. It is also hard to imagine any other field in which they could apply their talents, and so the odds are that they will fade away, as most adults confidently predict."
I've got tickets to see McCartney this November at Staples Center. Somebody should have told him.
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Bryce Zabel is a working screenwriter/producer whose current credits include The Poseidon Adventure and Blackbeard. He was chairman of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences from 2001-2003. He maintains two other blogs: his flagship News! — Views! — & Schmooze! and Movies-Squared.
Article comments
1 - Ruvy
a sort of open source world government...
Would you care to explain that to this ignorant former Beatles fan?
BTW, McCartney finally did get to perform in Israel - forty-four years too late....