Beatles Tribute Tv special....

I looked forward to the show then had to bail out as soon as the first group of youngsters launched into a Beatles tune--it was fingernails on a chalk board to my ears. I kept popping back and was lucky to hear some good performances and quickly bailed on the ones I hated. I did enjoy Grohl doing "Hey, Bulldog" and Ed Sheeran doing "In My Life." Most of the older artists I heard I liked and most of the younger ones, no. Who was that guy who was serving as host?

I thought this show could have been so much better but it probably could have been a lot worse. Nice try, but the wrong people apparently were running the show. Typical network stuff.

Lwin, if you're talking about the fellow who sang "In My Life" it is Ed Sheeran.
Mapman, yes, you may be the only one who enjoyed Imagine Dragons doing "Revolution." I couldn't find the "alternate channel" button quickly enough.
Pops, I wouldn't blame the Beatles for the shortcomings of this show, but I had to wonder if John or George would have participated. Hard to imagine that Lennon would have sat through this.

For me it just smacked too much of "something for everyone."
The Beatles already have a young audience--they don't need their music "modernized" by the young artists-of-the-moment.
I think more of their contemporaries and fewer of the younger set would have been in order. But again, my hat is off to young Ed Sheeran who I thought did a fine job.

Bottom line is: network productions such as this or the grammies are usually going to be riddled with "are you kidding me--whose idea was this" kind of moments and this special was no exception.

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.