Bill Clinton weighs in, as does Pope JohnPaul ll, and there is an antique telephone youcan ring to hear an Irish comedian impersonating the bubbling Saturday Night Live euphoria of Bertie Ahern, the Barnie Rubble-resembling Taioseach, or prime minister, through much of the boom.
Yet the Beatles remain the band that we can't live and let die, doomed to be recycled as fading photocopies of the original with every incremental improvement in music technology and significant anniversary until one day we can all look forward to high-definition holograms of John, Paul, George and Ringo performing "All You Need is Love" in our living rooms.