You know, that The Beatles: Rock Band trailer was pretty amazing. Seriously, watch it. Repeatedly. But what if the Beatles weren’t either the saviours or progenitors of modern Rock and/or Roll, but the people who destroyed it? That’s what’s asked by the totally reasonably and not-at-all-controversially titled How the Beatles Destroyed Rock and Roll. Carl Wilson reviews the book in the Globe with some good counterpoints, but perhaps the more interesting bit is on his blog, where he asks what “How _______ Destroyed Hip-Hop” book will be written in 20 years. The first response is NWA, because of the way the crew mapped image onto a lifestyle i.e. ‘we are the music, man’, thereby instituting a need to ‘keep it real and street’. Smart, huh?

(Also, came across the mainstream review from the blog, not the other way round. It’s, like, the future, man. Or like the past five years. Whatever).