Is Now and Then really a Beatles song?

Dr Jadey O'Regan and Dr Paul McDermott, both lecturers in Contemporary Music at Sydney Conservatorium of Music, reflect on the technology used in the new, and final, song by the Beatles and ponder its meaning and legacy. Over the past few weeks, Paul McCartney has been touring Australia to play through three hours of his musical legacy - from Beatles and Wings favourites to solo material, and some unexpected deep cuts. A particularly moving pair of songs was the bookending of McCartney's performance of  In Spite of All the Danger  (the first song the band recorded as The Quarrymen) and the performance of  The End - one of the last songs the Beatles recorded together. The encore featured  I've Got a Feeling , in which McCartney and his late bandmate John Lennon "sang" together, performing alongside footage from the rooftop performance from the  Get Back documentary. Hearing McCartney's current vocals alongside Lennon's from the 1960s was poignant for both the crowd and McCartney. These moments of connection over the decades between McCartney and Lennon are made stronger by the release of the new, and last, Beatles single, Now and Then. The Beatles - Now And Then - The Last Beatles Song (Short Film).