Also musician, son of John Lennon and Yoko Ono gave a brief but touching speech upon receiving Grammy on behalf of his father’s band
For the first time since 1997, the Beatles won a Grammy with unprecedented material. In the category Best Rock Performance In 2025, “Now and then” – Cited as the group’s final song – surpassed The Black Keys (“Beautiful People (Stay High)), Green Day (“The American Dream is Killing Me”), Idles (“Gift Horse”), Pearl Jam (“Dark Matter”) and St. Vincent (“Broken Man”).
The track was also listed in the dispute for Recording of the year (Record of the Year), putting Fab Four in the match by one of the main categories of the event for the first time since 1971. However, it was defeated by “Not Like Us”from Kendrick Lamarin a movement already expected in the forecasts.
Paul McCartney and Ringo Starrremnants of the English group, were not present at the award ceremony held last Sunday (2) in Los Angeles, United States. It is up to Sean Lennonson of John Lennon and Yoko Onoreceive the trophy.
Also a musician, Sean took the opportunity to make an enthusiastic speech about the Beatles, especially about the group’s future legacy, ended in 1970. The 49 -year -old artist highlighted the importance of continuing to show Fab Four’s work to the most young people.
Initially, he stated:
“Well, since no one will appear to receive this award, I thought to come and receive. I really didn’t expect to receive a prize on behalf of my father’s band, the Beatles. But it’s really amazing if you stop to think about it: the Beatles did an amazing job. They are still in culture and people and still hear the songs. And in my opinion, it’s the best band of all time. ”
Then an appeal to the current audience of the group, aiming at the perpetuation of the work built by John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr:
“Play the Beatles song for your children. I feel that the world cannot afford to forget people like the Beatles. We need this song in the world. We need peace and love. And we need the magic of the 1960s to stay alive. ”
“Touch Beatles for your children. I feel that the world cannot afford to forget people like the Beatles. We need this song in the world, peace and love. ”
– Sean Lennon, upon receiving on behalf of the Beatles the best rock performance Grammy.pic.twitter.com/iw8wiqcb78
– Igor Miranda (@igormirandasite) February 4, 2025
Beatles Legacy
In recent years, several initiatives have aimed to maintain the legacy of Beatles. Albums like Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967), The Beatles / White Album (1968), Abbey Road (1969) and Let it be (1970) were relaunched, entitled to include new mixes and unprecedented material. In 2021, the documentary series The Beatles: Get Back arrived at Disney+ and renewed the debate around the band by expanding the records of the film The Beatles: Let It Be (1970). Already this year, the same platform made available Beatles ’64about the year the quartet burst once and for all in the United States.

The same technology that helped improve old recordings used in The Beatles: Get Back served to assist the realization of “Now and then”. The filmmaker Peter Jacksonresponsible for the documentary series, managed to extract a vocal record from John Lennon from a tape and improve the quality, as the material had noise.
The initial composition of “Now and then” It is from John Lennon and dated 1977, when the band no longer existed. In the 1990s, the remnants Paul McCartney, George Harrison (died in 2001) and Ringo Starr tried to develop it with other songs for the project Anthologytogether with “Free As a Bird” and “Real Love”. These two were completed, but for technical reasons related to the sound quality of the recording, the track known only in 2023 was set aside.
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