Ty Burr's Watch List

Playlist Madness: Byrds v. Fairport

With further thoughts on the egotistical futility of music management.

Jan 12, 2024 • 

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November 2023

You Can't Do That

"Now and Then" makes a case that the surviving Beatles should probably just let it be.

Nov 9, 2023 • 

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May 2023

I Want My Maypole

A memory and a brilliant unknown pop song for the first of May.

May 1, 2023 • 

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February 2023

Tom Verlaine 1949-2023

One of rock's most mysterious figures drifts into the night.

Feb 1, 2023 • 

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July 2022

What Makes a Perfect Pop Song?

Some thoughts on recorded serendipity.

Jul 14, 2022 • 

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May 2022

"Exile on Main Street" Turns 50

The Stones' masterpiece may be the only time they actually meant it.

May 11, 2022 • 

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April 2022

What Was Your First Album?

On the vanished joys of music ownership. Plus; "Rothaniel" on HBO Max and J.M.W. Turner at the MFA and oncreen.

Apr 6, 2022 • 

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January 2022

Is There Life After Spotify?

So you want to switch music platforms.

Jan 31, 2022 • 

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November 2021

The Long and Winding Film

On the virtues of eight-hour Beatles documentaries and not letting it be.

Nov 26, 2021 • 

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Doc of the Week - "Karen Dalton: In My Own Time"

A new streaming documentary commemorates a lost folk artist

Nov 18, 2021 • 

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October 2021

Tuesday Thread: Pick the Best Rock Movie Ever

In a couple of days I’m heading into the woods for a long-awaited gathering with a group of guy friends, a boy’s weekend that has been an annual…

Oct 19, 2021 • 

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September 2021

The Least Necessary Beatles Song is...

Well, for me, it’s probably “Wild Honey Pie,” off the “The Beatles” — the very definition of “double-album filler.” When I posed the same questi…

Sep 4, 2021 • 

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